Posted on: December 23, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Bay Shore man pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in a July 2014 crash in which two of his passengers were seriously wounded in a single-car crash on the Wantagh Sta...Read on...
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Posted on: December 22, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hicksville retailer was arrested yesterday for a massive trademark counterfeiting scheme after an investigation by the NCDA, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Hom...Read on...
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Posted on: December 21, 2015
Keno Jamell Ramsay allegedly attacked sleeping man and struck him with blunt object MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Cambria Heights, Queens, man was indicted by a grand jury on seven counts relate...Read on...
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Posted on: December 21, 2015
Wilkens Thelusma allegedly struck victim who had just crashed a box truck into the center median MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Farmingdale man who allegedly fled the scene of a fatal accident on...Read on...
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Posted on: December 18, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Baldwin man who allegedly struck a home with Molotov cocktails in two November attacks was arraigned on a 21-count grand jury indictment today. Joseph Fer...Read on...
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Posted on: December 15, 2015
Deborah Tangredi used money to pay personal credit card bills, car and home equity loans MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Floral Park woman who stole approximately $467,000 between 2009 and 2014 fr...Read on...
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Posted on: December 15, 2015
Emil Best, a repeat offender, faces up to 25 years in prison MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Long Beach man was convicted yesterday afternoon for repeatedly sexually abusing an eight-year old chil...Read on...
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Posted on: December 11, 2015
Anthony Trimble was found guilty by Nassau jury in 15 minutes MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a known Bloods gang member was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for possessing a handgun on a Hemps...Read on...
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Posted on: December 11, 2015
Deon Ewers allegedly shot the man within an hour of arriving on a cross-country flight MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of Deon Ewers, who is accused of murdering a 34-year old man on Nov...Read on...
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Posted on: December 3, 2015
Edward Korona, Jr., 53, allegedly lied on four occasions to attain County jobs MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a high-ranking County government official was arraigned today on a 12-count indictment ...Read on...
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Posted on: December 2, 2015
Joseph Borelli charged with commercial burglaries including jewelry stores, delis, shoe repair shop and other establishments MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Howard Beach man was arraigned today on...Read on...
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Posted on: December 1, 2015
Timothy Lang, 32, terrorized people at four locations in half an hour MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man convicted on all charges related to a violent January robbery spree, in which he...Read on...
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Posted on: November 25, 2015
Raymond Lopez allegedly sold a .38 Caliber revolver and ammunition MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Uniondale man, arrested in July as part of an illegal narcotics and gun sales investigation invol...Read on...
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Posted on: November 5, 2015
Douglas Drummond set eight separate fires in his apartment that he shared with two other roommates MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Cedarhurst man pleaded guilty today for setting his apartment on...Read on...
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Posted on: November 23, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Queens man has been sentenced to prison for a 2013 robbery of an auto dealership in Franklin Square. Horatio Forrest, 31, of Jamaica, was convicted by a Nassau jury...Read on...
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Posted on: November 20, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas said that a Queens man was convicted by a jury today of all but one count against him for an Independence Day Weekend fracas in Inwood last year that left two victims burned by hot barbecue coals an...Read on...
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Posted on: November 20, 2015
Suzan Grossman-Kerner allegedly stabbed the victim multiple times MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of Suzan Grossman-Kerner, who is accused of murdering her 79-year old mother this August i...Read on...
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Posted on: November 20, 2015
Jose Nuñez-Garcia, 29, facing up to 25 years in prison for 2014 rape MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas said that a New Cassel man was convicted by a jury today of all but one count against him for the rape of a 28-year-old woman ...Read on...
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Posted on: November 20, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – After the guilty plea today of a man who killed 12-year-old Valley Stream resident Zachary Ranftle while driving with a suspended license, Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas renewed her call on Albany to pass legislation stiffening p...Read on...
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Posted on: November 18, 2015
Daniel Spitalnic allegedly defrauded a real estate client and fraudulently secured a loan on a property he did not own MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an attorney from Whitestone, Queens, was arrest...Read on...
