<p>Former Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart spoke with Newsday following Rex Heuermann&rsquo;s guilty plea.</p>


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Former Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart spoke with Newsday following Rex Heuermann's guilty plea.

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