<p>The nine&nbsp;defendants were&nbsp;arraigned on a 75-count indictment charging them with child sex trafficking, kidnapping and rape.</p>


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Jonathan Braun, of Lawrence, was charged with groping his child's nanny, the criminal complaint says.

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Hempstead's Kevin Brown pleaded not guilty and was arraigned Wednesday in Mineola for allgedly running a fentanyl and dog fighting operation. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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Jose Saez Jr., a pastor at Brentwood's Iglesia Cristiana Alumbrando El Camino, has pleaded guilty in federal court to sexual exploitation of a child. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports. 

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Former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano will be resentenced on April 15, weeks after two counts of his corruption case were tossed out by an appellate court. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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Samuel Miele, former fundraiser for George Santos, has been sentenced to a year in prison. Miele pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud back in November 2023 and admitted to impersonating a high-ranking congressional aide while raising money for Santos' campaign.

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A bomb threat at Westhampton Beach High School and middle school caused students to evacuate the campus. Separately, Center Moriches schools went into a lockout because of a nearby police pursuit. 

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Seven people were arrested in relation to an alleged $20 million money laundering scam, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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Former Nassau detective Hector Rosario, who was accused of moonlighting for the Bonanno crime family, was convicted of lying to the FBI and acquitted of obstruction of justice. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney announced the indictment of 13 alleged gang members accused of stealing cars, credit cards and other valuables. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa reports.

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The judge in the Gilgo Beach killings case was planning on setting a hearing date for DNA evidence but it has been pushed back. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. 

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Rebecca Browell is one of 12 people who prosecutors say are connected to a sex trafficking case involving a missing teen from East Patchogue. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. 

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Keyli Gomez, 23, of Central Islip, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for luring four young men to their deaths at the hands of MS-13.  

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Police have identified a couple found shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide in Islip. 

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