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Serpico tree-cutting case continued to November

Oct 18, 2013 6:56 am
John Mason is reporting in the Register Star the arraignment of local developer Frank Palladino scheduled for this week, was postponed until Nov. 6. Palladino was arrested Oct. 10 by New York State Police out of Kinderhook on charges of criminal mischief and trespass. The charges were pressed April 1 by Frank Serpico, who resides on property adjacent to land owned by Palladino on Route 9G. Serpico, the former New York City undercover cop and subject of the movie that bears his name, alleged Palladino trespassed on his property to cut down a dozen trees worth between $8,000 and $10,000. Palladino told the paper in May, some of the trees had blown down in Tropical Storm Irene, and that others were “junk trees,” and he had offered to replant them. He said he was in process of clearing his land to make a paddock for his cows. Read the full story in the Register Star.