FREEPORT MAN DENIES STALKING TEEN

Joseph Gioe, a 42 year old Freeport man, pleaded not guilty yesterday to stalking a 16 year old girl in her neighborhood.  Gioe, of 210 Gordon Place, is accused of following the girl through back streets in a white Mercury Sable, around 4:50 p.m. Friday.  He is charged with stalking and endangering the welfare of a child and was held on $7,500 cash bail or $15,000 bond.

(New York)