More than three years after he withheld evidence in a Flanders murder case, former Suffolk prosecutor is suspended Former assistant district attorney Glenn Kurtzrock speaks with reporters in 2014. (Credit: Joseph D. Sullivan/ Newsday)
A former Suffolk County homicide prosecutor has been suspended from practicing law after he failed to turn over exculpatory evidence in a 2017 trial resulting from the murder of a Riverhead man.
Glenn Kurtzrock, who resigned from the District Attorney’s office after a defense attorney in the trial of Messiah Booker revealed the prosecutor withheld notes that might have implicated other suspects in the 2013 murder of 21-year-old Demitri Hampton, will be prevented from practicing law for two years. The Dec. 30 appellate court decision followed a petition filed by a grievance committee overseeing attorney complaints.
Lillian Pennon (left), the News-Review’s Community Leader of the Year, with Juanita Trent at the pantry table they manage at Galilee Church of God in Christ in Riverside. (Credit: Steve Wick)
Lillian Pennon’s dedication to her community was on full display in recent weeks during the Thanksgiving and holiday seasons inside her church, Galilee Church of God in Christ in Riverside.
Stacked on every available space inside the church were bags of food and other necessities that families and individuals are free to pick up, no questions asked. Hers is a food pantry for everyone in need, a goal to which she has dedicated her life.