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As a result of years of hard work in three separate cases, legal victories were obtained with two complete dismissals of Driving While Intoxicated Criminal charges and a dismissal of an alleged Refusal to take the Breath Test at the Motor Vehicle Bureau. In case number one (1), the Defendant was charged on October 30, […]
On April 18, 2008, a Jury acquitted a Defendant charged with Driving While Intoxicated, Driving While Impaired and Disorderly Conduct. The Police alleged that the Defendant stopped at a Stop Sign and then rolled into the intersection and stayed there for 30 seconds ignoring a Police order to move. The Defendant exited his vehicle in […]
On February 6, 2008 all criminal charges of Assault were dismissed against the client of Addabbo & Greenberg and his records were sealed. The Defendant was originally charged on April 15, 2007 with an Assault allegedly arising from a dispute over a parking spot. It should be noted that the Defendant absolutely denied his involvement and an […]
‘Implicit’ Provision in Joint Custody Pact Held to Restrict Move Jill C. Stone, Esq. of Addabbo & Greenberg is quoted in the articleby Vesselin Mitev A relocation petition filed by the mother of a 7-year old boy after she moved him from Long Island to New Jersey without consulting his father was barred by an “implicit” restriction […]
On December 3, 2007, the Defendant, our client, was acquitted by a Queens Jury of Driving While Intoxicated and Driving While Impaired. The arresting officer testified that he pulled the Defendant over after failing to signal when the Defendant was leaving a parking spot. Although the Police Officer testified that the Defendant had blood-shot eyes, […]
Our firm was retained to represent a Defendant who was charged and arrested on five separate occasions with either assaulting and/or harassing the Complainant, who was a fellow-member of Alcohol Anonymous. Our client denied the charges. There was an on-going feud between the parties and the District Attorney was adamant in its prosecution. When the […]
By Ed Fountaine All charges against two former New York Racing Association officials indicted in the so-called “fat jockeys” scandal were dismissed yesterday by Saratoga County judge Jerry Scarano, but the case is far from over. Mario Sclafani, 50, the clerk of scales, and his assistant, retired Hall of Fame jockey Braulio Baeza, 67, are […]
The Associated Press BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. – A judge dismissed charges yesterday against two former New York Racing Association officials accused of falsely reporting the weights of several jockeys at NYRA’s three thoroughbred tracks in 2004. Saratoga County Court Judge Jerry Scarano ruled the case against Mario Sclafani and Braulio Baeza was based on faulty […]
New York TimesBy Bill Finley The charges against two former New York Racing Association employees, the retired jockey Braulio Baeza and Mario Sclafani, were dismissed yesterday by a Saratoga County judge. Sclafani and Baeza, who had each worked in the jockeys’ quarters at the NYRA tracks, had been accused of allowing several jockeys to ride […]
Through The BinocsBy Ed Fountaine So-called “Fat Jockeys” trial, which opened Sept. 4 in Saratoga County Court, could be nearing resolution. In investigation initiated by NYRA in 2004, clerk of scales Mario Sclafani and his assistant, retired Hall of Fame jockey Braulio Baeza, were accused of allowing several top riders, including Jose Santos and Cornelio […]
Two defendants are accused of allowing riders to exceed assigned weights at NYRA tracks Times Union Albany, New YorkBy Dennis Yusko, Staff writer BALLSTON SPA — Mario Sclafani and Braulio Baeza are either corrupt former New York Racing Association employees or individuals ensnared in a careless and political investigation. A Saratoga County Court jury must […]
Times Union Albany, New YorkBy Dennis Yusko, Staff writer BALLSTON SPA — The trial of two New York Racing Association officials accused of conspiring to allow overweight jockeys at Saratoga Race Course and other state tracks began today in Saratoga County Court. NYRA clerks of scales Mario Sclafani of Yorktown Heights , Westchester County, and […]
On June 22, 2007 a Queens jury acquitted our client, a 19-year old college student charged with driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest, which allegedly occurred on April 27, 2006. Out client was a passenger in a SUV when the driver was pulled over and arrested for DWI. According to the Defendant’s testimony at trial, […]
On March 7, 2007, a judge of the criminal court, Queens County, in a non-jury trial, acquitted a New York attorney of all criminal charges relating to his arrest for driving while intoxicated. The Prosecution presented two Police Officers who testified that at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Woodhaven Boulevard, they approached a scene of an […]
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