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Middletown community shaken by ex-officer's suicide

The suicide of a former police captain after police say he stabbed his wife has left the Middletown community shaken. Friends say former New York State Police Capt. Tom Phelan had suffered a stroke that

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Dec 19, 2011, 8:02 PM

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