Esther Hershko, of Andover Lane in Woodmere, NY had broken into the home of her estranged husband and tried to light it on fire while he was sleeping. Once inside, she poured lighter fluid on the floor of a bedroom in his Hewlett Bay Park home. She was forced to…
It happens all too often. A parent, who does not have custody of their child, takes the child away from the other parent in hopes of keeping the child. Clark Rockefeller, who’s real name is Christian Karl Gerhartreiter, was convicted of kidnapping his 7 year old daughter. Gerhartreiter has supervised…
NYC transit Authority is rushing to upgrade their Metro Card vending machines so scammers will not be able to get over on them. There are over 1,600 vending machines in subway stations alone. These machines take in more than $100 million dollars in cash a month, and almost 5% of…
State Senator Hiram Monserrate, accused of beating up his girlfriend and allegedly slashing her with a broken piece of glass in a fight in his apartment on December 19th during a fit of jealousy, was indicted on March 23rd on three counts of felony assault and three counts of misdemeanor…
Calvin Butts was stabbed to death in a fight outside a diner. This followed a night of drinking and partying in the Hamptons as the sun was coming up the next morning. Medics tried to revive Butts but were unsuccessful. Butts & Co. had been out all night at a…
Kiefer Sutherland, the star of Fox’s “24” has been accused of assaulting Jack McCollough, the co-founder of the fashion label Proenza Schouler. Police sources say that Sutherland surrendered at the First Precinct and will be given a desk appearance ticket for head-butting the designer at a Soho soiree. The incident…
The case against Lawrence B. Salander is underway. Prosecutors portrayed him as a master manipulator who operated out of a lavish gallery but cheated art collectors and artists of more than $88 million. Salander was arrested on Thursday with a 100-count indictment accusing him of grand larceny, falsifying business records,…
Saturday afternoon, 17 year-old Phillip Levy left his Wantagh, L.I. home to go joy riding with a few friends, but never returned. Levy was shot and killed in a Brooklyn apartment by a drunken ex-con showing off his handgun. The teens were drinking while driving around Brooklyn, when they decided…
A task force of New York’s Finest arrested 34 members of a Dominican drug gang, the Trinitarios that had been wreaking havoc recently in Washington Heights. The US attorney’s office has handed down additional indictments to seven others who are still at large. The leaders have been indicted for assault,…
A wealthy Upper East Side woman was accused of scamming $80 million, and she needs a NY Criminal Attorney for more reasons than one. The mother of three children, Dina Wein-Reis allegedly duped a number of Fortune 500 firms by getting them to give her vast discounts on their consumer…