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Parker regrets efforts with cops to help son

Gary Parker, Zachary Parker's father, takes the stand

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Gary Parker, Zachary Parker's father, takes the stand at the William Flanagan police misconduct trial in Mineola. (Jan. 29, 2013)

Police benefactor Gary Parker said in court Thursday that he now regrets the persistent efforts he made in 2009 to keep his teenage son Zachary from being arrested on burglary charges.

Zachary Parker is serving 1 to 3 years in an upstate prison despite his father's appeals to three high-ranking police commanders, all of whom are accused of helping the teen duck the charges and now face criminal...

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