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August
JUDGE REASSIGNED, CITED IN COMPLAINT
Newsday/Andrew Strickler and Gary Dymski
Judge Andrew Tarantino, Jr., a Suffolk judge, was reassigned from his bench in a Riverheadfamily court Monday and state officials say they have received a complaint against the judge fromParents for Megan’s Law and the Crime Victims Center, a child advocacy group. The groupalleges he joked about child pornography during a hearing involving Dennis DeMille, a registeredsex offender. The complaint, filed Tuesday, alleges that Tarantino made Highlyinappropriate remarks during a spring hearing in Riverhead. The hearing at issued was partof an ongoing Family Court dispute