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Police: Ex-girlfriend tried to torch boyfriend's house

Cops say they caught an East Meadow woman trying to torch her ex-boyfriend's house Thursday night. Police say they found Jane Navarro inside the home on Bretton Road in Garden City Park dousing a chair

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Jan 9, 2009, 12:17 PM

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