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LI Motel Sold For $2M After Sex Trafficking, Drug Charges: Feds | PM
Also: Beloved LI giraffe dies / Man sold drugs to cops: DA / Koi fish heist / Couple killed by drunk driver: DA / Varsity tennis team shines
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The property will be repurposed by its new owner for the benefit of the residents of Long Island, feds say.
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A recent celebration was held for Bobo at a fundraiser to facilitate building a brand-new, year round giraffe house at the LI Game Farm.
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Undercover officers purchased cocaine and fentanyl from the man, who was also on parole for a 2003 manslaughter conviction, the DA says.
The two statues were worth a combined $6,000, police say. Detectives are looking for the thieves, who are wanted for grand larceny.
Sotirios Spanos faces charges that include aggravated vehicular homicide and vehicular manslaughter, DA says.
"There's just a lot of good chemistry within the group."
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