Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. is in an unenviable predicament. One one hand he has Oscar Fuller, a man with a criminal record who is not a particularly sympathetic fellow, and in the other, Lana Rosas, a petite woman potentially on the edge of death or a vegetative life.…
You were arrested in Manhattan, Brooklyn or Queens and given a shoplifting Desk Appearance Ticket (DAT or D.A.T.) charging you with New York Penal Law 165.40 (Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Fifth Degree) or New York Penal Law 155.25 (Petit Larceny). You are a teacher, lawyer, physician or…
You have been arrested or indicted for Grand Larceny and Embezzlement in New York. Maybe the case has not reached that point, but you are the target of an Embezzlement and Grand Larceny investigation by New York City prosecutors or law enforcement in the surrounding counties. The fear you have…
The New York criminal lawyers and former Manhattan prosecutors at Saland Law PC have represented all types of professionals from teachers to physicians and lawyers to architects in criminal investigations and arrests. Our criminal attorneys have represented these professionals in arrests ranging from Petit Larceny Shoplifting (NY PL 155.25) and…
As a New York criminal lawyer and former Manhattan prosecutor, I have handled countless crimes involving Grand Larceny in New York ranging from a couple of thousands to tens of millions of dollars. Over the past couple of years, I have successfully kept individuals out of prison, obtained reductions in…
Most experienced New York criminal lawyers will be able to tell you potential incarceratory punishments for felonies, misdemeanors and violations without hesitation. For example, in New York, an “E” felony is punishable by up to four years in state prison while and “A” misdemeanor is punishable by up to one…
While merely “chopped liver” compared to Ponzi King Bernie Madoff, Brian Kim, the founder of Liquid Capital Management, was indicted by a New York County Grand Jury for his own Ponzi scheme that allegedly defrauded 45 people out of approximately $4,000,000. To his alleged victims, however, Mr. Kim and Liquid…
We have all done it and we usually don’t need the assistance of a New York criminal defense lawyer. Usually, the honk of the car behind us is a sufficient reminder that the red light has now turned green and we need to put the pedal to the ground. Maybe…
Whether you were arrested for Third Degree Assault (New York Penal Law 120.00) or you were given an Assault Desk Appearance Ticket (DAT) in the New York City area, the potential offers or deals are ultimately the same. Certainly, one New York criminal defense attorney may have a different approach…
As I addressed in an earlier entry in Saland Law PC’s New York Criminal Lawyer Blog, Embezzlement arrests and indictments go well beyond Grand Larceny charges. In New York, the laws of and crimes pertaining to Embezzlement can often come crashing down like a ton of bricks. While an experienced…