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   From: chopadictomy@freedyn.de   
      
   CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A Long Island lawmaker who is also a doctor   
   has been arrested on drug charges after he tried to trade pills for   
   sex, authorities said.   
      
   Suffolk County Legislator William Spencer was arrested Tuesday on   
   charges of third-degree sale of a controlled substance and third-   
   degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Newsday   
   reports that he pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday at   
   First District Court in Central Islip.   
      
   Prosecutors said Spencer, an ear, nose and throat doctor, had a   
   relationship with a prostitute whom he paid with the opioid   
   oxycodone.   
      
   They said a federal drug agent who had taken possession of the   
   woman’s phone answered a text from Spencer and arranged to meet the   
   legislator on Tuesday.   
      
   Spencer had two oxycodone pills, condoms and a handgun when he was   
   arrested, prosecutors said. They said he had a permit that allowed   
   him to own the gun but not to carry it.   
      
   Spencer was released on his own recognizance after he surrendered   
   his passport. His attorney, Mark Goidell, said his client “dedicated   
   his life to the well-being of the community, his family and his   
   patients,” adding, “Nothing in these charges diminishes those   
   contributions.”   
      
   The impact of the criminal charges on Spencer’s future as a   
   legislator was not immediately clear. County law does not require a   
   legislator to step down following an arrest.   
      
   https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/oct/21/william-spencer-   
   new-york-democrat-arrested-drugs-s/   
      
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