{"id":320895,"date":"2021-08-10T22:39:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T19:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ex-suffolk-county-da-gets-5-years-in-prison-for-assault-cover-up\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T22:39:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T19:39:08","slug":"ex-suffolk-county-da-gets-5-years-in-prison-for-assault-cover-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-suffolk-county-da-gets-5-years-in-prison-for-assault-cover-up\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ex-Suffolk County DA gets 5 years in prison for assault cover-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Ex-Suffolk County DA gets 5 years in prison for assault cover-up<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Disgraced former Suffolk County DA Thomas Spota landed five years in prison Tuesday for obstructing a federal investigation into a cover-up involving sex toys, assault and a top local police chief. <\/p>\n

US Eastern District Judge Joan Azrack handed down the 60-month stint behind bars and $100,000 in fines for the 79-year-old Spota after a jury found the ex-district attorney guilty of charges ranging from conspiracy to witness-tampering in 2019. <\/p>\n

The judge also sentenced the former Long Island DA\u2019s top aide and ex-chief of his anti-corruption unit, Christopher McPartland, to five years in prison for the cover-up, as well. <\/p>\n

Both men had faced up to 20 years behind bars.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope not to die in prison alone. \u2026 My family will forever be marked by my disgrace,\u201d Spota said moments before being sentenced<\/a>, according to News<\/a>day. <\/p>\n

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Former Suffolk County DA Thomas Spota attempted to cover up the assault of prisoner Christopher Loeb.
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Dennis A. Clark<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Former Suffolk County DA Thomas Spota (left) was given a five year prison sentence.
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Dennis A. Clark<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spota and McPartland tried to cover for Suffolk Police Chief James Burke after the top cop attacked a cuffed prisoner. <\/p>\n

Burke had flown off the handle in 2012 while interrogating suspect Christopher Loeb \u2014 who had stolen a bag from the chief\u2019s SUV. There were sex toys and porn in the pouch, and Loeb taunted the chief while being grilled over the robbery, calling him a \u201cpervert.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the detectives present for the interrogation had to jump in to stop Burke from beating on Loeb, who was shackled at the time. <\/p>\n

Spota, who served as DA for more than a decade before stepping down in 2017, worked to protect Burke by telling detectives who witnessed the assault to stay quiet as the feds probed the incident. <\/p>\n

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Former Suffolk County DA Thomas Spota stepped down from his position in 2017.
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Dennis A. Clark<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Suspect Christopher Loeb allegedly snatched a bag containing sex toys and porn from Suffolk Police Chief James Burke\u2019s SUV.
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Suffolk County Sheriff Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

McPartland was also part of the pressure campaign to get cops to cover for the chief. <\/p>\n

Burke was eventually found guilty in the incident and sentenced to 46 months in prison.\n <\/p><\/div>\n