Man arrested for allegedly murdering ex-wife and her boyfriend in St. James
Suffolk County Police arrested a man on Aug. 29 after he allegedly killed his ex-wife and her boyfriend in Saint James.
Fourth Precinct officers responded to a home on Brasswood Road after a 911 caller reported a 15-year-old left the residence with her father, without her mother’s knowledge. Upon arrival, officers located two adults inside the home, dead from gunshot wounds.
Investigators determined Kelly Coppola, 50, and her boyfriend, Kenneth Pohlman, 53, who lived at the residence, were allegedly shot by Coppola’s ex-husband, Daniel Coppola.
Coppola, 50, of Head of the Harbor, was charged with two counts of Murder 2nd Degree.