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Scott Lee Cohen's Violent Arrest: Police Records Shed New Light On Dem Lt. Governor Nominee

First Posted: 4/6/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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Chicago Sun-Times:

Scott Lee Cohen -- a pawnbroker who shocked state Democratic leaders Tuesday night by winning the party's nomination for lieutenant governor -- was arrested about four-and-a-half years ago and accused of holding a knife to a former live-in girlfriend's neck, newly obtained court records show.

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