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A New York Criminal Lawyer has learned that one man who was getting a haircut has stabbed another man. While this in itself may not seem terribly out of the ordinary, the result is that one New Haven, CT, man is in the hospital and another is due in court on March 22 to answer to first-degree assault charges.

For the sake of this story, so as not to mention any names, we will refer to the man getting the haircut as man A, and the other as man B. The incident began when man A was sitting in a chair at an apartment while getting a haircut. About halfway through the haircut, man B walks into the apartment. Man A and man B had been arguing earlier and man A thought that man B had come to the apartment to harm him. Before it could truly be determined whether man B had the intentions of doing man A any harm, man A slashed man B in the back with a pair of scissors.

When police arrived at the apartment, man A was taken into custody without incident. As of this writing, the local police department has not returned calls left by a Long Island Criminal Lawyer . It has been learned however, that man A is also wanted by authorities for a second-degree failure to appear warrant that was issued for a previous arrest. No information on the victim (man B) can be learned at this time. Man A had cuts on his face and back and was being treated, but expected to recover.

The really bizarre thing is that during the course of the investigation, a photo of man A’s mug shot was spotted, which the alleged suspect is sporting half of a rather large afro type hair style, while the other half of his head had already received a hair-cut.

Thus far, there is no further information available, especially as to what the initial argument was about, or whether man B had actually gone to the apartment to finish the argument.

If you have been charged with assault, battery, or other crime, contact Stephen Bilkis and Associates for guidance and a free consultation. We have locations to serve you throughout the New York area, including offices in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. We also have locations in Westchester County, and Nassau Couny and Suffolk County on Long Island. Call us today to schedule a consultation at 1-800-NY-NY-LAW.

An 8-year old boy was taken into custody by police after he assaulted a school employee in Florida. After disrupting his classroom, the boy, a special-education student, left the school grounds followed by one of the school's behavioral specialists. When the boy returned to the school, he found a pile of sticks and other objects and began throwing them at the behavioral specialist striking her at least once, reports a New York Criminal Lawyer. Other school employees intervened to calm the boy before he was arrested.

This is the boy's fifth arrest for assault and the disruption of an educational institution. In earlier incidents, the boy threw books, broke windows, chased other students and threw chairs at teachers and other school employees. During one incident, the boy insisted that he be sent to jail. School officials are unsure as to why the boy continues to act out in a violent manner, says a New York Criminal Lawyer. Last December, The Florida Department of Children and Families was notified about possible child abuse at the boy's home. Reports show that while the boy suffered an injury, there was not enough evidence to support child abuse was the cause.

Over the past few months, the boy's violent tendencies have increased, according to school officials. The boy was arrested in November and December for assault. The boy has since been arrested three more times. Charges ranging from assaulting students and teachers to destroying public property have been filed. In addition to throwing books and chairs in the classroom, the boy has also damaged computer equipment. Whether or not the boy is acting out due to abuse at home is unknown at this point.

The Florida newspaper covering this story is refusing to identify the boy since he is underage. After his arrest, the boy was taken into custody in handcuffs. He had to stand in front of a police camera for a mug shot. According to the newspaper, the boy did not appear happy or comfortable even though he had said after other incidents that he wanted to go to jail. Getting the boy treatment to discover what troubles him may be the next step. Further investigation into the boy's home life may also be another option for the Florida Department of Children and Families. It is unclear as to what will happen to the boy now or if he will be allowed to return to school.

Speak to a skilled lawyer who can clearly explain the legal process and your rights.

Three accident victims were shot after being injured in a car accident in rural southern town, said a New York Criminal Lawyer. The accident occurred at night in the early evening. The victims included the driver and his two young daughters, ages four and seven.

Local police officers at the scene revealed that the victims’ car was rear-ended by an African American male, 21, early Tuesday evening near an intersection. Once he left his car, the African American male walked up to the car with a .22 pistol and began shooting frantically into the victims’ vehicle. The driver was shot three times. The seven year old daughter was shot four times. The youngest daughter was not injured by the gunfire.

