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Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped bribery and fraud expenses in opposition to former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, citing the dying of a cooperating witness in opposition to the Democrat who the governor had as soon as chosen to be her second-in-command. Choose J. Paul Oetken signed an order closing the case in opposition to Benjamin after prosecutors advised him in a letter {that a} overview of proof within the case led them to conclude they may not show the fees past an affordable doubt after the dying of co-defendant Gerald Migdol. Migdol died on Feb. 9, 2024. A…

Police on Lengthy Island are investigating the circumstances of an uncommon theft after two 17-year-olds had been allegedly overwhelmed and had their heads shaved Friday night. The 2 teenaged victims had been on the Crocus Drive Playground in Syosset the place that they had deliberate to satisfy up with “three other male juveniles,” in accordance with Nassau County officers. When the 2 boys received to the park round 5:30 p.m., police mentioned they had been thrown to the bottom and punched a number of occasions. Then, in accordance with police, their attackers put tape over the boys’ mouths earlier than…