Sixteen- and 17-year-old New Yorkers who commit crimes are charged as adults. It’s a fact that many people are unaware of . . .
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3/19/15
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A Baldwin doctor was sentenced in federal court on Oct. 2 to eight years in prison for illegally distributing oxycodone, an addictive opioid painkiller.
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By Brian Croce
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10/2/14
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New York state is considering an initiative at 10 of its state prisons to give prisoners a college education. The program would bring college professors into the prisons . . .
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2/27/14
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As World War II raged in May 1943, Bernard Rader was called to battle. The then 19-year-old Brooklynite, two years into college, welcomed the draft notice that he received by telegram.
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By Scott Brinton
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3/19/13
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East Meadow residents were recently treated to a little-known chapter of history, when World War II veteran Bernard Rader visited the East Meadow Public Library on Jan. 23 to tell his story of being a prisoner of war.
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By David Weingrad
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1/30/13
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The man whose John F. Kennedy High School break-in was allegedly covered up by three former members of the Nassau County Police Department was sentenced to one to three years in prison last week, officials said.
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By Julie Mansmann, jmansmann@liherald.com
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9/25/12
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Merokean Gerard Canino faces a maximum of 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud and bank fraud in connection with a $66 million mortgage fraud scheme.
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By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com
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4/13/12
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Two Rockville Centre gang members will face up to 25 years to life in prison when they are sentenced on May 22 for the fatal shooting of a Yonkers woman, Sandra Hackley, 36, and the wounding of her husband, Rafael Cornielle, 31, and her 12-year-old daughter nearly two years ago.
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Judy Rattner
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3/21/12
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Nassau County Legislator Roger Corbin rejected a plea agreement offered by the federal government on Sept. 25, which would have limited a jail sentence for the charges he faces, for filing false tax returns and obstruction of justice, to a maximum of 18 months.
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Dana Williams
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10/1/09
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