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Man Serving Time May Not Be the Silver-Gun Rapist

By Amy Fisher

Long Island Press | September 24, 2004

A New York City police officer was charged, and acquitted, of two assaults that have some similarities to those committed by the silver-gun rapist more than a decade ago. (Second of two parts)

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Tags: prison, rape, courts, innocence, guilt, Michael Perez, Ronald Bower, crime & justice

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