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Friday, August 3, 2018
Vol. 93, No. 31
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Nassau judge let suspect go before murder
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Man under investigation in slaying of North Shore hospital nurse BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I A Connecticut man who was charged with strangling an ex-girlfriend was released without bail by a Nassau County judge two weeks before he is suspected of killing a North Shore University Hospital nurse and kidnapping a woman in Los Angeles. Danueal Drayton, 27, of New Haven, Connecticut, was arrested in Nassau County on June 30 for allegedly choking his ex-girlfriend, who survived, and charged with felony second-degree strangulation and third-degree trespassing,! Nassau County court records show. According to a Nassau County police complaint, Drayton also sent a Facebook message to the ex-girlfriend saying, “This is just the beginning, first your tires, then I cut your break line, and then I set your car on fire or I blow it up.” Nassau County Judge Scott!Fairgrieve of Mineola ordered that Drayton be held on $2,000
bond at his July 1 arraignment, but Nassau County Judge Erica Prager of Great Neck released him on July 5 despite objections from county prosecutors. Daniel Bagnuola, a spokesman for the Nassau County courts, said Prager was not informed of Drayton’s past criminal history through either attorney in the case or through a!New York State ID, or NYSID, which provides background information for the judge while considering things like bail. “A judge has broad discretion when determining whether to set bail; many factors are to be considered, including the views of other agencies involved within the process,” Bagnuola said. “In New York state, the purpose of bail is to ensure a defendant’s return to court; Mr. Drayton did not have a prior criminal record and had not been indicted. “In this particular case, [Prager] carefully considered the facts before Continued on Page 98
PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN
Sam Bernstein, 7, holds up a message he hopes to send to children who need help. See story on page 3.
Thomaston airs thoughts about leaf blower law BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
blowers from May 1 to Sept. 30 on Monday night, raising points about the environment, Several residents from the efficiency and enforcement of Village of Thomaston weighed the regulation. A number of residents in on whether to repeal a law banning gas-powered leaf expressed support for blow-
ing away the law. They said that electric-powered blowers cannot get jobs done quickly enough, village fines are often passed onto residents and many times the law cannot be Continued on Page 99
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