Plaxico Burress, the 32 year old ex-New York Giant wide receiver who caught the winning touchdown pass in Super Bowl 42, pled guilty on August 20th to attempted weapons possession and will serve two years in prison. Burress, who will be sentenced on September 22nd, took the plea to avoid…
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Ex-New York Giant Burress Testifies Before Grand Jury
In a follow up to an article we published last December, former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress testified before a grand jury yesterday on a New York illegal weapons charge. Burress was charged with two counts of illegal weapons possession last December after an incident in the Latin…
Putnam County Manslaughter Charge In Brewster DWI Crash
Conses Garcia-Zacarias, the Southeast man who was behind the wheel of a Ford F350 pickup that killed a mother and daughter in Brewster on June 8th, has been charged with first degree vehicular manslaughter, a felony, and driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. Garcia-Zacarias allegedly drove the vehicle with a BAC…
New Rochelle Doctor Charged With Larceny
Michael Palmieri, an orthopedic surgeon with offices in New Rochelle and the Bronx, was indicted last week on charges that he assisted a former Sing Sing correctional officer defraud the Workers’ Compensation Board out of $40,000. The charges are 3rd degree grand larceny, which is defined as stealing property with…
Hendrick Hudson H.S. Student Charged With Rape
A 15 year old student at Hendrick Hudson High School has been charged with raping a schoolmate earlier this year at the school in Montrose, New York. The New York first degree rape charge is a Class B felony under the New York Penal Law punishable by a sentence of…
NY Homicide Charge For Cortlandt Driver in Boy’s Death
A Westchester County grand jury has indicted Thomas Chadeayne, of Cortlandt, on a charge of criminally negligent homicide in the death of 11 year old Michael Cody last August. The indictment arises out of an tragic accident which occurred on the Saw Mill River Parkway on July 30, 2008. Mr.…
Ex-Cops Get Life In Prison For Mob Hits
Former New York police detectives Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito were sentenced to life in prison this month for their involvement in eight mob executions as employees of the Luchese crime family. Eppolito was sentenced to life in prison for the New York conspiracy, in addition to 100 years for…