Thomas J. Spota III is the Suffolk County District Attorney, New York. Spota is elected into the Long Island Press Power List Hall of Fame which has been named to the Power List at least five times. Spota resigned November 10, 2017 after he was charged on federal charges against a barrier to justice in the investigation of Suffolk Police Chief, James Burke.
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Spota has been a District Attorney since 2001, when he defeated three times the incumbent James M. Catterson Jr. He was re-elected in 2005, and again in 2009 without the opposition of the big party. Spota has been active in the fight against the distribution of child pornography over the Internet. In 2003, Spota indicted twelve Suffolk residents who took advantage, KaZaA, a file sharing program to spread child pornography. As a result, Spota was called to testify before the United States Senate Committee on Justice on September 9, 2003 in a session on the development of "Pornography, Technology and Process: Peer-to-Peer Network Problems and Solutions." Spota recommends a new federal task force and the law is required to "attack the owners and distributors of these programs, which reap huge profits."
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Legal career
During the 1970s and early 1980s, Spota worked as Suffolk prosecutor under District Attorney Patrick Henry. He then entered private law practice in Suffolk, representing clients including the Suffolk Detective Association and other law enforcement unions.
Education
Spota grew up in New Hyde Park, New York and graduated from Chaminade High School in Mineola, New York. He earned degrees at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut and St. Law School of Law. John in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
Personal
She lives on Mount Sinai, New York and marries three grown children.
Controversy
In May 2013 the FBI and the US Attorney's Office opened an investigation into alleged assault of suspects in police custody, subsequent concealment and coercion by James Burke, Head of the Suffolk County Police Department; accusations that the former leader pleaded guilty to. The federal investigation then expanded beyond Burke to investigate a wider pattern of corruption in both the police department and the Suffolk County district attorney's office, Thomas J. Spota.
In October 2017, Spota and an aide were indicted on charges of blocking James Burke's investigation.
See also
- List of District Attorneys by county
References
External links
- Suffolk County Prosecutor Office
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