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Prosecutors: Driver more than twice legal limit in deadly Deer Park nail salon crash 

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Steven Schwally told prosecutors he drank 18 beers the day of the crash 

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Fredetrick Mei, of Bayville, who publicly introduced the phrase "the Oyster Bay way" in a nod to the town's pay-to-play culture that sent him and Mangano to federal prison, was granted a "compassionate release," according to a court order.

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A Suffolk police officer and a public school teacher have been indicted on charges that they managed sex workers at brothels in Holbrook and West Babylon.

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Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney announced the indictment of Remon Gibson, 43, of Bellport, who is charged with operating as a major drug trafficker. 

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The attorney in the alleged drunken crash into a Deer Park nail salon, which killed four, said his client's preexisting leg injury may have been a factor. 

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The alleged drunken driver who crashed into a Deer Park nail salon, killing three employees and a customer, bought liquor and drove around the area for about five hours before the crash.

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