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Prosecutor from LI heads U.S. attorney criminal division

A lawyer who was reared on Long Island and has successfully prosecuted scores of members of the violent MS-13 gang has been appointed head of the criminal division of the U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District.

Richard Donoghue, 42, named to the position by U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch, will supervise 117 of 175 assistant U.S. attorneys in the district, which covers Nassau and Suffolk...

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