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Smithtown lacrosse player accused in sex assault case

Quick ReadA lawyer for one of three Sacred Heart lacrosse players charged with conspiracy to commit sexual assault says accused Smithtown native wasn't present.

Smithtown East's Nick Travers, right, plays defense in

Photo credit: Frank Koester | Smithtown East's Nick Travers, right, plays defense in a game against Comsewogue last year. (April 2, 2009)

Three lacrosse players at a Connecticut university - including one from Smithtown - have been accused of conspiring to sexually assault a female student, a charge that lawyers for two of the accused deny.

The arrest Sunday of the Sacred Heart University students in Bridgeport came after a "sophomoric prank" in a coed dorm late Saturday or early Sunday, said Wayne Keeney, who represents Timothy...

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