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Posted on: November 17, 2015
Anthony Trimble was found guilty in 15 minutes MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a known Bloods gang member was convicted today for possessing a handgun in July 2014. Anthony Trimble, 23, of Hempst...Read on...
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Posted on: November 17, 2015
Anibal Perez Ramirez, 30, was convicted by jury after biting off lip of ex-girlfriend and fingernail of another person MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced today to prison f...Read on...
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Posted on: November 13, 2015
Michael Roldan will receive sex offender status after incarceration MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a San Juan man was sentenced to prison today for sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy in Levittown ...Read on...
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Posted on: November 13, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Plainview mother was sentenced to prison today for killing her eight-year-old daughter in a 2011 incident. Veronica Cirella, 34, pleaded guilty in May to 1st-Degree...Read on...
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Posted on: November 12, 2015
Michael Taylor allegedly hit his wife with toilet tank cover and stabbed her MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Uniondale man was indicted by a grand jury on 17 counts related to the attempted murder...Read on...
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Posted on: November 9, 2015
Anthony Moschetto charged with Conspiracy, Arson, Weapons Possession, Criminal Sale of Prescriptions and other charges MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of a cardiologist who allegedly con...Read on...
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Posted on: November 6, 2015
Marshall Hubsher allegedly conspired to sell Adderall and Xanax MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of an unlicensed psychiatrist who allegedly sold prescriptions for highly addictive drugs to...Read on...
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Posted on: November 2, 2015
Russell Martini allegedly charged Freeport homeowner $25,000 but work wasn’t completed and was substandard MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of a Merrick contractor who allegedly did subst...Read on...
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Posted on: November 2, 2015
Carlos Morinville allegedly committed eight burglaries in Westbury and New Cassel MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a grand jury handed up a 12-count indictment on an alleged serial burglar who struck...Read on...
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Posted on: October 30, 2015
Joseph Joudah, 19, facing felony charges for recklessly & negligently injecting girlfriend MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and Acting Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter announced a college stud...Read on...
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Posted on: October 30, 2015
Valley Stream and Maspeth gas stations failed to pay from Dec. 2008 to Nov. 2012 MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Queens man, who was the president of two gas station companies, was arrested today ...Read on...
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Posted on: October 30, 2015
Louis Arcila, 49, allegedly followed a woman into her car and grabbed her breast and thigh MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment today of a Hempstead Village Police Officer who allegedly sexuall...Read on...
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Posted on: October 28, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of four people in connection with a violent robbery spree with B.B. Guns and Kitchen Knives that targeted businesses and people in Hempstead, Baldwin, Rockvi...Read on...
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Posted on: October 27, 2015
Michael Ramis, 33, allegedly brought his four-year old and eight-year old to drug deals MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Bronx man was arraigned today on a nine-count grand jury indictment related ...Read on...
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Posted on: October 26, 2015
David Nourmand, 32, pulled over two drivers in one day MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Oyster Bay man was indicted on four counts related to a May 22 crime spree in which he impersonated a police...Read on...
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Posted on: October 27, 2015
James Ryan, 28, faces up to 25 years in prison MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that County Court Judge Philip Grella issued a decision upholding the admissibility of the prosecution’s evidence after conduc...Read on...
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Posted on: October 23, 2015
John Hayes, 44, faces up to 25 years to life in prison
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Nassau jury found a Queens man guilty on all charges related to a December 2013 spree, in which he robbed a H...
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Posted on: October 20, 2015
Nervon Gayles stole two cellphones and police were able to track him down through Find My iPhone app MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment today of an Amityville man who allegedly broke into a G...Read on...
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Posted on: October 20, 2015
Defendants face up to 15 years in prison MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arraignment today of two men accused of defrauding an in-home health care agency by creating false invoices for consulting ser...Read on...
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Posted on: October 19, 2015
David Frankel, 50, allegedly stole real estate proceeds to fund his own investments MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that a West Hempstead attorney was arrested this morning for stealing more than $...Read on...
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Posted on: October 16, 2015
Michael Roldan facing up to 7 years in prison and sex offender registry status MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the trial conviction today of a San Juan man for sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy in Levi...Read on...
