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Cops: Woodmere woman tried to set husband's home on fire

A Woodmere woman poured lighter fluid on her estranged husband's baby and throughout his Hewlett Bay Park home in a failed attempt to kill him, his fiancee and the baby because she was angry over money and custodial issues, authorities said Thursday. Esther Hershko, 49, of Andover Lane, a former Hebrew teacher, never got the chance to light a fire early Wednesday in the home of Itzhak Hershko, her...

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