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NY State Police investigator dies after fall

A New York State Police investigator who served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the Army National Guard was killed while making repairs on a home in Walden. Richard O'Brien, 42, was on an extension ladder

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May 27, 2014, 5:40 PM

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