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Nassau crime lab evidence review expanded

Originally published: December 23, 2011 6:50 PM
Updated: December 23, 2011 9:53 PM
By KATHLEEN KERR  kathleen.kerr@newsday.com

Quick ReadExpanding efforts to uncover testing mistakes at Nassau County's closed police crime lab, the medical examiner's office will review 105 cases involving firearms, questionable documents and small bits of crime scene evidence like fibers and hair.

An undated file photo from the forensic evidence

Photo credit: NCPD | An undated file photo from the forensic evidence lab at Police Department headquarters in Mineola.

Expanding efforts to uncover testing mistakes at Nassau County's closed police crime lab, the medical examiner's office will review 105 cases involving firearms, questionable documents and bits of crime scene evidence like fibers and hair.

State Inspector General Ellen Biben has approved lab director Pasquale Buffolino's plan to review paperwork for a random selection of cases between 2007...

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