New York Criminal Lawyer Blog

Published on: June 3, 2011

Deadly Drug Cocktail Detected in Lethal Driver in Sacramento

by Stephen Bilkis

A California driver involved in a deadly accident in 2009 may not have been driving drunk at the time of the accident, but authorities revealed to a New York City Criminal Lawyer that the man was under the influence of at least three other drugs.

The 26 year old Latino driver had blood levels showing marijuana, morphine, and methamphetamines at the time of the crash. The country district attorney’s office chief investigator disclosed in a recent report provided to a New York City Criminal Lawyer that the Latino driver was too seriously impaired to drive a motor vehicle. His intoxication may have led to the accident.

The California Highway Patrol led the investigation as noted by the New York City Criminal Lawyer. A witness close to the intoxicated driver said he had been drinking a malt liquor while driving enroute to Sacramento from Tulare. The perpetrator’s blood alcohol measured .02 ninety minutes following the fatal crash. That computes to about .05 at the time of the crash. Both blood alcohol levels are below the .08 legal limit in California by which a driver is considered legally drunk.

Published on: June 2, 2011

Former TV Reporter in Philadelphia Accused in Slapping Incident—Acquitted

by Stephen Bilkis

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.

Published on: June 1, 2011

Music Teacher in Addison County Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

by Stephen Bilkis

An Addison County music teacher was arrested on federal child-pornography charges. The teacher told officials about the case to warn them in an effort to calm fears about the seriousness of the claims.

A Manhattan Criminal Lawyer revealed that there was no evidence that linked the teacher’s crimes to any of the local school children.

Classes at Bristol Elementary School and Robinson Elementary School in Starksboro, where the defendant divides his full-time job, were cancelled for the day, said a Manhattan Criminal Lawyer, but those in charge began to worry about how to tell the community of the issue and were extremely concerned what local parents and even children would have.

Published on: May 31, 2011

Children of violent custody battles in Colorado suffer long term emotional damage

by Stephen Bilkis

Though divorce is more commonplace now than it ever has been, experts agree that it is still not a healthy example to set for a child. However, while most children come out the other side of divorce relatively unscathed, children of violent and particularly hostile custody battles suffer long term emotional effects, expressed a New York Criminal Lawyer. Children take their cues from the adults in their lives, and violence and hostility between the parents often becomes a pattern that is repeated throughout the adult life of the child.

A Colorado man was arrested last month after he stabbed another man in front of his ex-wife and child in a custody dispute. Police reports say the man accused of the stabbing was seen arguing with his ex-wife in front of their child and the woman’s friend. The fight escalated and when the woman’s friend tried to intervene, the irate ex-husband stabbed him and then proceeded to grab the young child and drive off with him.

The child was returned unharmed several hours later, but not before a 4 hour manhunt ensued, related the N York Criminal Lawyer. It is easy to understand how the effects of witnessing something so devastating as one’s father stabbing another man could be harmful, even detrimental to that child’s psyche and sense of right and wrong. As parents, it is our responsibility to mirror to our children the behaviors that we would like for them to exhibit when they are an adult. In this case, that child’s father has a lot of making up to do.

Published on: May 30, 2011

Small Town in Illinois Has Two DUIs

by Stephen Bilkis

Illinois Police District Sixteen is a small, sleepy district. Not much happens in a given week and rarely is any news made. The people there like it that way. They can relax and let life live itself while they enjoy the cast off fruits of joy. Simple? Perhaps. But definitely happy. Which is why it was big news when not one but two people were arrested in the span of a week for driving under the influence of alcohol and or drugs, says a New York Criminal Defense Lawyer.

One of the selfish criminals grabbed the bottle and started drinking until he could drink no more. He drank to hide the pain, he drank to hide the world, but he drank and then drank. Then, he got behind the wheel of a car. He decided that he would risk not just his life, but the life of everyone else in District Sixteen as he sped down the road, going top speed, all the while loaded out of his mind. One car after another was passed until he finally passed the wrong car: a cop car.

A second idiot was high onhttps://criminaldefense.1800nynylaw.com/lawyer-attorney-1402769.html, reports a NY Criminal Lawyer. The police would not release the details of the drug use, but it was significant enough to be obvious to a police officer and dangerous enough to affect his driving. Like the first offender, this criminal was also in their early twenties. Perhaps that is just the age to be dumb, high, drunk, and driving a car.

Published on: May 29, 2011

Stories from All Over NYC

by Stephen Bilkis

New York Criminal Law Offices have seen or heard of a number of crimes in Brooklyn.

A Brooklyn man went into the basement of a building in Bedford-Stuyvesant and found the bodies of two men, one of them his son, law enforcement sources reported.

It is believed the pair had been killed in a drug-related execution.

Published on: May 28, 2011

Philadelphia Driver Sentenced to Prison for Death of Teenager

by Stephen Bilkis

A 20-year-old Philadelphia woman has been sentenced to one to five years of prison after striking and killing a high school student over a year ago.

The woman pleaded guilty in January to a felony charge of accidents involving death or personal injury in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. Because it is a felony, the charge has a minimum mandatory sentence of a year in prison.

The convicted woman will serve her sentence in Montgomery County Prison and is eligible for the Work Release program. She has also pledged to pay $500 to the slain girl’s scholarship fund, though it is not legally binding.

Published on: May 27, 2011

Alabama Man Called ‘Serial Child Predator’ by Prosecutor

by Stephen Bilkis

Prosecutors fought against a judge’s decision to let an accused rapist be released prior to trial. He has been charged with sexually assaulting a passenger on a cruise ship.

An Assistant U.S. Attorney on the case called the 19-year-old defendant a “dangerous serial child predator”. He confessed to sex with a 13-year-old girl in March aboard the cruise ship, as well as sex with two other minors, and forcing a fourth one into sex.

The young man’s attorney claims that there will be conditions to protect the public if his client is released until the trial.

Published on: May 26, 2011

Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested and Charged

by Stephen Bilkis

A suspect was arrested after threatening to rob and bomb a bank. The suspect was apprehended and charged after making threats against a branch of a local bank. The man’s robbery attempt was successful in that he obtained cash from the bank. The attempt was unsuccessful in that the man was apprehended by the police and did not manage to get away with the funds he had illegally obtained.

Three employees of the local branch of a bank witnessed the man entering the building with a weapon. He also stated that he had a bomb with him and that he was willing to detonate the device if his demands were not met. The suspect also said that he would set off the explosive if the police arrived on the scene. The man was given the money he demanded and allowed to the leave the branch without the employees intervening, although they did report the event to the local authorities after the suspect left with the money.

Though there was no confirmation that the suspect actually had a bomb on him, the employees decided to err on the side of caution. The employees remained relatively calm as they met the suspect’s demands. No one was harmed during the incident.

Published on: May 25, 2011

Bronx and Brooklyn Shootings Leave 8 Wounded

by Stephen Bilkis

Four shooting incidents that occurred in two New York City boroughs, Brooklyn and the Bronx, have resulted in hospitalizing four men in Crown Heights and wounding four others, police revealed to New York Criminal Law Offices.

All four shootings occurred over a time span that was less than three hours.

The first incident happened at about 4:20 p.m. on Utica Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, police have discovered upon further investigation. Two of the victims, ages 34 and 32, were transported to Kings County Hospital, where they are said to be in stable condition. The other two victims of the first shooting managed to transport themselves to Brookdale University Hospital. They were also considered to be in stable condition.