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ALBANY — Lawmakers have proposed making it a felony for New York emergency personnel to take and circulate unauthorized crime-scene images or videos, citing a photo posted on Facebook that showed a Staten Island woman found strangled in her apartment in 2009.

Democratic and Republican legislators, joined by Caroline Wimmer’s mother, say the posting compounded the family’s pain and horror, and no one else should have to endure that.

Mark Musarella, who responded to the emergency call after the 26-year-old Wimmer’s body was found, has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty in December to misdemeanor official misconduct and disorderly conduct, a violation. The 48-year-old retired police investigator has also given up his emergency medical technician’s license.

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