According to authorities, the gunshot victims were treated for minor injuries at a local hospital. Their injuries were determined not to be life-threatening. The father was released the next morning, Wednesday, following treatment. No information was available concerning the status of the two daughters or when they were released.

The assailant was arrested and later charged with two criminal counts against his victims. The assailant was charged with using a deadly weapon to assault his victims, intending to kill them; and, using a deadly weapon to inflict serious injury on his victims. More charges could be filed at a later time. The assailant is still in jail at a county jail nearby, close to the crime scene where the accident first occurred. His bail was set by a local judge at $100,000 in the form of a secured bond. The felonious assault charges carry a heavy sentence if convicted on both counts. No details were released by investigators as to whether there were eyewitnesses to the felonious assaults or the initial accident prior to the shootings. The random gun violence in the case was the basis for the intent to kill portion of the charges as discharging his weapon 7 times into the victims’ bodies was evidence enough for such charges to be filed.

According to a Westchester County Criminal Lawyer, the driver who was shot and hospitalized with his daughters was not available for comment following release.

Whether you are found guilty or not, a serious charge such as this can create a multitude of problems in your personal and professional life. Defendants may experience not only serious legal penalties for their offenses, but also problems with employment and obtaining housing. Family relationships can also be irreparably damaged. If you have been charged with a crime it is important to seek skilled legal representation to ensure that your rights are protected at all stages of the legal process.

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Taking the law into one’s own hands is never the best way to handle a situation. People tend to get hurt and once the actual legal system gets involved the process may become overwhelming. If you find yourself in a situation in which taking the law into your own hands has become an issue. If this landlord had simply waited to see what was going to happen, perhaps this would not have escalated into assault.

Though the case has been forwarded to prosecutors, no charges have been filled as of yet. The 73 year old owner of the duplex in which the tenant lived ran over a man he said was standing behind his vehicle and refusing to move. West Fargo police state that Cass County prosecutors may charge the vehicle driver with aggravated assault. The tenant remains hospitalized and has been unable to speak to detectives following his injuries. In fact it is likely that the hospitalized man will not be able to speak to detectives for several more days. A rep would be a good avenue to pursue for this landlord.

The landlord told reporters that he felt threatened and scared by some man standing in the road who would not move. The landlord then states he saw another person coming up behind his vehicle and the fear was magnified. This all took place around 7:15 P.M. in the 600th block of Second Avenue West while the landlord sat in his Hummer.

Witnesses share a different story as two separate people state that the landlord struck the tenant on purpose, knowing where he was and who he was. Though he should probably hire a person for representation it does not appear the landlord has retained representation. This may be because no formal charges have been filed, but a rep should still be considered.

The landlord states that he will contest any charges that may be filed. He also adamantly says that he feared for his safety and did not purposely run over his tenant with his Hummer. It can be assumed that the landlord’s vision will be questioned as well as a history of disputes or arguments between the tenant and landlord. Witnesses will also play a large part in the decision of whether or not the prosecution is going to pursue this case as criminal.

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After a two year legal ordeal in which an Albany bar owner was accused of initiating a vicious assault on a Times Union food critic, a verdict of not guilty has been reached, states a person close to the case. The owner of the bar had been accused of setting up the assault because he was upset with the reviews that the food critic had given his establishment earlier that year. In October 2008, two men attacked and severely beat the reporter, and the incident was immediately linked with the owner of the bar.

According to the police, it was determined that even though the owner of the bar had been heard making threats and inflammatory remarks about the food critic after having had an altercation with him, the evidence was purely circumstantial and did not prove beyond a doubt that the bar owner set up the attack. The two brothers who carried out the vicious assault both avoided jail time. One of the men avoided jail time by cooperating with authorities in the case and the other man had his case thrown out after prosecutorial mistakes in the case were made.

The victim of the assault was understandably disappointed by the not guilty verdict, claims the same person, though he maintained that he had respect for the jury and for the difficult decisions that they were required to make. In an unrelated case, the bar owner recently plead guilty to failing to pay almost $200,000 in state sales tax, which could land him in prison anyway.

