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Grand jury: No criminality in Smithtown case

Originally published: February 7, 2012 7:31 PM
Updated: February 7, 2012 9:48 PM
By CARL MACGOWAN  carl.macgowan@newsday.com

Smithtown Supervisor Patrick Vecchio. (Feb. 26, 2008)

Photo credit: Peter Dilauro | Smithtown Supervisor Patrick Vecchio. (Feb. 26, 2008)

Under pressure from a ranking Smithtown official, a town employee persuaded a developer to ignore town codes and demolish asbestos-laden buildings, without proper permits -- endangering residents, a Suffolk County grand jury found.

In a report the Suffolk district attorney's office released Tuesday, the grand jury does not recommend charges against anyone in the case; the district attorney's...

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