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Posted on: October 16, 2015
Diquan Booker set fire to Lynbrook Holiday Inn Express room in 2013 and shot a woman in 2014 with shotgun MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Long Beach man pleaded guilty today to attempted murder ch...Read on...
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Posted on: October 16, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Brooklyn man was convicted today in a bench trial on all charges stemming from a 2013 robbery of an auto dealership in Franklin Square. David Hosannah, 34, was conv...Read on...
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Posted on: October 16, 2015
Jarred Sowers, 21, woke victim up and robbed him at gunpoint MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced today for robbing a 25-year old man in his bed at gunpoint and stealing ele...Read on...
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Posted on: October 15, 2015
Injured dog, Niño, was abandoned Tuesday outside Hempstead veterinary clinic; Wednesday call for tips leads to Thursday arrest
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that less than 24 hours after asking for the p...
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Posted on: October 15, 2015
Benis Solis held senior citizen up at knifepoint and bit her finger to steal ring on left hand MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Bronx man accused of robbing a 72-year old woman with a kitchen kni...Read on...
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Posted on: October 15, 2015
Edward Korona, Jr., 53, allegedly lied on four occasions to attain County jobs MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a high-ranking County government official on charges related to false statemen...Read on...
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Posted on: October 15, 2015
Liberty Metal Recycling discharged oil and petroleum products into streets and storm drains MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that an Island Park recycling company pleaded guilty to for having discha...Read on...
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Posted on: October 14, 2015
Injured dog, Niño, was abandoned outside Hempstead veterinary clinic; went missing two years ago MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas is seeking the public’s help in identifying two persons of interest or any other i...Read on...
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Posted on: October 9, 2015
Rohan Kahn, 59, was convicted on all charges stemming from 2014 incident MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Levittown man has been sentenced for trying to kill his landlord before starting an armed s...Read on...
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Posted on: October 9, 2015
Edgar Medina faces up to 25 years in prison MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arraignment today of a Brentwood man on a six-count indictment related to an Aug. 16 burglary in which he allegedly stole $...Read on...
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Posted on: October 8, 2015
Hotline among several Safe Center programs funded or supported by DA’s Office MINEOLA, N.Y. – As an initiative during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and The Safe Center held an event to raise ...Read on...
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Posted on: October 8, 2015
Wuilmer Mendosa, 32, was captured trying to reenter the United States from El Salvador MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arraignment of a reputed MS-13 member wanted for a 2002 shooting, in which he al...Read on...
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Posted on: October 8, 2015
Anibal Perez Ramirez, 30, convicted after biting off lip of ex-girfriend and fingernail of another person MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Nassau jury found a Hempstead man guilty on all charges re...Read on...
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Posted on: October 8, 2015
Timothy Lang, 32, terrorized people at four locations in half an hour MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Nassau jury found a Hempstead man guilty on all charges related to a 30-minute robbery spree, ...Read on...
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Posted on: October 8, 2015
Li Fei Leng indicted for coercing women into performing sex acts on massage parlor customers MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a 32-year old woman has been indicted and arrested for coercing two women...Read on...
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Posted on: October 6, 2015
Anthony Reddick, 54, was barred from owning animals for 15 years due to prior court order MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Freeport man was arraigned today on an indictment charging him with crimes...Read on...
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Posted on: October 5, 2015
Joseph Koch, 57, spent money on country clubs, gambling, and Mercedes Benz payments MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that a Jericho insurance broker pleaded guilty for stealing insurance premiums in...Read on...
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Posted on: October 5, 2015
Joseph Chieffo was arrested in unemployment fraud sweep with eight other defendants MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Rockville Centre man pleaded guilty today for fraudulently receiving $16,042.50 ...Read on...
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Posted on: October 2, 2015
Nathan Barnwell, 46, faces up to 25 years in prison MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arraignment today of Baldwin man on a four-count indictment for the shooting death of his 39-year old business part...Read on...
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Posted on: October 2, 2015
Nathan Barnwell, 46, faces up to 25 years in prison MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arraignment today of Baldwin man on a four-count indictment for the shooting death of his 39-year old business part...Read on...
