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Bronx man connected to major LI drug, prostitution ring

A Bronx man has been arrested after police connected him to a major drug and prostitution ring on Long Island. According to Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, 43-year-old Taquan Rashad supplied

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Aug 14, 2012, 10:10 AM

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