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Plainview man charged in cop death sentenced in DWI case

Originally published: July 28, 2010 1:14 PM
Updated: July 28, 2010 1:16 PM
By SOPHIA CHANG  sophia.chang@newsday.com

Quick ReadJose Borbon pleaded guilty to being drunk and carrying a gravity knife when he was stopped on the LIE in Plainview on Jan. 4, 2009.

A file photo of Jose Borbon leaving Nassau

Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin | A file photo of Jose Borbon leaving Nassau County Court in Mineola. (July 28, 2010)

A Plainview man accused of driving drunk and crashing into a Suffolk police officer, killing him, was sentenced to a year in prison on unrelated drunken driving and weapons charges Wednesday.

Jose Borbon, 24, pleaded guilty to being drunk and carrying a gravity knife when he was stopped on the Long Island Expressway in Plainview on Jan. 4, 2009. He registered a 0.15 percent blood alcohol content...

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