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…
Plaxico Burress, the ex-New York Giants star wide receiver who caught the game winning pass in Super Bowl 42, was indicted on August 4th on New York gun possession charges. Burress was indicted on two counts of second degree criminal possession of a weapon and one count of second degree…
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…
In a study conducted by the Journal News and published this week, Westchester, Putnam and Rockland Counties have been targeting extreme speeders on I-684, I-87, the Palisades Interstate Parkway, and the Taconic Parkway, among others. The highest speed on record was by a driver of an Acura on I-684 in…
Donte Stallworth, the Cleveland Browns star wide receiver, began serving a 30 day jail term this week in Miami, Florida after his guilty plea to DWI manslaughter in connection with the death of 59 year old construction worker Mario Reyes. On March 14, 2009, after a night of drinking at…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate is facing New York felony assault charges after a Queens County grand jury indictment on March 23, 2009. The indictment charges that on December 19 of last year, Mr. Monserrate assaulted his girlfriend Karla Girardo with a drinking glass, causing a gash that required…