Thomas Hartmann -- a construction worker-turned-real estate magnate thanks to a big Long Island police brutality settlement -- teared up at the defense table as he was sentenced in the oddball misdemeanor fracas.

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Kandelaki, who has a prostitution arrest from 2005, needed 16 stitches to close the gaping gash to her forehead.
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There really didn't have to be a story. You had me with just the headline. :)
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I was wondering how he made his millions...
Hartmann, a former Long Island construction worker, previously served two years in prison for stabbing a man in the face; he served another six years in prison after that on a separate charge. He lost his leg in 2004 after a Nassau County cop ran him over while attempting to arrest him for threatening and harassing his wife. Hartmann was awarded more than $19.6 million after a jury decided that the detective intentionally rammed into him. -- the Gothamist
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Holy crap. What a swell guy. I wonder when Karma will visit him.
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