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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.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

63k. How is bribery so cheap?

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 9 points 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

How is life so cheap. Killed himself over $63k. If I was ever going to do something that catching consequences was going to make me kill myself, it would have to be a hell of a lot more money than that. Maybe at 100x I'd take my chances. Maybe. I just don't understand.

People are so much stupider than I ever thought. And I thought I was a cynic.

[–] linearchaos 1 points 1 month ago

Market value. Dude must have been really hard up for money.

[–] halcyoncmdr 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You should look at how cheap it is to buy someone in Congress. It's shockingly low.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I know that's why I commented. Every time you see bribery it's "well they bought me a sandwich"

[–] Jumpingspiderman 9 points 1 month ago

Saved us all the bother and trouble of a trial and incarceration

[–] Kyrgizion 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd say good riddance, but this might result in justice denied for his victims since he can't sing like a canary anymore.

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 6 points 1 month ago

Seems like they knew what he’d done, so hopefully they’ll be able to undo the damage.

[–] EleventhHour 2 points 1 month ago