Top 5 Summer Stories on Commack Patch

Here's a look back at the top stories this summer on Commack Patch.

Birthday Party Brawl at Commack Chuck E. Cheese's
A children's birthday party turned violent at Chuck E. Cheese's in Commack, and it was all caught on a cell phone video.

The video was posted to YouTube, in which, parents are seen throwing fists with one arm, and holding their children with the other, as the song "Happy birthday" plays in the background.

Beloved Commack Restaurant Owner Dies in Crash
Peter Fedden, who was known to thousands of Commack residents, simply as 'Pete' of Commack Breakfast, died when he crashed his vehicle into a building in Hauppauge.

The 29-year-old was adored by his customers, who got to know his brown hair, friendly smile and love of his community, over years of many Hungry Man Specials and double scrambled sandwiches.

Commack Teens Stabbed
Kings Park Road in Commack turned bloody after two local teenagers were stabbed after an altercation with a young, Bay Shore man.

According to police, Fourth Precinct Squad detectives responded to a call about a disturbance on the Indian Hollow School property involving several people at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday and discovered that two 19-year-old Commack men had been stabbed.

Neighbors Continue Search For Robert Mayer
Friends and neighbors continue their search for Robert Mayer, the local man who went missing in June.

Mayer left for work on June 14 for his job as an electrician in Brooklyn, but he never made it back home. Police were last able to track Mayer's cell phone signal around Route 110 in Huntington, while he was on his way home around 1:45 p.m.

Following an investigation, it's now been revealed that Mayer, a father of two, was last seen at Arrow Scrap Yard in West Babylon at 2:15 p.m. on June 14. His cell phone signal was either turned off or went dead a half hour later. 

Fake Bomb Addressed to Obama Causes Scare at Car Wash
Police responding to a fake bomb addressed to the President shut down Jericho Turnpike in Commack July 31, though the package, found in the trunk of a vehicle at the Commack Hand Car Wash, was a training bomb, officials said.

The scare happened when a worker discovered a Rubbermaid box containing an object covered in wires, tape, flares, along with a letter addressed to "The President of America" with an Arabic name in the return address, in the trunk of a Hyundai Sonata they were beginning to detail.