If true, Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Omar and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, both arrested in Manhattan after allegedly making sexual advances (and then some) on two members of hotel staff at NYC’s Pierre and Sofitel respectively, are both in serious criminal trouble. While the two men have much in common, both are top financial…
Unlike selling drugs or a controlled substance such as cocaine or heroin (New York Penal Law 220.39), selling marijuana (marihuana) in New York carries a significantly less punishment. Pursuant to New York Penal Law section 221.40, Criminal Sale of Marijuana (Marihuana) in the Fourth Degree, a person is guilty of…
What can only be described as a horrendous result from the eyes of the prosecution and a tremendous result from the eyes of Police Officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata, a Manhattan jury acquitted the accused NYPD officers of rape and every other felony. What was once a bleak outlook…
Known more for civil enforcement as opposed to handling significant criminal prosecutions like their local District Attorney counterparts, the New York State Attorney General’s Office announced the arrest of 19 people in an international car theft ring. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, trying to step from the shadow of his incredibly…
I know Staten Island…and it ain’t no Vegas…Whether its cards, ponies, or the pigskin classic, Staten Island (Richmond County, New York) District Attorney Dan Donovan doesn’t want any of it in his county. Unfortunately for 28 people allegedly involved in a gambling ring, this lesson was learned the hard way.…
Forgery in the Second Degree, New York Penal Law 170.10, contains specific statutory language. In substance, some of the critical elements are that the accused must have the “intent to defraud” and “falsely make[], create[] or alter[] a written instrument.” Moreover, in doing so, a defendant must also have “create[d],…
According to news reports, the Dutchess County District Attorney’s Office has announced the indictment of Arthur Fisher, Jennifer Fisher and Christopher DeSanto, all of Ossining. A Grand Jury indicted the trio for Grand Larceny after they were alleged to have stolen in excess of $2,000,000 from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie.…
Unfortunately for a man from Grand Junction Colorado, a lesson in New York State gun laws did not come early enough. Far from an atypical story, Dustin Forsling was jailed and lost his gun after he attempted to check his firearm with an airline attendant in Queens’ LaGuardia Airport. The…
One of the first things you may have said to your criminal lawyer after getting a Desk Appearance Ticket for shoplifting in New York City is something along the line of “I didn’t even walk out of the store and the police arrested me for shoplifting! How can that be?!”…
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund and potential candidate of the Socialist Party against French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2012 election, is to be arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on the charges of Attempted Rape in the First Degree (New York Penal Law 130.35), Criminal Sexual Act…