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New York PostBy Ed Fountaine The day after former New York Racing Association clerk of scales Mario Sciafani and his assistant retired Hall-of-Fame jockey Braulio Baeza, were indicted by N.Y. State attorney general Eliot Spitzer for allegedly allowing jockeys to ride at weights above the legal limit, Sciafani’s attorney, Todd Greenberg of Forest Hills, said […]
Philadelphia Inquirer Two key New York Racing Association officials were charged yesterday with falsely reporting the weight of several prominent jockeys at the association’s three thoroughbred tracks and defrauding the betting public and the horses’ trainers and owners, state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said. An indictment unsealed in Saratoga County Court charges NYRA clerk of […]
Washington Post Two key New York Racing Association officials were charged yesterday with falsely reporting the weight of several prominent jockeys at NYRA’s three thoroughbred tracks and defrauding the betting public and the horses’ trainers and owners, state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said. An indictment unsealed in Saratoga County Court charges NYRA clerk of the […]
ESPN.COMBy Mark JohnsonAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. – Two key New York Racing Association officials were charged Wednesday with falsely reporting the weight of several prominent jockeys at NYRA’s three thoroughbred tracks and defrauding the betting public and the horses’ trainers and owners, state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said. An indictment unsealed in Saratoga County Court […]
Authorities say 19 year old Queens Man Targeted Dearie New York Law JournalBy Tom Perrotta Federal authorities yesterday arrested a man who allegedly threatened to kill an Eastern District judge and bomb the courthouse in Brooklyn. In several anonymous letters and telephone calls beginning late last month, 19 year old Wazir Khan of Queens said […]
Queens Ledger Detective Rudy Toolasprashad, the former Community Officer at the 102nd Precinct in Ozone Park, will not face criminal charges in connection with the yearlong NYPD Internal Affairs Division (IAD) investigation, according to his attorney Todd Greenberg. Greenberg, of the law firm Addabbo & Greenberg told Queens Ledger that Queens District Attorney’s office advised him they […]
Queens ChronicleBy Bryan Joiner Queens District Attorney Richard Brown has decided not to file charges against “Detective Rudy” Toolasprashad, the Community Affairs officer at the 102nd Precinct who is being investigated by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Division, Toolasprashad’s attorneys said this week. Todd Greenberg, of the law firm Addabbo & Greenberg, told the Queens Chronicle that […]
By: Herbert Lowe Staff Writer A New Jersey man pleaded guilty to manslaughter yesterday in the 1999 beating death of Manhattan community activist Armando Perez. When Mr. Perez punched me in my face, I lost it, Shaguye Colbert, 29, of Newark, told Justice Robert Hanophy in State Supreme Court in Kew Gardens. I didn’t mean […]
By: Corey Kilgannon Five years after a prominent East Village community leader was beaten to death on a street in Queens, a New Jersey man pleaded guilty yesterday to manslaughter, bringing a case that had galvanized the victim’s friends and family close to a resolution. The attacker, Shaguye Colbert, 29, of Newark, entered his plea […]
By HUGH SONDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER A veteran cop accused of killing a young Brooklyn motorcyclist while driving drunk was acquitted of all charges yesterday, a verdict that outraged the victim’s family. Off-duty Officer Victor Wilson, 43, had just left a Bay Ridge bowling alley when he crashed into Stefanos Kiladitis’ motorbike at 88th St. […]
Staten Island Advance By REGINALD PATRICK A Livingston police officer, charged with driving drunk while off-duty and fatally injuring a motorcyclist in Brooklyn, walked out of a Brooklyn courtroom a free man yesterday. Victor Wilson of Davis Court, a 12-year NYPD veteran assigned to the North Shore-s 120th Precinct, was acquitted of vehicular manslaughter and […]
Staten Island Advance Panel gets read-back of statement by motorcyclist who accompanied victim allegedly hit by officer By Reginald Patrick Advance Staff WriterIn its first full day of deliberations yesterday, the jury in the trial of an off-duty Staten Island cop charged with fatally injuring a Brooklyn motorcyclist while driving drunk reviewed the testimony of […]
Officer could get 7 years. in fatal DWIBy Nancie K. Katz Ð Daily News Staff Writer A jury began deliberating yesterday on vehicular manslaughter charges against an off-duty cop accused of driving drunk when he collided with a motorcyclist. Officer Victor Wilson, 43, of Tottenville, S.I., could face up to seven years in prison if […]
Staten Island Advance By REGINALD PATRICKADVANCE STAFF WRITER The case of Victor Wilson, the Livingston cop accused of driving drunk while off-duty and fatally injuring a motorcyclist in Brooklyn, was scheduled to go to the jury today. The prosecution and defense presented their closing arguments yesterday in Brooklyn Supreme Court. Wilson, who is assigned to […]
State Island AdvanceLivingston cop is on trial for drunken driving and fatally injuring a motorcyclist Saturday, March 20, 2004By: SAM DOLNICKADVANCE STAFF WRITER The defense lawyer for a Livingston police officer, on trial for drunken driving and fatally injuring a motorcyclist, tried yesterday to discredit a toxicologist who testified for the prosecution regarding the defendant’s […]
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