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Posted on: October 2, 2015
Erika Garcia Cruz, 37, facing up to seven years in prison for multi-state scam MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of a Uniondale woman in connection with an insurance scam in which she pro...Read on...
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Posted on: October 2, 2015
Sherif Wheeler, 22, accused of driving more than 100 miles an hour on residential street MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arraignment today of a Baldwin man on a 10-count indictment related to a March...Read on...
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Posted on: October 1, 2015
Jordan Jackson, 18, crashed 2006 Infiniti into another car MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of a Uniondale man on charges related to a May 14th robbery in which he is allegedly stole a 200...Read on...
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Posted on: October 1, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas warned Long Islanders to be wary of unscrupulous businesses looking to take advantage of customers before, during and after a potential storm like Hurricane Joaquin, and issued tips to...Read on...
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Posted on: October 1, 2015
Group helped stage Levittown crash in September 2013 with rented U-Haul van and claimed neck and back pain MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of three people connected to an insurance scam ...Read on...
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Posted on: September 29, 2015
Brad Reiter, 50, charged with Grand Larceny in 1st Degree MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that her office has arrested a New Jersey man for stealing approximately $1.6 million from the Bellmore-Merri...Read on...
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Posted on: September 28, 2015
DA’s Office authors legislation to create independent inspector general for County contracting process MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas wrote to the Nassau County Legislature today urging the body to pass legislat...Read on...
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Posted on: September 24, 2015
Zhaowei Yin & wife Shuwen Ai indicted for coercing women into performing sex acts on massage parlor customers MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a husband and wife from Queens have been indicted a...Read on...
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Posted on: September 23, 2015
Acting DA Singas continues call for stronger penalties against drivers who flee crashes after killing or injuring others MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and the New York State Police announced the arrest today of a ...Read on...
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Posted on: September 22, 2015
Deborah Schneider, 52, facing 15 years in prison for stealing more than $60,000 from 92-year old Kings Point woman MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Glen Cove bookkeeper was arrested and arraigned t...Read on...
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Posted on: September 22, 2015
Aurnree McBrown and Quincy Lewis stole PlayStation, iPad and other electronics in January gunpoint robbery MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment today of two men in connection with a Roosevelt ...Read on...
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Posted on: September 22, 2015
Disbarred Attorney Arrested for Stealing More than $85,000 from Elderly Disabled Former Client Janice Jessup was indicted in April for separate case in which she allegedly stole $1.2 million from another disabled client MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau...Read on...
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Posted on: September 18, 2015
Gary Fouche, 47, of Amityville, embezzled more than $350,000 and forged property records MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of an Amityville man who allegedly bilked real estate investors o...Read on...
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Posted on: September 17, 2015
Agdnan McLeod, 25, was arrested in California after three hour standoff with police MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Uniond...Read on...
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Posted on: September 17, 2015
Keira Corbin, 21, of Wyandanch, was traveling at speeds of more than 111 mph and using cell phone when she lost control of a car on a Meadowbrook Parkway exit ramp MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a ...Read on...
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Posted on: September 17, 2015
William Rini, 59, was convicted of Endangering the Welfare of a Child in Queens in 2004 MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of a former Queens school dean who allegedly filed an application ...Read on...
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Posted on: September 16, 2015
Craig Blum, 44, set fire to Bellmore club in December 2014 MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hicksville man was sentenced to prison today in connection with a December 2014 incident in which he set ...Read on...
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Posted on: September 16, 2015
Program is part of prosecutor’s three-pronged strategy against heroin crisis that includes enforcement, education & treatment FREEPORT, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced her office’s commitment of criminal asse...Read on...
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Posted on: September 11, 2015
Xing Ming Wang and Xiao Yu Zheng sold DVDs around Nassau County, including at local diners MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of a Queens couple that operated a counterfeit DVD ring out of...Read on...
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Posted on: September 9, 2015
Michael Gibson, 35, shot another man outside night club MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the fatal shooting of another man in September...Read on...
