Thornton attorney: 'Career criminal' leaked info to leave jail
Calling a jailhouse informant a "career criminal" with a long list of convictions, the attorney for Ronald Thornton Wednesday accused the informant of using Thornton to get out of jail.
Thomas Shelton, 39, of Patchogue, admitted on the stand during Thornton's murder trial in Riverhead that he sent numerous letters - before and after meeting Thornton in the Suffolk County jail - offering Suffolk...
