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Ex-Firefighter Sentenced For LI Crash That Killed Teacher: DA

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SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — Joseph Norris, a former New York City firefighter from Babylon, was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison Wednesday in connection with a 2020 wrong-way DWI crash that killed a Bayside teacher from Kings Park, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.

Norris pleaded guilty in May to aggravated vehicular homicide and manslaughter in 5 to 15-year prison sentences that run concurrently. He also pleaded guilty to aggravated DWI.

He told Mariano's family he would "trade places with Anthony[1]" if he could, Newsday reported.

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Mariano, a longtime social studies teacher at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, was killed by Norris, who was driving a pickup truck southbound in the northbound lanes on the Sunken Meadow State Parkway in Smithtown north of exit SM3 on Nov. 20, 2020, prosecutors said.[2]

Mariano died at the scene, while Norris was brought to Southside Hospital with serious injuries, New York State Police said after the crash.

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"He was such an amazing teacher who made social studies fun and interesting to learn about, by presenting it in such a way that made you genuinely want to listen to him teach it," a former student wrote on Mariano's online obituary page. "He is one of very few teachers from Cardozo that I remember particularly well to this day because of the impression he left upon me."[3]

Mariano's family has asked that donations be made in his name to the John Theissen Children's Foundation.[4]

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  1. ^ trade places with Anthony (www.newsday.com)
  2. ^ southbound in the northbound lanes (patch.com)
  3. ^ Mariano's online obituary page (www.dignitymemorial.com)
  4. ^ John Theissen Children's Foundation (jtcf.org)
  5. ^ Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. (patch.com)
  6. ^ these required items (patch.com)
  7. ^ [email protected] (patch.com)
  8. ^ Patch Community Guidelines. (patch.com)

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