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• Suffolk DA can withhold raises to motivate

  lawmakers voted Tuesday to give District Attorney Thomas Spota the authority to withhold raises to his prosecutors as a motivator.The County Legislature approved the plan, 17-1, empowering Spota with discretion over whether to grant 184 assistant district   Read more »

• DA: Suspected dealer nabbed in Hamptons drug raid

  result of an investigation into drug sales activity in the Southampton, North Sea area," Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said in a news release.Southampton Town Police Emergency Services Unit and the State Police K-9 unit assisted task force   Read more »

• Appeal filed over Suffolk's term limit law

  has been filed with the Appellate Division in Brooklyn, a move that if successful could block Democratic District Attorney Thomas Spota 's re-election to a fourth term this fall.Bruce Plesser, attorney for plaintiff Peter Nichols, filed papers with the court   Read more »

• DA: Trio to be arraigned in Take Five scam

  incident took place at a Valero gas station on Peconic Avenue in Riverhead in March, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said, two clerks at the station telling the victim he'd won $774 -- when he'd really won $74,892.The trio -- identified as store   Read more »

• Suffolk DA: Fidel Castro-Brito pleads guilty to 71 counts of rape, sex crimes

  guilty Thursday to all the counts filed against him in two indictments, prosecutors said. Still, District Attorney Thomas Spota will ask for 50 years, the maximum term allowed in New York, when Castro-Brito is sentenced June 21, officials said.Castro-Brito   Read more »

Around the web

• 3 Long Island men indicted in lottery scam

  Island men have been indicted on charges of swindling a lottery winner of nearly $75,000. Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota says they deceived the winner by paying him $774 when he redeemed the ticket at a Riverside gas station on March 18. Two   from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »

• Alleged Drugged Driver In Fatal Sayville Crash Facing Two Dozen Charges

  second degree murder and aggravated vehicular homicide among a slew of other counts, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota announced. “He was high on PCP, morphine, Xanax and oxycodone,” Spota told reporters including WCBS 880′s Ginny Kosola. “The   from CBS New York Read more »

• Long Island Woman Brittany Ozarowski Fakes Cancer To Fund Heroin Addiction

  feed her addiction to heroin, even convincing her own family she was suffering from the deadly disease. District Attorney Thomas Spota said the woman convinced her father and grandmother to sell their home, giving Ozarowski more than $100,000. “She told small-business   from International Business Times Read more »

• DA: L.I. Woman Faked Having Cancer To Get Money For Drugs

  posted pictures of herself sitting in a wheelchair under the heading, “Help Save My Life.” Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said she solicited thousands of dollars from people for more than a year to help pay for medical expenses, but said it   from CBS New York Read more »

• Notorious South Shore Cat Burglar Sentenced in Suffolk Court

  Island, NY) A prolific cat burglar described by Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota as “a one-man crime wave” was sentenced today to five years in state prison by Judge Martin Efman. “Barham was a genuine menace to the community. His modus operandi   from NewsLI.com Read more »