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When a marriage ends in divorce and there are children involved, very often there is animosity and resentment between the two parents as to who will retain custody of the children. Though the divorced couple may say that they are fighting to determine who will best care for the children, very often the parents engage in a power struggle to see who will come out the victor, and this can be tragic for the children involved and highly emotionally abusive and can result in a case of child endangerment.

For obvious reasons, it is always best to let the attorneys do the talking. At all costs, the parents who are fighting over custody of their children should refrain from discussing the custody case outside of the walls of a courtroom or a legal office, and they should never bring the issue up in front of the children themselves. Unfortunately, many people in our society try to take these delicate matters into their own hands, and the results can be devastating.

A California man fighting for custody of his children had to be tasered by police in a municipal parking lot outside of court offices after he and his ex-wife were seen arguing over the custody of their children; an argument which ended with the man assaulting his ex out with a punch to the face. Though scenarios like these can be avoided by taking the logistic approach and using legal counsel for support, people who choose to react with violence find that the game they were attempting to play and win in the first place is going to cost them their children and quite possibly their freedom.

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The driver in a two-car crash that caused the death of another driver has been arraigned on manslaughter charges. This occurred after a six-count Suffolk grand jury indictment which claimed the driver was under the influence of intoxicating substances, according to official sources.

The 53-year-old driver pleaded not guilty in Suffolk County Court, Riverhead, and was held on $500,000 bond or $250,000 in cash, by order of the presiding judge.

The driver, operating a 2002 Lincoln Navigator, swerved over the yellow divider line on Montauk Highway, near Old South Country Road in Brookhaven, on December 17, 2010.
The Navigator struck a van driving by a 43-year-old man heading home from work, police said. The 43-year-old man was announced dead on the scene, survived by three children and his wife.
A spokesman for the Suffolk District Attorney indicated that blood-alcohol tests showed the driver had a blood alcohol level of .11. According to the spokesman, greater than .08 is legally intoxicated. Police stated that had the man survived the defendant would have been charged with vehicular assualt.

The driver’s attorney is still investigating the entire case, unsure if manslaughter is the appropriate charge.

“We’re early in the process of investigation,” he said. “Certainly it’s a tragedy. He’s incarcerated and this gentleman lost his life.”

The driver has already pleaded guilty over the last 22 years misdemeanors involving controlled substances, among other charges.

Everyone is innocent until proven guilty in the United States. This holds true no matter what the charges or whatever the past might have been. You have the right to a fair trial before a jury of your peers. Accusation and arraignment are not the end of the story. What happens next is largely dependent upon the quality of defense. There is no better defense than a New York City Criminal Lawyer. Such cases will require representation with tenacity, skill, and the ability to use discretion. That is exactly what a real qualified New York City Criminal Lawyer can provide.

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The mother of LeBron James, major star of the Miami Heat, was arrested on charges of assault, battery and disorderly intoxication. A contentious encounter with a valet at a Miami Beach hotel ended with the arrest.

The 43-year-old woman was arrested because she reportedly struck a valet around 5 a.m. in the morning, Miami Beach police told Long Island Criminal Attorneys.

Sources revealed, the woman requested her vehicle from the valet, who brought it to the valet ramp, where it was left running for 30 minutes as James’s mother talked to other hotel patrons. After that, the valet turned off the car and gave the keys to the valet cashier.

When the woman emerged to find her car, she reportedly yelled, “where are my f---ing keys” and swore at the valet.

“Then, for no apparent reason [she] struck the victim with an open hand across the right side of his face and in the process causing herself to lose balance and falling to the ground,” stated a report.

She was about to leave in her vehicle when the police arrived. Sources say she refused to speak at the time. Her friend in the car with her, however, stated there was a “verbal altercation” about the retrieval of the SUV and how they “got up into each other’s faces over the incident.”
James’s mother was “very uncooperative”, police alleged to Queens Criminal Attorneys.

