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FBI informant spared jail on drug charge

A onetime Long Island high school football standout and nightclub operator who has worked as a government informant and witness for nearly a decade was spared jail time on a drug charge in federal court in Brooklyn on Friday.

Prosecutors said Gaetano "Guy" Fatato, 42, who has left the witness protection program but is living in an undisclosed location under an assumed name, deserved a break...

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