By Herbert LoweStaff Writer, Newsday Five men went on trial Monday in Queens, accused of a bias attack on a Sikh spiritual leader after an argument over the alleged victim’s turban. Describing “an unprovoked attack that was based on pure hate,” prosecutors said the defendants were guilty of a “despicable display of human behavior” against the victim “because he was…[...]
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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 his client “absolutely denies the…[...]
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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 the scales Mario Sclafani and…[...]
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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 scales Mario Sclafani and assistant…[...]
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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 charges NYRA clerk of the…[...]
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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 he would kill U.S. District…[...]
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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 will not be prosecuting Toolasprashad…[...]
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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 the D.A. last week turned…[...]
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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 to kill him, Colbert said…[...]
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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 in State Supreme Court in…[...]
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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. and Fort Hamilton Parkway on…[...]
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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 criminally negligent homicide charges in…[...]
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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 a key eyewitness to the…[...]
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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 convicted of vehicular manslaughter and…[...]
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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 the North Shores 120th Precinct,…[...]
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