A former leader in the Orange County, New York prosecutor’s office, who was facing allegations of accepting bribery payments, died in a shooting at his home Tuesday morning as the FBI arrived to arrest him, sources familiar with the matter tell NBC New York.

Stewart Rosenwasser, the ex-chief counsel to the Orange County DA’s office and executive assistant district attorney, was accused of using his authority in the prosecutors’ office to initiate a criminal investigation at the request of a millionaire former restaurant owner, according to the unsealed federal indictment.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 month ago

    Isn’t that the kicker? Probably less than a year’s pay for that guy.

    Wild guess that he may have had more skeletons in the closet than just this one.