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Judge recuses himself in Nassau cops' case

Recently-retired deputy commander Alan Sharpe, former deputy chief

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Recently-retired deputy commander Alan Sharpe, former deputy chief inspector John Hunter and former second deputy commissioner William Flanagan outside the Nassau County district attorney's office in Mineola. (March 1, 2012)

The judge overseeing the case of three former Nassau police commanders accused of conspiring to scuttle the arrest of a police benefactor's son recused himself from the case Thursday, saying he has a conflict of interest because he is friends with the former police commissioner.

Judge John Kase said in court that he has been friends with former Nassau Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey for...

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