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The Manhasset Times, Friday, November 13, 2015
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Missing Roslyn doctor found
No further details from police B y H a rr i s o n Marder
District Attorney-elect Madeline Singas announcing the indictment of Anthony Moschetto (inset) at a press conference Monday.
G.N. doc pleads not guilty in murder plot Moschetto faces 25 years in jail for role in conspiracy By J oe N i k i c A Great Neck cardiologist pleaded not guilty Monday following a grand jury’s 77-count indictment against him for allegedly contracting hitmen to kill a competing doctor in a muderfor-hire conspiracy that included the sale of assault weapons, arson, and criminal sale of prescription drugs, Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas announced. Dr. Anthony Moschetto, 55, of Sands Point, faces various charges including first-degree criminal possession of a weapon, four counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, four counts of thirddegree criminal sale of a controlled substance, and seconddegree conspiracy. “The defendant was a re-
spected member of the community, caring for patients in Nassau County, but allegedly he had a sinister side and ordered the death of a rival cardiologist,” Singas said. “Working with our partners in the NCPD and DEA, we were able to break up this complex murder-for-hire plot before someone got killed.” Moschetto, who is due back in court on Dec. 9, faces up to 25 years in jail if convicted on the top charge of first-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a B violent felony, Singas said. County prosecutors said they had been investigating a high frequency of Oxycodone prescriptions Moschetto had been writing when they discovered a link between the cardiologist and an unsolved arson plot in Great Neck in February. Following Moschetto’s arrest
A Silver Alert issued by Nassau County Police Saturday said missing Roslyn cardiologist Randy Kiewe was found, but police refused to confirm whether he was he found alive or dead. Police said there are no further details regarding Kiewe and they are unsure when additional information is going to be released. Kiewe, 47, was last seen parking his BMW near the Roslyn train station around 6:30 a.m. on Sept. 22, police said. A Silver Alert that was issued that day said Kiewe was in need of medical attention and medication for the treatment of depression. It also noted that Kiewe had attempted suicide in the past. Police described Kiewe at 5-foot-seven and 210 pounds, with straight brown hair, hazel eyes and glasses. Kiewe is the medical director
and founder of the Lake Success practice CompleteCare Cardiology PLCC, and is considered a regional expert in angina, arrhythmias, hypertension, cholestoral and lipid diseases, heart attacks and heart failure, specializing in the manifestation of heart disease in women, according to his biography on the CompleteCare website. With a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University and his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh, Kiewe is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular diseases and nuclear cardiology. A former cardiology fellow with North Shore University Hospital, Kiewe is a consultant to Long Island Jewish Medical Center’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and frequently lectures on the topic. The Long Island Press this year named Kiewe best cardiologist as part of its annual “Best of Long Island” contest.
in April, investigators discovered a weapons cache of more than 100 illegal guns and various knives, swords, axes and a hand grenade in a secret room in his home that was controlled by a switch-activated bookshelf, prosecutors said. Singas said some of the weapons found by investigators were illegal, but Moschetto did own some legal weapons. The investigation began following various drug purchases by undercover Nassau County Police and Drug Enforcement Agency officers that were then linked to Moschetto, prosecutors said. As the deals progressed, prosecutors said, officers began purchasing weapons, and during a sale on Jan. 22, the seller requested dynamite needed to Continued on Page 50 Randy Kiewe
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