Allegedly, she said, “I’m trying to trust you, but I just don’t trust your kind,” to an officer.
She was released, after refusing to have her picture taken, to a Heat executive, who had no comment. LeBron did address questions from journalists at a later practice.
“You have to move forward. It is my life. Just try not to let things be a distraction. I have a job to do,” he was quoted as saying. “It’s very sensitive because it’s your mother, of course. People around me are helping me, helping her.”

When LeBron was with the Cavaliers, his mother was arrested on DWI charges in Cleveland in 2006.

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A couple in Maryland were each charged with DUI, among other charges, after causing a three-car crash in Seaford, Delaware.
The crash occurred around 11:05 p.m. on U.S. 13 according to Stare Police.
A 31-year-old woman was following a 30-year-old man back to their home, driving down U.S. 13 when the 30-year-old man came to a sudden stop in his Ford Crown Victoria. The driver behind him slammed her Pontiac Grand Am into the rear of his car.
The man’s vehicle was pushed forward by the impact into the rear of a Mitsubishi Diamante, which was being driven by a 22-year-old woman from Seaford.
The 22-year-old woman was sent to Nanticoke Hospital, complaining of minor back strain before being treated and released, the police spokesman revealed.
After an investigation, it was determined that the 31-year-old woman and the 30-year-old man were both driving under the influence. They were each charged with vehicular assault, driving under the influence of alcohol, and driving without a valid licence.
The 30-year-old driver was further charged for possession of Ecstasy (MDMA), after being found with a small amount of the drug, the police spokesman said to N York Criminal Attorneys.
The 31-year-old woman was released upon posting $1,100 in secured bail. The other driver, however, was placed into Sussex Correctional Institution, instead of paying $1,600 secured bail.
A case might seem to be open and shut to outside viewers, but every story has two sides, which is why a legal advocate is so important. Even if the defendant in a criminal case wants to confess to it all, it is vital that the punishment fits the crime and no one is punished in a way that exceeds the crime committed. Whatever the case might be, your trial hinges upon who you have at your side in the courtroom. N York Criminal Attorneys are the right people to call first when it comes to criminal charges – no one should have to face a judge or jury alone, and no one should have to face either one with less than the best representation.

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latest legislative session.
One of these bills proposed sanctioning Colorado communities that do not assist federal immigration authorities. The other would require verification of the identities of voters.
The State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee voted 3-2, with Democratic senators prevailing, to reject the bill that would have denied funds for municipalities that did not participate in the federal Secure Communities program.
The program is already operating as a pilot program in three counties in Colorado. It lets local authorities use federal databases to determine the immigration status and criminal record of immigrants who have been arrested. For now, the program is optional, but 2013, participation will be mandatory across the United States.
A representative for the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition said Secure Communities was “a mass deportation dragnet program, pure and simple” Proponents of the bill have advocated that violent crimes such assault, sex crimes, homocides, human trafficking and robbery occur more frequently among undocumented people.
Democrat legislators also said no to another bill that required proof of citizenship before one could register to vote. It also authorized Colorado’s secretary of state to discount the votes of anyone who did not supply sufficient proof of citizenship. The purpose of the bill was to reduce election fraud, but proponents gave no examples of non-citizens casting ballots.
“Why is this not something else than a witch hunt?” asked a Democratic senator.
The same Republican senator sponsored both bills.
He told NYC Criminal Lawyers, “Senate Democrats continually say illegal immigration is a federal problem that cannot be addressed on the state level. Yet just this morning they voted to grant in-state tuition to illegal immigrants.”
The Democratic majority in the Colorado Senate did approve a bill that would let undocumented students at state universities pay tuition at a lower in-state rate, so long as they were in the process of regularizing their immigration status. The Republican-dominated House of Representatives in Colorado does not expect it to pass.
The Republican senator said, “What this bill really does is incentivizing foreigners to come to this country illegally.”

