NEW YORK (AP) — A convicted New York drug dealer whose federal prison sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump has been found guilty of violating the terms of his release after being arrested and charged in connection with several recent crimes.

Jonathan Braun now faces up to five years in prison when he’s sentenced Oct. 9.

The Long Island resident had been accused of menacing a hospital nurse and a fellow synagogue member on two separate incidents, as well as of groping his family’s nanny and evading bridge tolls.

A federal judge ruled Friday that prosecutors proved the violations had occurred “by a preponderance of the evidence” during a series of hearings in Brooklyn federal court.

At the same time, Judge Kiyo Matsumoto acknowledged prosecutors had not met the legal burden fo

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