Federal jury exonerates Nassau detectives
Photo credit: Dick Yarwood | Defendant John Kogut listens to Nassau County Court Judge Victor Ort as he finds him not guilty of all counts in murder/ rape of Theresa Fusco. (Dec. 21, 2005)
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A federal jury in Central Islip Thursday found that seven former Nassau detectives acted in good faith when they arrested three former Lynbrook men for the 1984 rape and murder of 16-year-old Theresa Fusco.
The three men, John Kogut, Dennis Halstead and John Restivo, had spent 17 years behind bars for the crime before being released from prison in 2003 when newly discovered DNA -- from sperm...
