In an eye opening article by Brent Staples in the New York Times this past week, the issue of the substantial number of NYC Summons Court dismissals was highlighted. The numbers are rather astonishing: in 2011, of the 528,618 summonses issued for a variety of low level offenses, 330,364 were…
A former Westchester County Police Officer was recently sentenced in New Haven Federal Court to 37 months in prison for his reported role in a drug smuggling ring. 36-year-old Michael Brady of Thornwood was accused of taking approximately $20,000 in cash in exchange for allegedly assisting drug smugglers pass through…
Last Friday, a New Brunswick, New Jersey jury reached a verdict in the case of Dharun Ravi, the 20 year old Rutgers sophomore charged with bias intimidation as a hate crime, invasion of privacy and various evidence tampering charges in connection with webcam spying on his roommate Tyler Clementi, as…
This week, one of the five Columbia University students who were charged with selling drugs on campus in December 2010 was sentenced by a Manhattan court to five years probation. 21-year-old Adam Klein was sentenced after he agreed to a plea bargain in which he pleaded guilty to attempted criminal…
In a follow up to our post on March 2, 2012 “Rutgers Dorm Spying Trial Begins”, testimony in the case against 20 year old student Dharun Ravi ended on March 12, 2012 without Ravi taking the stand. The case involves Ravi spying on his Rutgers roommate Tyler Clementi with a…
On February 24th, the trial of 20 year old Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi began in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Ravi has been charged with 15 counts of invasion of privacy, evidence and witness tampering, and the most serious charge of bias intimidation as a hate crime. Ravi is accused…
On February 17, 2012, ex Westchester County Police Officer Michael Brady pled guilty in the U.S. District Court in Bridgeport, Connecticut to federal charges of accepting bribes in connection with an Oxycodone distribution ring. The case began back in September of 2011 when Brady was charged with being a participant…
On January 18, 2012, Steven Rivera, a 25 year old resident of Ossining, was arrested by the New York State Police and charged for his role in a fatal car accident on June 26, 2011 on Interstate 287 in Yonkers. In the incident, which police have charged was an “Unauthorized…
Since October of 2010, 37 red light cameras have been installed in the City of Yonkers at 16 intersections. These cameras are also known as “Intersection Safety Cameras.” The question I am addressing in this article is, do red light cameras actually improve safety by deterring red light violations, or…
In what has the potential to become one of the biggest scandals in NFL history, (and possibly in any of the major sports), Chicago Bears wide receiver Sam Hurd was arrested by Department of Homeland Security Agents on December 14, 2011 and charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine. Hurd, 26,…