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	A Bay Shore postal carrier allegedly stole thousands of dollars of Costco reward certificates and used them to shop. Gerome Fowler was arraigned on several charges Tuesday including grand larceny. Newsday TV&rsquo;s Cecilia Dowd reports.
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