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 alcohol intake. Dr. Jesse Bidanset,…[...]
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STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE By SAM DOLNICKADVANCE STAFF WRITER A Livingston cop accused of driving drunk and fatally injuring a 21-year-old motorcycle rider in Brooklyn did not appear to be intoxicated at the accident scene, according to two police officers who testified yesterday. Police Officer Victor Wilson, a Davis Court resident who had been assigned to the North Shore’s 120th Precinct,…[...]
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By NANCIE L. KATZDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITEROriginally published on March 12, 2004 The police officer who arrested a cop who is accused of killing a motorcyclist while driving drunk said a state highway officer at the scene suspected his colleague was intoxicated. Even though he knew Police Officer Victor Wilson had failed his sobriety test at the scene, Sgt. Bruno…[...]
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STATEN ISLAND ADVANCEBy: SAM DOLNICKADVANCE STAFF WRITER On the first day of the trial of a Staten Island police officer accused of driving drunk and fatally injuring a 21-year old motorcycle rider in Brooklyn, a friend who was riding with the victim testified the off-duty cop ran a red light, causing the crash. Thomas Blanchett, 22, testifying yesterday in Brooklyn…[...]
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A lawyer for a cop accused of killing a young man in a drunk-driving accident charged yesterday that the victim was responsible for his own death because he used the Brooklyn residential street as a “raceway for ninja motorcycles.” The trial of veteran police officer Victor Wilson involved in a fatal crash that killed 21-year-old Stefanos Kiladitis began yesterday on…[...]
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STATEN ISLAND ADVANCEBy: SAM DOLNICKADVANCE STAFF WRITER Jury selection began yesterday in the trial of a Livingston police officer accused of killing a Brooklyn motorcyclist while driving drunk in June 2002. Officer Victor Wilson, then assigned to the North Shore’s 120th Precinct, is accused of running a red light while intoxicated on the night of June 19, 2002, and killing…[...]
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By Nancie L. KatzDaily News Staff WriterThe trial of an off-duty cop accused of mowing down a motorcyclist while driving drunk nearly two years ago begins in Brooklyn Supreme Court this week. Jury selection begins today in the vehicular manslaughter case against Police Officer Victor Wilson, who allegedly crashed into motorcyclist Stefanos Kiladitis on June 19, 2002. Kiladitis, 21, of…[...]
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By Zachary R. Dowdy Just over three years ago, James Gunther, veteran emergency services New York City police officer, looped a bed sheet around a clothing hook at the Nassau County jail and hanged himself. It was one in a string of suicides at the Nassau County and Suffolk County jails in the past few years – often among inmates…[...]
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NewsdayThe Associated Press A Long Island subcontractor pleaded guilty to manslaughter Tuesday in connection with the deaths of five workers killed in a Manhattan scaffold collapse. Philip V. Minucci, 42, of Commack, N.Y., pleaded guilty to a single count of second-degree manslaughter in exchange for a sentence that state Supreme Court Justice Rena Uviller said will not exceed four to…[...]
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Newsday.comBy Herbert Lowe A sobbing former correction officer begged for forgiveness from his 7-year-old daughter yesterday before a Queens judge sentenced him to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting the girl’s mother. But prior to Van Griffin and Justice Evelyn Braun having their say in State Supreme Court in Kew Gardens, the daughter had hers. “I miss my mommy,”…[...]
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By Scott Shifrel A former city correction officer who shot an ex-lover to death in a quarrel over child support was convicted of manslaughter – and he could be sprung from prison in less than five years. Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Braun”s decision outraged the family of victim Felicia Cosby. ‘Its like it was nothing, its like he’s getting away…[...]
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By Eric Lenkowitz The family of a woman shot to death by her correction-officer husband reacted with tears and outrage yesterday after the 38-year-old killer was convicted in a Queens Court of the lightest charge he faced – one that could get him as little as five years in jail. ‘It should have been murder,’ said Angelina Cosby, aunt to…[...]
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By Scott Shifrel Keith Cosby watched in court as lawyers talked about the five bullets that ended his daughter’s life and what her last words were, and showed him a video of his son-in-law confessing. That was last week. Today, he awaits the judge’s decision on whether or not the son-in-law, Van Griffin, is sentenced on manslaughter or murder charges.…[...]
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By Herbert Lowe A former correction officer’s depression after a serious motorcycle accident ultimately led to his fatally shooting the mother of one of his three children over child support, defense witnesses testified yesterday in Queens. Van Griffin, 38, spent 11 days in a coma after the 1996 accident that killed a woman who was riding with him on his…[...]
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NewsdayBy Rocco Parascandola A Queens Catholic school administrator was arrested yesterday for allegedly groping his wife’s 13 year old goddaughter, police said. Jorge Diez, 41 was charged with sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly fondling the girl inside his Jamaica Estate home Monday. Diez is the religious education administrator at St. Sebastian’s in Woodside. One…[...]
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