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And in addition to that,
we found evidence

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of a computer class being
taught there by Mr. Friedman.

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And we did seize
some list of names

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that we thought
could be students.

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I remember walking
in there saying,

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"Goddamn. We could
have a problem here. "

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Just when you think everything
is going to be dull,

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something gets dropped
on your lap, you know,

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and it turns out to be something
bigger than you ever thought.

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What happened was one
of the detectives

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from the vice squad
came in to see me.

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And he had a list.
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And it was at that point that
we were able to learn

:11:41
that these were computer
classes that went on

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literally every day of
the week and Saturday.

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And we drew a big map of the
whole village of Great Neck

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sectioned it off, and started
sending detectives out

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to do interviews.
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She set us up in teams,
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male/female teams.
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And we got a list
of alleged victims.

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Soon as we went
into the house,

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we were usually approached
by the mothers.

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And we explained why we're
there, what we're doing there,

:12:13
and we'd really like to
talk to their children,

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preferably alone.
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The parents were
becoming impatient.

:12:20
They wanted something
done immediately.

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But you always want to be very
careful about how you proceed,

:12:26
because the one thing
that you worry about

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I know I worried about
it all the time, is

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just charging somebody
with this kind of a crime

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is enough to ruin their lives.
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So you want to make sure that
you have enough evidence

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and that you're convinced that
you're making a good charge.

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And how much time was
there between the time

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the postal inspector
searched the house

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and the time that you went
in for the second search?

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Well, it would have been
less than a month,

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because we did that the day
before Thanksgiving.


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