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Posted on: September 4, 2015
Calls upon Legislature to hold special session to create new ‘Death by Dealer’ homicide charges; to update the narcotic sale statute that allows heroin dealers to evade incarceration; and other important bills MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County Distr...Read on...
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Posted on: September 4, 2015
LONG BEACH, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, State Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, Long Beach City Manager Jack Schnirman, Long Beach Police Commissioner Michael Tangney and advocates announced an enhanced drunk driving enforcemen...Read on...
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Posted on: September 1, 2015
Ronald Ousman, 38, served as acting church treasurer until his May dismissal MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of a Queens man who allegedly stole $35,608 from Holy Trinity Orthodox Churc...Read on...
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Posted on: August 27, 2015
Mark Savransky, 56, used money for credit card bills, car payment, travel and more MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of a Dix Hills man who operated a mortgage modification business and is...Read on...
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Posted on: August 31, 2015
Jose Cartagena, 54, is charged in connection with fatal attack in March MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arraignment of a Glen Cove man who was indicted for the stabbing death of his former girlfriend....Read on...
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Posted on: August 27, 2015
30-year-old program works with courts and DA to help women defendants avoid cycles of recidivism MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting DA Madeline Singas joined the staff, volunteers, supporters and clients of the Woman’s Opportunity Rehabilitation Center (WORC) tod...Read on...
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Posted on: August 27, 2015
Mario Tolisano, 65, of the Bronx, will face one to three years in prison MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the sentencing today of a New York City man charged with pretending to be an attorney and tricking...Read on...
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Posted on: August 21, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Oceanside couple pleaded guilty yesterday and will pay full restitution for their roles in a scheme to steal thousands in merchandise and shipping costs from a Syosse...Read on...
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Posted on: August 20, 2015
Laura Catell is charged with violating Leandra's Law with her seven-year old daughter in the car and crashing into another car with children passengers MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Garden City ...Read on...
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Posted on: August 18, 2015
Michael Dombek, 54, allegedly neglected horses, donkeys, goats, geese and other livestock
MINEOLA, N.Y. - Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that the owner of an Old Westbury farm has been arrested and charged with the failure...
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Posted on: August 17, 2015
Balkumar Singh was arrested by Trinidadian authorities on 16-year old indictment charges; featured in 2009 episode of America’s Most Wanted MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arraignment of a Guyanese...Read on...
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Posted on: August 13, 2015
Students ran concessions at stadiums for $9 an hour in New York, Chicago, Nashville and Houston; were never paid Defendants used funds for personal travel, a Mercedes, and to create an online golf cart magazine MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County Dis...Read on...
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Posted on: August 12, 2015
Joel Grasman, 54, struck multiple telephone poles, traffic signals, wires and trees while driving stolen vehicle MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Elmont man was sentenced today for causing a mile...Read on...
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Posted on: August 12, 2015
Asya Ulmer, 23, was convicted after a day of deliberation on all four counts related to 2013 death of Jennifer Alexis MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Nassau jury found a Rockville Centre woman gui...Read on...
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Posted on: August 12, 2015
Joshua Golson-Orelus Indicted on 17 counts, including First Degree Murder MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arraignment today of Joshua Golson-Orelus on 17 indictment charges connected to a six month-lo...Read on...
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Posted on: August 10, 2015
Nikolas Balalaos charged with burglary and petit larceny Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment today of a Freeport man who was arrested on July 18 for burglarizing a bar earlier this year. Nikolas Balalaos,...Read on...
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Posted on: August 3, 2015
Staffed entirely by student volunteers, Nassau County Youth Court gives teen defendants opportunities not afforded by traditional courts HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and Incorporated Village of Hempstead May...Read on...
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Posted on: August 3, 2015
Scott Ford, 46, of Baldwin, assaulted and choked victim in May 2014 incident MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Baldwin man pled guilty to charges related to a May 2014 incident, in which he strangl...Read on...
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Posted on: July 31, 2015
Edward Ramirez charged with sexual abuse, endangering welfare of child and public lewdness in two separate incidents MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of a Glen Cove man who exposed himsel...Read on...
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Posted on: July 31, 2015
Marvin Mejia charged for stabbing incident that left two men hospitalized. MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of a Hempstead man who is accused of stabbing two cousins outside a Main Street ...Read on...
