Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was arrested again in Manhattan in the early morning hours of November 29 after an altercation with a Florida psychic in the “Avenue” nightclub in Chelsea. Allegedly, Lohan became incensed when Max George of the band The Wanted began lavishing his attention on Tiffany Mitchell, the…
On September 27, 2012, the trial began for 41 year old Ophadell Williams, the tour bus driver charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the March 12, 2011 accident on I-95 in the Bronx which killed 15 passengers. The prosecution contended that Williams was fatigued and speeding when he…
In her latest skirmish with the authorities, Lindsay Lohan was arrested this past week by the NYPD and charged with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident pursuant to Section 600 of the New York State Vehicle & Traffic Law. Jose Rodriguez, a Jersey City resident and restaurant worker,…
On September 19, 2012, Ying Wai Phillip Ng and his wife, Pui Kuen Ng, both naturalized citizens from Hong Kong, pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The charges emanated from an elaborate scheme which the Ngs, both 47, developed…
In New York County Criminal Court this week, the trial of 63 year old postal truck driver Ian Clement commenced. Clement is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident under Section 600 of the New York State Vehicle & Traffic Law, which carries with it a maximum sentence…
With the recent case of Kerry Kennedy’s DWAI arrest so prominently in the news, and the allegation that her motor vehicle accident with a tractor trailer on I-684 was due to her taking an Ambien prior to the accident and falling asleep at the wheel, I read an interesting case…
In what should come as no surprise to anyone, the first civil lawsuit has been filed against Penn State University subsequent to the guilty verdict against ex-football coach Jerry Sandusky, who was found guilty of 45 counts of sexual assault involving ten victims last month by a Pennsylvania jury. The…
On July 25, 2012, Dr. Rohan Wijetilaka, 63, a cardiologist with a practice in Yonkers, was arrested by DEA agents on federal illegal drug distribution charges. It is alleged that Dr. Wijetilaka issued prescriptions for Oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance, and other controlled substances for cash or in exchange…
On July 12, 2011, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a texting while driving ban in an effort to curb one of the main factors in the plague of distracted driving. Everyone has observed a driver next to them or in front swerving within their lane or literally driving off…
As we all know by now, 68 year old ex-Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted by a Centre County, PA jury on June 22, 2012 of 45 counts of sexual abuse of children. Sandusky was acquitted of only 3 of the total of 48 charges against him. The…