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Man gets prison for stealing patients' IDs

A man who stole the identities of people with severe head injuries was sent to prison Monday with advice chosen from "Othello" by William Shakespeare.

Benjamin Achampong, 30, of Coram, pleaded guilty last month to 20 counts each of second-degree identity theft and offering a false instrument for filing, six counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument and other charges.

He had...

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