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Ex-Dutchess Detective's Conviction Upheld After Latest Appeal Ex-Dutchess Detective's Conviction Upheld After Latest Appeal
Ex-Dutchess Detective's Conviction Upheld After Latest Appeal Former City of Beacon detective Richard Sassi Jr. has lost another bid to have his conviction for falsely reporting a burglary in 2012 to avoid being caught in an affair thrown out. In their decision last month, the Second Department Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court found "that it (the evidence) was legally sufficient to establish the defendant’s guilt."  The denial was the second the former police sergeant has been dealt since being convicted twice for falsely reporting a burglary in 2012 to hide that fact that he was having an affair with a police informant he ha…

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