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July
MAN CHARGED IN SEX CASE (Cops say he befriended, abused Centereach children)
Kurt Rasmussen, a 48-year-old auto body repairman, was arrested on charges of first-degree sodomy, third degree sexual abuse, three counts of unlawful dealing with a child and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child. He would repair bicycles for neighborhood children and let them sit on his motorcycle. But in the past year he had developed relationships with several children that no one knew about. He would by them alcohol and cigarettes and then eventually lured them into his home to watch pornographic videos. The charges stem from