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.

    • @RememberTheApollo_OP
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      92 months 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]
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      72 months 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
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      12 months ago

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

    • @halcyoncmdr
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      12 months ago

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

      • @[email protected]
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        12 months ago

        I know that’s why I commented. Every time you see bribery it’s “well they bought me a sandwich”

  • @Jumpingspiderman
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    92 months ago

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

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