New York Criminal Lawyer Blog

Published on: January 7, 2012

Friend of President Obama Caught in Prostitution Sting

by Stephen Bilkis

A New York Criminal Lawyer has learned of a close friend of President Obama who was arrested in Hawaii for allegedly patronizing prostitution. Unfortunately for him, this prostitute was an undercover police officer.

The 49-year-old man was caught in “a reverse prostitution operation by Honolulu police,” police sources revealed.

The resident of the state of Hawaii, a childhood friend of President Obama, was one of four men who were arrested in that sting, involving police officers who would lure in would-be johns through a phony escort site on the Internet, local news reported.

Published on: January 7, 2012

Nineteen year-old is found guilty of DUI

by Stephen Bilkis

A jury of his peers found a 19-year-old man guilty of driving drunk. The Lancaster County jury found him guilty of DUI, a New York Criminal Lawyer was told.

An officer pulled him over in the wee hours of Nov. 1. He was stopped near 37th Street and Huntington Avenue in Nebraska. The police officer noticed the 19-year-old man had watery eyes, slurred speech and an alcohol scent.

He was wearing a homemade breathalyzer costume when he was stopped. He had been at a Halloween party before being stopped. It is unclear why the police pulled the young man over before discovering he was drunk.

Published on: January 6, 2012

Civil Rights Groups in Ohio Rail Against Crimeless Deportation

by Stephen Bilkis

Some Ohio immigration-reform groups claim a program created to catch criminal illegal immigrants is also sending away people who have not committed any crimes.

These groups claim that 25% of the people deported by the federal Secure Communities program had never had any criminal conviction. In other places, they claim more than half of those deported through the program had no criminal record.

“We’re not talking about people who are truly dangerous criminals,” a representative of the ACLU explained. “These are people who are getting caught in the dragnet of law enforcement.

Published on: January 6, 2012

Police Uncover Child’s Remains on Long Island

by Stephen Bilkis

A serial killer’s graveyard was thought only to contain the bodies of women, sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer. Police were therefore shocked to find the body of an infant or a child buried there.

“One doesn’t match the others. It’s a young person, possibly as young as an infant, or a child,” one witness reported. The same source also suggested the victim may be due to another killer entirely.

There have been seven other murder victims found on that stretch of Long Island beach. Four of these people were found close to each other in December 2010 and were all confirmed to be prostitutes on Craigslist who disappeared after meeting a john. The other four, which includes the body of the child, were discovered just a few miles away. The second set of four were all within half a mile of each other. Sources explained that while the first set of four have been identified, the second set remains unknown.

Published on: January 5, 2012

The Saudi Arrest Campaign Explained

by Stephen Bilkis

As a New York Criminal Lawyer explains, criminal law is very different in the US as it is to Saudi Arabia. Saudi authorities condemn and forbid any demonstrations or protests over the way the country is run.

There is however an increasing dissatisfaction over the way that the country is run. There have been many anti-government protests over the past few months.

The government is cracking down on these protests to try and limit their impact on the country. Eye witness accounts indicated that many of the protestors were detained for taking part in the protests.

Published on: January 5, 2012

Shooting Triggers Accident, Wounds Victim

by Stephen Bilkis

A local man was shot and the violence triggered a car accident. The victim, according to witnesses who spoke to a reporter, was standing outside of a local bar minding his own business when shots were fired. The shots came from the gun of an unknown assailant. The fusillade of gunshots resulted in the unsuspecting man being shot in the leg.

The shooting of the man outside the bar didn’t trigger the accident. That shooting was just the beginning of the gun violence.

The 31 year old man lay wounded on the street when a couple nearby ran into trouble. The man, a 28 year old, and the woman, a 25 year old, were sitting in a car parked on the side of the bar. When they heard shooting, they tried to get out of the area. They were leaving the scene at a high rate of speed when their vehicle struck another vehicle that was parked on the street, authorities reported to a local station.

Published on: January 5, 2012

Woman Killed by Cop Car Collision

by Stephen Bilkis

A woman from has died after being struck by a police car as she was walking home.

The 63-year-old woman was struck by a police cruiser at 10:41 p.m. on a Saturday night as she walked home during a rainstorm, family members and police told a New York Criminal Lawyer.

She was taken directly to the hospital, but was pronounced dead at 11:25 p.m. She was only a few blocks from her home when the accident occurred, during a spate of severe weather.

Published on: January 4, 2012

Former Hedge-Fund Manager Accused of Making Death Threats Against Regulators

by Stephen Bilkis

A former hedge-fund manager sits in a New York City jail today after he was arrested January 13 for making death threats against federal regulators, a collegue discovered. The government alleges that the accused sent emails that were laced with profanity to at least 47 current and former members of the SEC, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTA), the National Futures Association (NFA), and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FIRA).

Sources report to a reporter that U.S. prosecutors further allege that the former 50-year old commodities trader maintained an “execution” list of these regulatory officials on his company website. They are including the words that are alleged to have come from his website, “Go buy a gun, and let’s get to work in taking back our country from these criminals,” and that “I will be the first one to lead by example.” One of the government’s pieces of key evidence is that one of the emails that was reportedly sent by the accused to the NFA’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) reportedly reads, “It wasn’t ever a question of ‘if’ I was going to kill you, it was just a question of when.”

As is always the case, there are two sides to every story, and this story is no different, claims a source. The accused former trader says that these charges are the result of those officials in the regulatory agencies that have a grudge against him that began about 10-years ago after he was acquitted of charges of mail fraud and for allegedly making false statements. Following his acquittal, he applied to have his licenses reinstated, which was denied. Completion of the appeals process would also see the denial of reinstatement of his licenses. Following these denials, the accused had allegedly sent out threats to those involved at that time as well. These threats resulted in the accused agreeing to undergo therapy for anger management.

Published on: January 3, 2012

One Suspect Arrested; St. Landry Parish Still Seek Other Suspect in Copper Wiring Thefts

by Stephen Bilkis

One man has been arrested in connection with copper wiring thefts from mobile homes in the area, and the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office put out a warrant for a second man in connection with the thefts, officials told a newsman.

The arrested suspect was booked into the St. Landry Parish Jail on three counts of simple criminal damage to property, due to damage sustained when the copper wiring was removed, one count of theft, and one count of failure to report an accident. A Warrant has been issued for the arrest of the second suspect, who is also wanted for theft, simple criminal damage to property (three counts), aggravated criminal damage to property and failure to report an accident.

The Sheriff’s Office revealed that the arrest and warrant were a result of an incident on Mar. 17, when their office received a report of robbery and criminal damage to property in Opelousas. The unidentified caller told police that two suspects were seen removing copper wiring from several mobile homes in the area.

Published on: January 2, 2012

Officers Take Out Meth Lab, Arrest 4 in Lexington County

by Stephen Bilkis

Acting on a tip, officers from the Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) raided a home near Lexington, SC, led to the arrests of two men and two women, sources revealed to a reporter.

A Lexington County Sheriff’s Department spokesman said that NET officers had received a tip that the four persons were manufacturing meth at a clandestine meth lab in the home of one of those arrested. Officers from the multi-agency cooperative effort executed a search warrant just after 2:00pm Friday and found that meth was being manufactured in the master bedroom. Officers said that a small amount of marijuana was also located inside the home.

Local firefighters from the Lexington County Fire Service were on the scene and assisted the officers to dismantle the meth lab and to assist with the disposal of any chemicals and other hazardous substances that were associated with the meth lab.