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Ex-LIRR Employee Admits Faking Report, Leading To Crash: US Attorney Ex-LIRR Employee Admits Faking Report, Leading To Crash: US Attorney
Ex-lirr Employee Admits Faking Report, Leading To Crash: US Attorney A man who worked for the Long Island Railroad has pleaded guilty for his role in a fake inspection report that ended up in a train derailment, officials announced. Stuart Conklin, age 66 of Magnolia, Texas, entered his guilty plea on Friday, Dec. 1 for submitting a false inspection report during his time as a LIRR worker, the US Attorney’s Eastern District of New York Office said. Conklin was working for the LIRR as a signalman at the time of the alleged crime. Among his duties was inspecting rail bonds – the electronic jumpers around railroad track joints that ensure signal currents are …

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