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NYPD officer accused of hiring hit man to kill wife
Quick ReadNYPD Officer arrested and charged with asking his handyman to murder his ex.
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | NYPD officer Anthony Battisti leaves Nassau County Court in Mineola where he was arraigned on charges of hiring a hit man to kill his ex-wife. (Sept. 4, 2009)
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Anthony Battisti had asked his handyman to do odd jobs in the past.
But in January of this year, the New York City police officer came up with an especially odd one - killing his ex-wife, prosecutors said.
Friday morning, Battisti, 42, of Franklin Square, was arrested and charged with first-degree attempted murder for allegedly hiring handyman Timothy Gersbeck, 37, of Levittown, to kill...
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