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ICYMI: Sentencing For Cop Found Guilty For Fatal Crash Postponed
Check out this story reported last week on West Islip Patch.
In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in West Islip Patch:
WEST ISLIP, NY - A former police officer who pleaded guilty to causing a wrong-way fatal crash on Sunrise Highway began his prison term this week despite not being sentenced during his most recent court appearance.
In Sept. 2016, Robert Scheuerer, 26, of Farmingdale was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, second degree manslaughter, aggravated DWI and second degree reckless endangerment.
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According to police, he was driving his 2000 Nissan Pathfinder eastbound in the westbound lanes on Sunrise Highway when the SUV slammed into a 2016 Ford van just east of Route 231 in West Islip.
The van caught fire, and 37-year-old Brian J. Fusaro, of Bay Shore, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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