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Rockland correction officer not guilty in drug trial

An embattled Rockland County correction officer who has been linked to a New York City bomb-making plot was found not guilty on an unrelated drug charge Friday.

Daniel Whittaker, 33, was found with cocaine after troopers stopped him at 1 a.m. on Route 303 in April of 2010. The arresting officer said he searched Whittaker because he tried to flee instead of stopping his car. The trooper found...

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