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TV Director From Northern Westchester Sentenced For Spying On Teen Nanny TV Director From Northern Westchester Sentenced For Spying On Teen Nanny
TV Director From Northern Westchester Sentenced For Spying On Teen Nanny A former television director has been sentenced to five years of sex offender probation and will register as a sex offender after pleading guilty earlier this year to spying on his teenage nanny using a camera in his Westchester home. Daniel Switzen, who worked at CNBC and has a home in Pleasantville, was facing a term of between one and a half years to four years in state prison after pleading guilty to a felony count of second-degree unlawful surveillance following his arrest last November. Instead, he got probation, and is scheduled to have a Sex Offender Registration Act hearing on Nov. …

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New TV Crime Show 'Deadly Rich' Spotlights Westchester Murder Case New TV Crime Show 'Deadly Rich' Spotlights Westchester Murder Case
New TV Crime Show 'Deadly Rich' Spotlights Westchester Murder Case One of the most infamous murder cases in area history will be back in the spotlight as CNBC debuts its newest original series, “Deadly Rich,” which will delve into the notorious murders of Ben Novack, Jr. and his mother Bernice Novack nine years ago. Ben Novack Jr., 52, a convention business owner and heir to the famous Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach, was found beaten to death in his hotel suite at the Rye Town Hilton on July 12, 2009. Earlier that year, his 86-year-old mother was attacked and killed at her home in Fort Lauderdale. A year after Novack Jr.'s death, police charged his wif…

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TV Director From Northern Westchester Admits To Spying On Nanny With Camera TV Director From Northern Westchester Admits To Spying On Nanny With Camera
TV Director From Northern Westchester Admits To Spying On Nanny With Camera A former television director has pleaded guilty to spying on his teenage nanny in his Westchester home. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino, Jr. announced on Tuesday that Daniel Switzen, who worked at CNBC and who was arrested in November, has pleaded guilty to a felony count of second-degree unlawful surveillance for the incident. Switzen pleaded guilty to placing a secret camera inside a tissue box in the bathroom of his Pleasantville home on Nov. 13 last year. The camera was discovered by the teenage victim, Scarpino said. Switzen admitted to placing the camera to captu…

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