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Cop Charged With Hitting Man At Little League Field Resigns

WAMC photo by Dave Lucas

A police officer charged with assaulting a man during an altercation at an upstate New York Little League field has resigned.

Officials in the city of Troy say Dominick Comitale resigned from the department on Wednesday, a day before he was scheduled for a disciplinary hearing.

Comitale was charged in September after the head of the Little League in the neighboring town of North Greenbush said the off-duty officer elbowed him during a dispute over field cleanup.

A Rensselaer County grand jury indicted Comitale on an assault charge Dec. 24.

His attorney, Bill Roberts, said in a statement that the 10-year veteran resigned because he had lost faith in the justice system.

The city of Troy paid out nearly $175,000 in recent years to settle excessive force allegations lodged against Comitale.

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Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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