Suffolk County DA Thomas Spota, corruption unit chief charged in assault cover-up
By Eyewitness News
Updated 1 hr ago
SUFFOLK COUNTY, Long Island (WABC) -- Two high ranking officials in Suffolk County have been indicted in what authorities are calling the cover-up of the assault of a man who was in police custody.
District Attorney Thomas Spota, 76, and Christopher McPartland, 51, the head of the district attorney's political corruption unit, were taken into custody by the FBI Wednesday.
They are both charged with taking part in the cover-up of former Suffolk Police Chief James Burke's assault of a suspect, Christopher Loeb, in 2012.
They're facing charges of tampering with witnesses, witness tampering, obstruction of justice and deprivation of civil rights.
Spota entered a plea of not guilty during an afternoon court appearance. His bail was set at $500,000.
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