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ww mm 1 Broker friend became fiend who took $2M fund payout blew $250G on himself that he would be able to repay Amoroso back all the money and she wouldn't have minded what he'd done," Gallucci said. "He feels horrible about all of this." PA police union president Gus Danese said the fraudster should get the maximum sentence. "He took advantage of Jamie and that, without question, is unforgivable," Danese said. jmarzullinydailynews.com home in Colonia, and bought a $21,000 timeshare in Florida. Dunn, 29, left Brooklyn Federal Court accompanied by his mother, Rosalie, and refused to answer questions.

He faces more than five years in prison, has lost his home and been ordered to sell the condo to pay restitution, defense lawyer Mario Gallucci said. "He unfortunately believed BY JOHN MARZUUJ DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER A FORMER METLIFE broker pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing money from the widow of a cop killed on 91 1 and using the cash to remodel his home and buy a condo in Disney World. Kevin Dunn admitted stealing $250,000 from Jamie Amoroso, who had entrusted him to invest the $2 million she received from the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund for the death of her husband, Port Authority Police Officer Christopher Amoroso. Prosecutors said Jamie Amoroso had known Dunn for a decade when she placed her "complete faith and trust in him" to invest the money for her daughter's college fund.

Instead he used about $100,000 to add a wing to his Hooker booker cops teary plea Court denies 76M award A BRONX man who was shot and paralyzed by an NYPQ officer 20 years ago will not collect on his $76 million award, an appeals court ruled yesterday. Darryl Barnes, 43, sued the city after he was shot in the back by NYPD Officer Franz Jerome on Aug. 22, 1988. Barnes had been carrying a Tec-9 semiautomatic pistol. He also will have to pay the city $100 in court fees.

Chrisena Coleman School daze ABOUT 200 pre-kindergarteners were wrongly shut out of schools their siblings attend, according to education officials, who said yesterday they would try to fix the problem. Officials are still probing the snafu but said in some cases computers couldn't verify that the children were siblings because of address discrepancies. Carrie Meiago Renters out, court rules TENANTS fighting a wealthy couple's plan to turn their East Village apartment building into a family mansion lost a major legal battle yesterday when the state appeals court ruled that the couple could start evicting them. Catherine and Alistair Econo-makis are expected to begin the next phase of their legal battle to roust the renters from 47 E. Third St next month in Housing Court.

Corky Siemaszko Construction resumes INTERIOR construction work is being allowed to resume at Goldman Sachs' new lower Manhattan headquarters, where a hunk of steel plunged onto a ballfield during Little League games last month. The city Department of Buildings says builder Tishman Construction Corp. has hired an independent safety monitor and launched other new safety measures since the May 17 accident The Associated Press Bank job ends colorfully A BANK robber pulling a heist in Queens yesterday was caught red-handed or whatever color coated him after a dye pack in his haul exploded in front of police. The thief, whose name was not released pending charges, was fleeing from a Jamaica Chase Bank branch at about 2:44 p.m. when the pack exploded near two officers, police said.

After a brief chase, the suspect was nabbed with the cash and an imitation pistol. Ethan Rouen 1'? hi 1 ih- 'J- 11 1 BY THOMAS ZAMBITO DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER THE PDOEISH preppy who ran the hooker ring that took down former Gov. Eliot Spitzer tearfully pleaded guilty yesterday to charges that could put her away for two years. Cecil (Katie) Suwal told a Manhattan federal judge she "unfortunately" got caught in the middle of a high-priced hooker ring that charged clients up to "I was involved in the daily operations of this disgusting thing, the Emperors Club VIP or whatever that was, a prostitution ring that was attempting to launder money," Suwal sobbed. Suwal, 23, pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate federal money laundering and prostitution laws.

She faces 21 to 27 months in jail under a plea deal. Lawyer Alberto Ebanks said Suwal has no plans to cooperate with prosecutors in pending grand jury probes. Two weeks ago, hooker booker Temeka Lewis pleaded guilty and agreed to tell all. Lewis arranged Spitzers pre-Valentine's Day tryst in a Washington hotel with Em- City to pay in girls' bus sex-attack suit THE FAMILIES of two special-needs girls who were sexually assaulted on a school bus settled their lawsuit with the city yesterday but blasted the bus company for letting a known abuser aboard. The girls, whose stories were first revealed in a Daily News investigation last year, were just 7 and 1 0 years old in November 2001 when they were assaulted by a boy who had made a similar attack a year earlier.

The victims, now 14 and 17, each will get $400,000 in the deal brokered just as the trial in Brooklyn Supreme Court was getting underway. "The bus company got away with not doing anything and is still allowed to work for the city," said the mother of one girls. "But I'm happy the city finally decided to step up." The assault was part of a series of incidents cataloged by The News' investigation, and the city since has changed the way it monitors such students. The case against the bus company was eventually dismissed after the company declared bankruptcy, said a lawyer for the families, James McCrorie. A spokesman for the bus company said that the company was not a part of the lawsuit and could not comment further.

"It was a regrettable incident, and we hope the resolution of the lawsuit will bring solace to those involved," said the city's lawyer, Denyce Holgate. Scott ShrfreJ MTA's sorry for 'marring' effort to give widow cash NYC TRANSIT took some blame yesterday for a derailed attempt by track workers to help a dead co-worker's widow. As reported in the Daily News, the trackmen donated more than $20,000 in unused vacation days to terminally ill Alexander Titok. When the 49-year-old worker died of cancer in October, his widow, Vivian, and the caring colleagues learned to their horror that the agency quietly returned most of the days back to the donors. "The terms of the agreement were not as understood widespread as they should have been," said NYC Transit President Howard Roberts.

NYC Transit "lived up to the exact terms of the agreement," he said. "Unfortunately, a number of people involved were not as well-informed with respect to those terms as they should have been. This was an effort to take care of our own as a family. It is a shame that it was marred this way." Pete Donohue it perors Club hooker Ashley i Alexandra uupre. Suwal gasped when Judge Barbara Jones asked if she understood the money laundering charge, which carries a maximum of 20 years in jail.

Ebanks steadied the rail-thin Suwal by putting his hand on her shoulder. She left the courthouse yak- I 5 co CM king on a pink cell phone, wearing dark designer sunglasses and a stylish handbag. She will be sentenced Sept. 12. Suwal recruited prostitutes for the ring, fielded their e-mail applications and posted their barely dressed bodies on a Web site.

Suwal's boyfriend, Mark Br-ener, 62, is expected to plead guilty next week. He also will not cooperate. tzambitonyJaynews.com 1 i.