Crime & Safety
NYPD Officer Saved Child Sexual Abuse Material To Phone, DA Says: PM
Also: Shark safety tips / Hot coffee, slur hurled in LI hate crime: PD / Charcoal bbq at Korean grill / Swastikas found: PD / 'Top doctors'

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