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No date set yet for Long Beach Councilman Michael Fagen’s larceny trial

Friday September 7, 2012 2:21 PM By Patrick Whittle

Democratic Councilman Michael Fagen responds to a presentation

Photo credit: Newsday/Danielle Finkelstein

Prosecutors balked Friday at a chance to set a trial date for Long Beach City Councilman Michael Fagen, who is accused of illegally collecting more than $14,000 in unemployment benefits.

Fagen, a Democrat, was indicted in February on felony charges of third-degree grand larceny, petty larceny and 38 counts of first-degree offering a false instrument for filing.

He is due back in District...

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