New York Criminal Lawyer Blog

Demonstrations have changed with the advent of text messages and social networking and law enforcement has changed to match it, a New York Criminal Lawyer reports. FBI agents raided a house in Jackson Heights, Queens, and searched it for 16 hours. New York Criminal Lawyers believe the reason for the search was suspicion that the man who lived there had helped to coordinate protesters at the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh.

The owner of the house, a 41-year-old social worker who was also a self-described anarchist, had already been arrested in Pittsburgh and charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution, criminal use of a communication facility and possession of instruments of crime. Pennsylvania State Police told a Bronx Criminal Lawyer that the social worker was found in a hotel room with computers and police scanners. He was using social networking sites to tell protesters where the police would be. The social worker has denied he did anything wrong.

The criminal complaint in Pennsylvania accuses him of “directing others, specifically protesters of the G-20 summit, in order to avoid apprehension after a lawful order to disperse.”

An East Harlem teenager, well-loved by her community, was the innocent victim of a murderous drive-by shooting, early on October 3rd, 2010, sources tell New York Criminal Lawyers. She was simply sitting with friends in the courtyard of her mother’s apartment building.

The 17-year-old girl collapsed on the street, trailing blood from the playground where she was shot. The teenager, who was a student at the Urban Assembly School for Business for Young Women, was pronounced dead 25 minutes later at Harlem Hospital.

“She told the friend she was with, ‘I’m cold. I think I was shot,’”, a neighbor said to a New York Criminal Lawyer. These were her last words.

Four Queens men have been arrested by Nassau County police, sources told New York Criminal Lawyers. They were arrested for burglarizing boats in a Manorhaven marina at 2:40 a.m. in late September.

Detectives told a New York Criminal Lawyer that defendants rowed a dinghy from Town Dock to a marina on Matinecock Avenue. They allegedly broke into five separate boats, taking property that included liquor, a laptop computer, and a videogame system.

A boat owner happened to see one of the defendants and informed the police, authorities told a New York City Criminal Lawyer. The four suspects were arrested when they returned to Town Dock with their dinghy. Police were able to recover some of the stolen objects.

Braylon Edwards, wide receiver for the New York Jets, was arrested in New York at 5:15 a.m. on September 21, 2010 for driving under the influence, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The arrest followed a big win against New England on Sunday and a charity event. He was pulled over in New York City, early in the morning and registered 0.16 on a Breathalyzer test – twice the limit New York legal driving limit for blood alcohol content, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

Should the arrest lead to a suspension, this could mean some big changes for the Jets. Their passing game will have to change, as will their style of offense. Another top receiver on the Jets is already on the bench for violating NFL rules, which means putting the pressure on other players. The Jets may have to run the ball a lot more than they’re used to.

Paris Hilton is apparently not welcome in the Land of the Rising Sun. She was turned away when she attempted to visit Japan because of her recent conviction for cocaine possession and had to fly back to the United States, New York Criminal Lawyers have learned.

“Paris is very disappointed and fought hard to keep her business commitments and see her fans, but she is forced to postpone her commitments in Asia,” her representative said to a Bronx Criminal Lawyer. “Paris understands and respects the rules and laws of the immigration authorities in Japan and fully wishes to cooperate with them. Paris looks forward to returning in the future to a country she loves and has been coming to for the past 10 years.”

Hilton had been detained and questioned by immigration officials for hours when she tried to enter Japan. She recently pleaded guilty to misdemeanor cocaine possession and obstructing a police officer. A motorcycle cop caught her and her boyfriend in Los Vegas when the officer smelled marijuana coming from the car. Hilton was found to be carrying cocaine at that point, as well.

A 16-year-old boy drove a car down a residential Brooklyn street, traveling more than 60 mph. He lost control and swerved into a parked car, a tree, and a house. A 13-year-old girl in the back seat was killed, police told a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The driver and his friend, also a 16-year-old boy, were not seriously injured in the crash on East 23rd Street at Avenue P in Midwood. The driver was given a Breathalyzer test and passed it.

The young girl in the back seat was taken to Kings County Hospital where she died of massive head injuries. The girl and the driver lived at the same address, but police would not tell New York Criminal Lawyers how the two were related.

Some leaders of a notorious pagan motorcycle gang were arrested, even as they were allegedly plotting to kill their rivals, according to a New York Criminal Lawyers. Federal authorities raided the gang’s headquarters, a Rocky Point tattoo parlor, to make the arrests.

In the end, 19 suspects were charged, some of them appearing in federal court in Central Islip.

Some of the arrests took place in the Rocky Point tattoo parlor that served as the club’s headquarters on Long Island, and included the man who was once president of the Long Island chapter. He now oversees chapters on Long Island, Sullivan County, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania. His successor as president of the Long Island chapter was also arrested.

The would-be bomber of Times Square, Faisal Shahzad, received a life sentence in prison for trying to detonate a car full of explosives, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

Shahzad’s comment to his sentencing was “Allahu Akbar” – Arabic for “God is great”. “Brace yourself because the war with the Muslims has only just begun,” he said to the judge right before sentencing. “The defeat of the US is imminent and will happen in the near future.”

Shahzad is a 31-year-old father of two and a naturalized American citizen who lived in Bridgeport, Connecticut, New York Criminal Lawyers have learned. He pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to 10 felonies, including international terrorism and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.

All that’s left is the sentencing – which could be the death penalty.

A man convicted of breaking into a home has been convicted of capital murder in a case involving the horrific killings of a Connecticut nurse and her two daughters, sources tell New York Criminal Lawyers. The conviction was difficult for family members, including the father who survived the attacks, but now they must suffer another trial, in which a jury must decide whether the murderer should be put to death.

The 47-year-old crack addict and career burglar raped and strangled the nurse after binding her wrists and ankles in her living room. He also helped his 29-year-old accomplice murder the daughters, ages 17 and 11 by tying them to their beds, dousing them with gasoline and burning them alive. Both died of smoke inhalation, sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer.