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Prosecutor interviewing Schneiderman accusers

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Singas' office declined magazine. Tanya Selvarat-
Associated Press comment, saying it would nam, who dated Schneider-
NEW YORK (AP) — The not do so until the inves- man in 2016 and 2017, and
special prosecutor inves- tigation is finished. A law- two women whose names
tigating former New York yer for Manning Barish was were withheld described
Attorney General Eric Sch- traveling and could not be similar abuse. Some of the
neiderman has started immediately reached. women said Schneiderman
conducting interviews with Manning Barish, a Demo- was a heavy drinker.
the women whose allega- cratic activist and writer, Schneiderman, 63, an-
tions of violent slapping, was romantically involved nounced his resignation
choking and other abuse with Schneiderman from hours after The New Yorker
led to his resignation this mid-2013 through the end article appeared online.
month, The Associated of 2014. He implied in a statement
Press has learned. She told The New Yorker that his conduct was either
Nassau County District At- that Schneiderman, a welcomed or was not as
torney Madeline Singas In this Feb. 11, 2016 file photo, New York Attorney General Eric T. Democrat, became con- the women described.
met Wednesday with Mi- Schneiderman speaks during a news conference in New York. trolling and abusive soon Cuomo in March ordered
chelle Manning Barish, one (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) after they started dating. Schneiderman’s office to
of the four women whose She said he slapped her investigate how Vance’s
allegations of abuse were familiar with the investiga- tion of anonymity because hard across the face and office handled a 2015
the subject of a New Yorker tion. they weren't authorized to choked her. case against Weinstein
expose on Schneiderman, Both people spoke about discuss the investigation "I felt like I was being beat- that resulted in no criminal
according to two people the interview on the condi- publicly. en by a man," she told the charges.q

3 more teens charged in death of Maryland police officer

By DAVID McFADDEN and outside running over a po- she tried to apprehend him
SARAH RANKIN lice officer and killing her," Monday in the Perry Hall
Associated Press Baltimore County State's community northeast of
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — A day Attorney Scott Shellenberg- Baltimore, prosecutor Wil-
after a 16-year-old suspect er said. liam Bickel asserted during
was charged with first-de- Fifteen-year-old Darrell Jay- Harris' bail hearing Tuesday.
gree murder for allegedly mar Ward, 16-year-old Der- Harris was ordered held
accelerating a stolen Jeep rick Eugene Matthews and without bond at an adult
at a Maryland police offi- 17-year-old Eugene Robert jail by a judge who de-
cer and running her down, Genius IV, who were ar- scribed him as a "one-man
three more teenagers were rested Tuesday, have also crime wave."
charged Wednesday as been charged with first-de- A public defender who
adults in her death. gree burglary. represented Harris request-
Under the state's felony At a court hearing Wednes- ed that he be sent to a
murder law, if someone is day, Ward and Matthews juvenile lockup, but pros-
killed during a burglary, ac- waived their right to ap- ecutors noted his series of
complices can be found pear, and a judge ordered auto theft arrests and a
guilty of the slaying along them held without bond at repeated recent history of
with the suspected killer. For an adult lockup. running away from juvenile
this reason, authorities say Genius appeared through facilities.
the three were charged video and requested a Baltimore defense attor-
with first-degree murder postponement because ney J. Wyndal Gordon an-
in the killing of Baltimore his lawyer could not attend nounced Wednesday that
County police officer Amy Wednesday. The judge he will join with another
Caprio even though they agreed. lawyer to represent Harris,
were allegedly burglarizing A fourth suspect, 16-year- saying they will not allow
a nearby home when she old Dawnta Anthony Harris, the 16-year-old suspect to
was fatally injured Monday was the first to be charged be "sacrificed to the sys-
on a suburban cul-de-sac. with first-degree murder. tem." This undated photo made available by the Baltimore County
"They are in for everything The slain officer's body "Every life is worth fighting Police and Fire Department Tuesday, May 22, 2018, shows Bal-
that occurs as a result of camera footage clearly for. This young man is no timore County Police officer first class Amy Caprio, who was
killed in the line of duty on Monday, May 21, 2018. (Baltimore
that burglary, including shows Harris accelerating different, he deserves a County Police and Fire Department via AP)
when their co-defendant is the Jeep at Caprio after chance. q