New York Criminal Lawyer Blog

It is a sad commentary on society today that a man can be convicted of a money-laundering scheme that resulted in clients being bilked out of hundreds of millions of dollars and that said scheme is just one of a string of such events to take place. Regardless, a Florida man was finally convicted and sentenced to fourteen years in jail for doing just that, said a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The man preyed on investors from all walks of life, a fact that was not lost on the judge when sentencing came around. The culprit argued that he was now elderly and sick and that prison would be too harsh for him, reports a New York Criminal Lawyer. The judge responded that his victims were also sick and old and that they would be forced to live the rest of their lives in destitution all because of this man’s selfish acts of thievery. The man was ordered to return all of the money stolen but due to a lavish lifestyle little, if any, is expected to make its way back to the innocent victims whom the man robbed, said a New York Criminal Lawyer.

A lifetime of work for many was entrusted to the man. A lifetime of hard work, good will, and honest living was put in the hands of a man who didn’t care, noted a New York Criminal Lawyer. A man who was happy to steal, rob, and plunder his clients, violating their trust and ruining their lives – all so he could had a few extra zeroes to his bank account. Lives were ruined so he could have money he’d never be able to spend.

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Famed rapper T.I. has had a recent string of bad news but a Los Angeles area prosecutor decided to cut the artist a break. Earlier this year T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, was arrested by authorities. The arrest was for possession of drugs and took place after a routine traffic stop, said a New York Criminal Lawyer. A day after the arrest T.I. failed a drug test. The arrest and drug test failure resulted in the rapping icon violating his parole. As a result, Clifford “T.I.” Harris was ordered back to prison where he will serve the remainder of his 11 month sentence, reports a New York Criminal Lawyer.

Prosecutors had the option of charging T.I. with the offense, trying him, and then having him serve the time after his Atlanta-based jail time was finished. However, they used their prosecutorial discretion and dropped the charges, notes a New York Criminal Lawyer. It is a silver of a silver lining on an otherwise quite dark cloud, for T.I. Not so lucky may be the woman accompanying T.I. at the time of the arrest. Prosecutors have not decided whether they will charge her with drug possession.

T.I. was out on parole for a weapons based offense. The rapper had attempted to illegally purchase several high powered machine guns in Atlanta, said a New York Criminal Lawyer. He briefly served jail time but was to spent the rest of his time in public service, mentoring the youth of the community, advising them of how they could avoid a similar fate.

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Two men with the world as their future are no longer with us. Two men with the chance to do anything now have no chance at life. Two men are now dead as the result of doing what most take for granted: walking across the street, said a New York Criminal Lawyer. Both men were twenty six years of age and were walking home after having attended a birthday party earlier that night. As they walked they crossed an intersection like any other, noted a New York Criminal Lawyer. It was then that the two found themselves run over by a man behind the wheel of a car. Predictably the man was processed for driving under the influence. Two more senseless deaths the result of someone driving when they should not have been driving.

After hitting the two men the driver drove off for a moment. But, perhaps having a change of heart, he returned to the scene of the accident, said a New York Criminal Lawyer. The crosswalk lights were flashing yellow, indicating that pedestrians needed to be careful and also letting drivers know that there were potential walkers in the area, reported a New York Criminal Lawyer. The driver did not heed the warning and because of that two men will never see their futures unfold. Families and communities are forever changed, altered in a way that none would ever foresee, all because of one stupid evening.

The families predictably expressed grief. Police said they were waiting until a full investigation had concluded before pressing charges.

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Not one, not two, not three, but seven separate offenses. That is what faces a football coach, who was arrested for amongst other things: driving under the influence, negligent driving, and speeding, said a New York Criminal Lawyer. At one in the morning, a time of day when good things rarely happen, the man was pulled over by police officers after being caught speeding nearly twenty miles an hour over the speed limit, noted a New York Criminal Lawyer.

Sadly, this could have possibly been prevented. The man had previously been arrested for diving under the influence several months prior, indicated a New York Criminal Lawyer. The judge in that previous case let the coach off the hook, believing that the coach was not driving the car but was merely sitting there with it in park, reports a New York Criminal Lawyer. A technicality? Perhaps, but it allowed the coach to keep his license and may be part of the reason he was on the road while driving under the influence yet again.

No one was reported injured but that may be nothing more than a stroke of good luck. Driving under the influence often results in death and more often than not the death is not that of the drunk driver but of an innocent person who had nothing to do with the drinking or driving. A random walker or jogger, another car, even houses have all been hit by people driving under the influence. A seemingly innocent crime of “having too many” can irrevocably change people’s lives forever.

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A night out with friends, a few drinks, and a drive home. It happens every day, all across the nation. And while it often times can result in no harm and no foul sometimes disastrous events result. And disaster is the best way to describe what happened to the family of the young, thirty year old mother of two. While driving under the influence of alcohol is often seen through the eyes of the driver, with the focus being on his license being lost and the social stigma, in this case it was the beautiful mother of two that lost her life, says a New York Criminal Lawyer. Her life, gone forever, a light snuffed out with the same effort that one uses to throw back another beer. A careless, stupid mistake and a moment later she’s dead and he’s in jail.

The driver was former New York Yankee’s pitcher Jim Leyritz, reports a New York Criminal Lawyer. A decorated career, ruined, a legacy forever tainted, all because of one foolish evening. Jury selection began on his case, says a New York Criminal Lawyer. The potential jurors were spoken to one at a time by the judge. They were asked questions about their personal background: who they were, where they’re from, if they’d heard of the case, the victim, or the defendant, noted a New York Criminal Lawyer. Lawyers for each side will have an opportunity to ask questions and removed a jurors they aren’t comfortable with.

All this because of a bad mistake on one night.

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Every day for nearly sixteen years he sat in a tiny jail cell convinced that he was going to die. He had been charged and convicted of helping murder a family. An innocent family was beaten, bruised, battered, tied down, murdered, and finally set on fire, said a New York Criminal Lawyer. The prosecutors said that the man had helped killed a woman and her four children. Yet, the only evidence linking the man to the murders was the testimony of the man believed to have carried out the actual killings, reports a New York Criminal Lawyer.

That man later recanted his statement, professing that the newly freed man was innocent of all wrong doing. Prosecutors apparently did not care and kept him in jail. In 2006 a judge overturned his conviction, finding that there was not enough evidence. This didn’t matter to prosecutors: they retired him, said a New York Criminal Lawyer. They went forward with another trial, another attempt to put this man behind bars, another try and sentencing him to death – and they had no evidence. As such, the man is now free as the charges against him have been dropped, said a New York Criminal Lawyer.

Almost two decades of life not just gone, not just forever lost, but spent convinced that you are going to face death. Face death for a crime you never committed. That is the terrible, horrible, life changing fate he found himself facing and that is the hell he will never forget.

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Two people were wounded by gunfire while shopping at a clothing store in Brooklyn, witnesses and police told a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The shooting victims were a 58-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man, who each were shot in the leg when an unknown gunman shot through the front glass of a store window on Eastern Parkway near Utica Ave. in Crown Heights at about 7:15 p.m., cops and witnesses told a New York Criminal Lawyer.

Both of the victims were taken to Brookdale University Hospital, were they were categorized as being in stable condition. There have been no arrests made so far, as of this writing. New York Criminal Lawyers were unable to ascertain any details regarding the suspect or why the shooting occurred. There have been no statements released, either by the victims or the police.