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Ex-cop busted for allegedly performing traffic stop in Garden City

A former police officer was arraigned Sunday in Mineola on charges that he allegedly impersonated an officer to make a traffic stop. An alert police officer caught Mathew Edelman-Winstead, 25, performing

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Feb 25, 2007, 7:04 PM

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