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Mia Frattura, Ana Compton are valedictorian, salutatorian MacArthur. Compton said she did not set out to become a high-ranking Graduation is on the horizon senior, and instead just focused for General Douglas MacArthur on her studies. High School, and at the top of its “I wasn’t really thinking class of 2023, school officials about it at all,” Compton said. “I named Mia Frattura was just hitting the valedictorian and b o o k s, wo rk i n g Ana Compton saluhard, and they told tatorian. me, and I was like, The weighted ‘Oh, that’s nice.’” grade-point average B o t h F r at t u r a of the two exceptionand Compton have al students was strong extracurricuextremely close — lar backgrounds in Frattura earned the addition to their acatop spot with a 103.9, demic performance. while Compton Frattura is MacArcame in second with thur’s president of 103.68. the National Honor “I always wanted Society, a co-presito have this achievedent of the Science ment,” Frattura Olympiad team and s a i d . “ I ’ve b e e n vice president of the working towards it MIA FRAtuRRA Math Honor Society. since freshman year. valedictorian She is also a drum But I stayed away major for the marchfrom just looking at ing band, a peer numerical grades and always leader and a soccer player. And thought about what I was learn- perhaps her most impressive ing instead.” extracurricular achievement is Frattura, who is from Want- the research she did during sumagh, went to Gardiner’s Avenue mers in high school. Elementary School and then “In summer of ninth grade, Jonas E. Salk Middle School. and the 10th grade as well, I Compton also attended both of those schools before attending Continued on page 9
By MICHAeL MALAsZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com
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nAssAu COuntY dIstRICt Attorney Anne Donnelly, left, has proposed a law that would make posting fake sexually explicit images a state crime. This comes after Patrick Carey, of Seaford, nearly got away with doing just that — until he allegedly posted an image of an underage girl.
Donnelly proposes legislation targeting ‘deepfake’ images By MICHAeL MALAsZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com
Patrick Carey probably thought he could get away with posting false pornographic images of women he knew online, since there are no laws specifically addressing such “deepfake” images. As it turns out, the 22-yearold Seaford man — who was sentenced for the crime this past week — almost did get away with it. At least according to Nassau County District
Attorney Anne Donnelly. “Creating a fake image, even if it is sexually explicit, is not a criminal offense in New York state,” Donnelly said. “It’s a loophole that allows child pornographers to use new technology to circumvent the existing laws and evade prosecutions.” Between January and September 2021, nearly a dozen women contacted Nassau County police after discovering images of themselves on a pornographic website. These
were not real images, however, but rather ones prosecutors say had been edited by Carey to appear as such. Carey allegedly pulled images of up to 50 women from their social media accounts and made these “deepfakes.” These women had attended General Douglas MacArthur High School in Levittown alongside Carey. In addition to the images, Carey also allegedly included Continued on page 5
stayed away from just looking at numerical grades and always thought about what I was learning instead.