Thomas Spota | |
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| District Attorney of Suffolk County | |
| In office January 1, 2002 – November 10, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | James M. Catterson, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Emily Constant |
| Constituency | Suffolk County, New York |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1941 (age 82–83) New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Fairfield University (BA) St. John's University (JD) |
Thomas J. Spota III (born 1941) is a former American attorney and politician, who served as the District Attorney of Suffolk County, New York, serving from 2002 to late 2017, but was disbarred on June 10, 2020.[1] Spota resigned November 10, 2017, after he was indicted on federal charges of obstruction of justice in the investigation of Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke.[2][3][4] Spota was subsequently found guilty and sentenced to five years in federal prison and fined $100,000.[5]
- ^ http://www.courts.state.ny.us/courts/ad2/Handdowns/2020/Decisions/D62922.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Keshner, Andrew (8 November 2017). "Suffolk County DA Thomas Spota resigning Friday after allegedly covering up police chief beating". New York Daily News. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
- ^ Campbell, Danielle. "Spota, under indictment, finishes DA career under cloud of cover-up charges". News 12 Long Island. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Swenson, Kyle. "A scandal sent a Long Island police chief to prison. Now it's brought down the D.A., too". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ Dollinger, Arielle (10 August 2021). "Former Long Island Prosecutors Sentenced in Plot to Protect Police Chief". The New York Times.