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The preliminary hearing wrapped up earlier this month for the three men accused of beating and paralyzing an Oklahoma City Police Officer. The three men will stand trial, according to the presiding Oklahoma County Special Judge ruling.
When the officer responded to a northwest Oklahoma City bar last February, he was asked to escorting the defendants out because they were allegedly trying to start fights with customers. While doing so, he was attacked.
According to witness testimony, one of the men held the officer in a headlock and lifted his body while another three repeated haymaker punches into the officer’s head. The third man is accused of holding back any possible rescuers. Police in Nassau County and Manhattan alike go all out to find these kinds of criminals and bring them to justice.
During the attack, the officer’s neck was broken. The operating surgeon said the extent of the spinal cord injury was extensive and complete. According to a New York Criminal Lawyer, indicated that the injury likely shortened his life by 10 to 15 years.

All three men are facing charges of maiming or assault and battery by means of force that is likely to cause death. A New York Criminal Attorney reports that if convicted, each defendant will face the possibility of life sentences.

The second charge, of conspiracy to assault a police officer, was dismissed by the Oklahoma County Special Judge who agreed with the defense attorneys’ argument that the three men did not plan the attack.

The District Attorney assigned to the case reported that the man’s family has remained strong throughout the testimony, but that they were disappointed with the conspiracy charge being dismissed. He is expecting to appeal the conspiracy charge’s dismissal.
Members of the family point out that the possibility of life imprisonment may be “just” enough at this point.
The three men’s arraignment is to be June 10; a pre-trial date will be set then.
Oklahoma City Police Officers have set up a bowling and auction event for June 11. Proceeds will go to the injured officer and his family.
Spinal injuries can be devastating, completely changing the victim’s way of life forever. When injured by another’s willful actions, it can seem even more brutal. "I can't imagine having a child in the position that Chad is in right now. Being a parent myself, I don't know how you'd wake up every day and put your foot on the floor and get out of bed,” the District Attorney said.

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A man linked to New York crime families claims to have been the victim in a knife fight with a Brooklyn pizza maker. The mob-linked suspect even went so far as to show his knife wounds to a judge in court. He was charged with murder in this case that has confused both prosecutors and defense thus far.
The pizza maker had cuts all over his body from the scuffle on Smith Street in Carroll Gardens, and he faces charges himself – felony assault, with more that might be coming, a spokesman for the District Attorney revealed to NY City Criminal Lawyers.
“I got arrested because of all the publicity,” said the pizza maker as he lay in a hospital bed in Lutheran Hospital. “They think this is some kind of mob story. I was just trying to defend myself.”
Neither the pizza maker, owner of a famous shop which such people as Beyonce and Jay-Z patronize, nor the suspect have been cooperating with authorities.
While the pizza shop owner was hospitalized, the suspect was arraigned. The suspect’s attorney insists his client did not start the fight.
The suspect has already been linked to crime families. In court, he lifted his shirt to show his chest was covered with bandages, as his attorney pleaded his case.
Prosecutors say that the suspect is a “violent predator”. It is their case that the pizza maker “suffered far worse injuries.”
The suspect’s attorney claims the large knife found on the scene belonged to the pizza maker, but prosecutors insist it belonged to the suspect. Since the suspect is on probation until 2013 for his complicity in a series of bank robberys across the country, he was held in lieu of $250,000 bail.
The judge in the case took steps to make sure the bail furnished by the suspect did not come from any criminal sources.
Despite the protests of the pizza makers, the whole case looks very much like something in which the mob might be involved.
Not only does the suspect have ties to mobsters, but NY City Criminal Lawyers have learned the pizza maker may have given a no-show job to a mobster in another crime family.

