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Smithtown contractor admits to bribe
Criminal Law 04/28/2008A Smithtown contractor pleaded guilty to a felony bribery charge on Monday -- the second person to admit guilt and agree to cooperate in a widening buildings department corruption probe that has rocked town government. Robert Fitzpatrick, 55, of Bayp...
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Can murder victim's statements be used at trial?
Criminal Law 04/21/2008Dwayne Giles complains that his former girlfriend's statements should not have been used against him at his murder trial because the woman couldn't be cross-examined.Her absence wasn't a result of a scheduling conflict. She was dead. And Giles killed...
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Hunt on for Clues in Times Square Blast
Criminal Law 03/07/2008Authorities on Friday were investigating whether an explosion at the Times Square military recruiting office was connected to strikingly similar bombings at two foreign consulates in New York, but ruled out a link to mysterious letters sent to Capito...
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Boy Band Mogul Pearlman Pleads Guilty
Criminal Law 03/07/2008For years, Lou Pearlman wowed banks and investors with slick talk and a lavish lifestyle. But when the one-time architect of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync set his hand on a courtroom Bible, he set the act aside. Pearlman pleaded guilty Thursday to ...
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Ex-Tennessee Sheriff Pleads Not Guilty
Criminal Law 03/06/2008A former county sheriff pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal extortion, drug and weapons charges that stem from an FBI undercover investigation.Court records show that between April and mid-December, Billy Long, 55, accepted $17,400 in what he was...
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Man Pleads Not Guilty to 1983 Robbery
Criminal Law 02/28/2008An alleged Puerto Rican militant has pleaded not guilty to robbing a Connecticut armored car depot in 1983.Avelino Gonzalez Claudio had fought extradition to the U.S. from Puerto Rico, but a federal judge there rejected his bail request. He appeared ...
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Lawyer: Japan Should Avoid Slay Case
Criminal Law 02/25/2008The lawyer for a Japanese businessman arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting his wife here in 1981 said Monday he would formally urge the Japanese government not to cooperate with American investigators.The businessman, Kazuyoshi Miura, was arrest...
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Enzyte Maker Found Guilty of Fraud
Criminal Law 02/23/2008A federal court jury on Friday found the owner of a company that sells "male enhancement" tablets and other herbal supplements guilty of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, bank fraud and money laundering.Steve Warshak, whose conviction was reported Fri...
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Suspect Named in N. Illinois Slayings
Criminal Law 02/15/2008The gunman who killed six people in a Northern Illinois University lecture hall before committing suicide was identified Friday as 27-year-old former student Steven Kazmierczak, according to Florida authorities and a university official familiar with...
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Dumping of disabled man draws suspensions
Criminal Law 02/13/2008A Florida sheriff's deputy caught on videotape dumping a suspect out of a wheelchair has been suspended without pay along with three of her supervisors. Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee said he was at a loss for words after viewing a video of th...
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The former Luthersville police chief pleads guilty
Criminal Law 02/13/2008The former police chief of Luthersville pleaded guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to five years in prison for charges stemming from sexual encounters with two women last year, prosecutors said.The case against police Chief David Yates began with a rap...
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'Mafia Cop' Pleads Guilty in Tax Case
Criminal Law 02/06/2008A former New York police detective accused of moonlighting as a hit man for the mob pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of filing a bogus income tax return, federal prosecutors said.Louis Eppolito, currently in federal custody, faces sentencing May 9...