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Joseph Trischitta, a former community affairs officer for Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct, was recently sentenced to 40 months of federal prison time for taking part in a gun-running operation led by another now-disgraced cop at the same station house, writes Paula Katinas for Bay Ridge Life.

Trischitta plead guilty and was sentenced on August 9, for his part in an interstate network that illegally traded firearms and stolen goods, according to United States attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara. Continue reading »