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NY City Criminal Lawyers can help with a great many charges, from the major to the minor, making sure all sides get a fair hearing.
In one unusual case, a female transit officer was accused of beating a foul-mouthed motorist who fought with her and ripped all the clothing from her upper half, leaving her topless.
The officer testified she acted in self-defense at her felony assault trial. She is charged with attacking a 37-year-old aspiring poet in August 16, 2008, over an argument about an open car door.
“I was standing there topless. My shirt was totally ripped off and my bra was ripped off,” the 40-year-old officer testified in tears in Bronx Criminal Court.
She was off-duty at the time of the incident, driving with another off-duty transit cop, when they found themselves blocked by the aspiring poet’s car door.
The officers attacked the poet with pepper spray, fists, batons, and even a handgun, before fleeing the scene. The officer on trial was even knocked to the ground at one point, she testified.
In another story, a New Jersey man received a five-year sentence for collecting tax refunds from falsified tax returns – he was using the data of both adult and pediatric cancer patients to scam the government.
The 29-year-old mean pleaded guilty to conspiracy to file false claims and commit credit card fraud. In addition to his prison time, he was also ordered to pay almost $300,000 by way or restitution.
A more tragic story happened more than an ocean away in Minsk, Belarus, where an explosion killed 11 people during the evening rush hour. The president of Belarus believes it was an attempt to destabilize the country.
The blast occurred on one of the busiest underground rail junctions in the city, only about 100 yards from the headquarters of the president himself.
“There was blood everywhere, in splashes and in pools. I saw pieces of flesh. It was terrible,” a 47-year-old man said.
“Prosecutors qualify this as a terrorist act,” a source in the president’s administration explained NY City Criminal Lawyers.

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Five Brooklyn high school girls stand accused of assaulting a talented music student with a padlock in a sock, all to keep her out of a talent show, sources told New York Criminal Lawyers.
“Yo, b***h, I got a lock,” one of the suspects reportedly said before they began beating the young singer.
The girl with the lock, 16 years old, and four of her friends are accused of attacking a 17-year-old senior at Brooklyn Academy High School. The singer was outside the home of her voice coach when the attack occurred.
Afterward, the victim had to have six stitches near her left ear. She also had a deep gash on her face, and bruising on her jaw.
“I wasn’t able to open my jaw. I wasn’t able to talk. I wasn’t able to sing,” the girl explained to New York Criminal Lawyers.
According to her, it was all about jealousy and the talent show. She even received a Facebook message, threatening her, saying “they were going to get her and hurt her so she wouldn’t ever be able to sing again,” her mother said.
Because of the attack, the talent show was cancelled. Witnesses say the attack happened quickly. The girls surrounded their victim and the ringleader began to hit her with the lock. The others joined in after that.
“I could see them hitting her and hitting her and hitting her with something,” a 22-year-old neighbor said. She was watching the whole thing from her apartment window.
“She started out on the stoop and you could tell she didn’t want to fight, but she came down and they fought with everybody hyping it up. She was bleeding.” In Manhattan, this crime would be treated the same way.
The victim’s friend tried to help, but she was also beaten, authorities revealed to New York Criminal Lawyers. Four of the teenaged attackers were arrested on the scene, with the fifth, the one with the lock, being arrested three days later.
One of the accused girls later confessed to being involved. “I did fight that day, but nothing was planned.” She is a student at Bedford-Stuyvesant Preparatory School. “There was a padlock involved.”

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A suspected burglar has been caught on video tape in Queens and the search is on for a man who took some alcoholic beverages from a restaurant in Forest Hills, sources have revealed.
According to sources, the alleged thief broke in through the front window of the restaurant at 3 in the morning on March 29 and fled with some bottles of liquor.
In Brooklyn, a stripper and three of her friends, pole dancers, allegedly beat up an enemy of theirs in Sunset Park, authorities told New York Criminal Lawyers.
The 26-year-old woman and three other workers in her establishment are said to have attacked their victim at 4:10 a.m. on March 6 on the corner of 39th Street and Fourth Avenue.
Police explained in reports about the incident that the victim has been accused of pouring baby oil into the shoes of one of the women who later attacked her. No one yet knows why the victim would have done this, if it did indeed occur.
According to police, the vicious attack, in which the victim was punched and kicked in the head and face, resulted in brain swelling, some loss of vision, and a broken nose. She underwent surgery at Kings County Hospital.
The 26-year-old stripper later surrendered to police and faces charges of gang assault, menacing and harassment. According to her, she did nothing more than drive the vehicle which carried the other assailants. Police are still looking for the woman’s accomplices.
New York City Criminal Lawyers have heard of another alleged crime in Queens, this one involving a man who allegedly took cans of coffee from a Midwood supermarket at around 2 in the afternoon.
The 30-year-old suspect allegedly took 19 cans off coffee, packed them into a shopping back and walked past the registers and toward the exit, apparently not intending to pay for his caffeine craving.
Security confronted the suspect and he resisted, scratching a guard on the right cheek and nose in his attempt to get away, police indicated. The guard went to Lutheran Hospital, where his scratches were treated.

