24
January
CRIME VICTIMS GETTING HELP
Anthony Damiani, the 46 year old homeless veteran in Laura Ahearn’s office, had been brutally beaten in front of a Suffolk fast food restaurant in November. His face had been bashed with a bat, knocking out all of his teeth and he had come by to see about getting a new set. To start the process with the Crime Victim Board, the state agency that offers money to crime victims, Ahearn and other staffers at Suffolk’s Crime Victims Center asked the man to fill out paperwork on the incident. Damiani