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Ciampoli: Kogut verdict would have "crippled" Nassau County

Friday November 30, 2012 5:39 PM By Robert Brodsky

Nassau spent more than a million dollars successfully defending itself against three former Lynbrook men who claim they were wrongfully arrested in 1984 for the rape and murder of 16-year-old Theresa Fusco, County Attorney John Ciampoli said on Friday.

John Kogut, Dennis Halstead and John Restivo had sued the county for $190 million after claiming that seven former county police detectives...

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