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The first story comes out of Queens.
A grocery worker, apparently tired of providing polite service, allegedly hit a customer in the face with a bat, ending an argument that happened in a shop in Flushing.
The 24-year-old grocer had been having heated words with the victim in the grocery store at about 1:30 in the morning when the customer stormed out.
According to official documents obtained, the grocery store worker wasn’t quite done yet. He followed the victim across the street, grabbed him by the shoulder, turned him around, and hit him in the face with the bat, knocking the victim unconscious.
The victim lost one tooth in the assault and five others so loose as to require later extraction. The grocery store worker was arrested and charged with gun possession and assault.
Elsewhere in Queens, a woman and her sister were attacked by a man with a machete, like a scene out of a horror movie, NYC Criminal Lawyers have learned. The attack occurred in Ozone Park at about 6 p.m.
The 60-year-old suspect was arguing with the two women near his home on Sutter Avenue, when he picked up a machete and threatened them, according to sources.
The women attempted to flee and the man with the machete gave chase, cutting one on the arms and body. Fortunately, the police arrived to rescue the women. The victims were hospitalized, but neither of them had life-threatening wounds, sources told New York Criminal Lawyers.
A story out of Brooklyn tells of a man has been arrested for a prank – Super Glue on his neighbor’s front door lock. A man from Red Hook has been arrested for the deed.
Surveillance video clearly shows the 41-year-old suspect putting glue on the lock, at 8:30 a.m., police revealed to New York Criminal Lawyers.
Later in the day, the victim came home and found himself unable to open his own door. The suspect, who is said to have been arguing with the victim, was arrested the next day.

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A former television news reporter became the news recently. The slapping incident allegedly occurred in a parking area at the United Nations (UN), when former WPIX reporter, Vince DeMentri was accused of slapping the chauffer of the Bahamian diplomat for blocking a press-only parking spot. He was charged soon after the alleged incident with misdemeanor assault and harassment charges. The charges have been vehemently denied by DeMentri from the beginning.
According to the New York Criminal Attorney’s sources, DeMentri’s best witness turned out to be the accuser himself. Court records indicate that the Bahamian diplomat’s chauffer made a statement under oath that apparently was not included in his original police report. In his testimony, he stated that DeMentri called him the n-word. Defense attorneys would then argue against the credibility of the accuser and that his motives were not for justice, rather that the charges were an attempt to collect the financial rewards of suing someone that he may have perceived to be rich and famous. The presiding judge later sided with DeMentri’s attorneys and dismissed the charges against him.
It should also be noted that an eyewitness on the scene stated that they did not see DeMentri slap the chauffer and that the vehicle’s window was barely open at that time.
Within about three days following the alleged attack, the TV reporter became unemployed as his employer at that time, WPIX, chose to terminate their relationship with DeMentri; sources told a N York Criminal Attorney. However, this is not the first time that the self-described, “bad-boy” has been dismissed from a position. you would be wise to have local lawyer in Staten Island or Long Island if these same crimes were charged there.
New York Criminal Lawyer went on to learn that Vince DeMentri used to work at Philadelphia’s WCAU-TV as their news anchor. His legal entanglements in this incident stemmed from his alleged personal involvement with his female co-anchor. The resulting gender-bias complaint that was lodged against him resulted in his dismissal by the TV station. He has since griped that he was the one who lost his job while the female anchor remained in her position.
Immediately following the verdict, DeMentri exclaimed that he was the victim and not the bad guy in this. He went on to add that he is looking for work, presumably as a TV reporter.

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