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'Long Island's Favorite Magician' charged with watching people's clothes vanish

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - A man known as "Long Island's Favorite Magician" has been arrested for the second time in five months on charges that he secretly videotaped undressed people.

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - A man known as "Long Island's Favorite Magician" has been arrested for the second time in five months on charges that he secretly videotaped undressed people.

Robert Infantino, 50, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment yesterday in Suffolk County Court.

An indictment charges him with one count of promoting a sexual performance by a child and 32 counts of unlawful surveillance.

In August, the Central Islip man pleaded not guilty to a 78-count indictment accusing him of possessing child pornography and videotaping a woman and her daughters, ages 10 and 14.

The woman said she found a camera in the dressing room during a photo shoot at Infantino's home office.

His attorney, who has insisted his client is innocent, did not return a call seeking comment on the latest charges. *