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Bayman wins $2.1M in lawsuit against Islip Town

Bayman Frank Sloup, 63, of Bay Shore, stands

Photo credit: Ken Spencer | Bayman Frank Sloup, 63, of Bay Shore, stands with some of his crab traps. (Jan. 17, 2007)

A federal jury has awarded $2.1 million in damages to "one of the last of the Suffolk baymen" who sued the Town of Islip and two of its former officials, claiming that they vindictively drove him out of business.

The jury at the federal court in Central Islip agreed Tuesday that bayman Frank Sloup's civil rights were violated starting in 2004 when the town said that 41 of his crab traps and...

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