Homeless man sentenced in death of lover
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A homeless man who suffocated his lover during sex in a Riverhead motel was sentenced Monday to 6 years in prison.
It was a sentence that left both the defendant, Douglas Rico, 46, and the Suffolk district attorney's office dissatisfied.
Rico pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in October in the death of Henrietta Sholl, 53. In return, Suffolk County Court Judge John Toomey Jr....