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Posted on: July 29, 2015
Richard Scores and Westbury Fish Co., Will Pay $100,000 Fine for Illegal Activities MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that a Westbury fish w...Read on...
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Posted on: July 27, 2015
Alexander Wachmyanin is charged with stealing from Multiple CVS Locations, Rite Aid and a Key Food MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that Alexander Wachmyanin was arraigned today on an indictment for a s...Read on...
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Posted on: July 27, 2015
Shaquon Lockwood is charged with attempting to murder his girlfriend by slicing her throat and assaulting her MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was arraigned today on an indictment f...Read on...
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Posted on: July 22, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and the Nassau County Society to Prevent Cruelty to Animals announced the indictment of a Westbury man for beating his dog to death in April. Bing Jie Yang, 23, was arraigned today ...Read on...
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Posted on: July 22, 2015
Young defendants charged with tying up and beating 29-year-old woman MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of four people accused of tying up, violently beating and robbing a young woman in her...Read on...
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Posted on: July 16, 2015
Rohan Kahn, 59, convicted on all charges stemming from 2014 incident MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury has found a Levittown man guilty for trying to kill his landlord before starting an armed ...Read on...
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Posted on: July 16, 2015
Michael Bantel charged with killing passenger when driving head-on into pickup truck while impaired by drugs MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of a Massapequa man who is charged with drivin...Read on...
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Posted on: July 15, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man has been indicted for killing his girlfriend after an argument in their apartment last month. Alan Espinoza, 26, was arraigned today on charges of Mu...Read on...
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Posted on: July 15, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that two Roosevelt men have been indicted on new grand jury charges for the recent armed robbery of a teenaged victim in Freeport. Sayquane Marshall, 24, and Andy Lafonta...Read on...
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Posted on: July 15, 2015
Luis Moreno, 38, stabbed 28-year-old man to death in March 2013 MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced to prison today for the March 2013 stabbing death of 28-year-old Darwin...Read on...
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Posted on: July 15, 2015
Oseas Bracamonte also barred from owning animals by court order MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Port Washington man was sentenced to jail and ordered not to own any animals for five years, for ...Read on...
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Posted on: July 13, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury has convicted a Queens man for all charges stemming from a 2013 robbery of an auto dealership in Franklin Square. Horatio Forrest, 30, of Jamaica, was convicte...Read on...
District Attorney
Posted on: July 13, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Glen Cove man is facing Leandra’s Law charges after being indicted for a drunk driving crash with his two-year-old daughter as a passenger. Juan Martinez-Landaverde...Read on...
District Attorney
Posted on: July 9, 2015
Contractor with ties to organized crime and a convicted bid-rigger, a bankrupt felon and tax scofflaw permitted to work for County under lax rules Singas: “Nassau’s antiquated contracting process is a recipe for corruption and it’s critical that our lead...Read on...
District Attorney
Posted on: July 7, 2015
Matthew Mulqueen charged with weapon, robbery & menacing charges for March incident MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment today of a Levittown man who was arrested for a March road rage inci...Read on...
District Attorney
Posted on: July 7, 2015
Recent flyer by legislator spurs reminder for lawmakers to make clear rules banning political content from government mail MINEOLA, N.Y. – Upon receipt of a Nassau County legislator’s constituent mailing containing political content that would be banne...Read on...
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Posted on: July 6, 2015
Calls upon State Legislature to enhance rules & and assist schools with enforcement MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas conducted a study recently that found that schools across New York are likely underreporting ...Read on...
District Attorney
Posted on: July 6, 2015
Robert Dixon is last of three defendants in 2012 assault against an Amityville man MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced to up to life in prison today for his involvement in ...Read on...
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Posted on: July 2, 2015
LONG BEACH, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, Long Beach Police Commissioner Michael Tangney and advocates announced an enhanced drunk driving enforcement program that will go into effect in the City this holiday weekend start...Read on...
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Posted on: July 1, 2015
Rockville Centre financial planner is sentenced to prison & ordered to pay full restitution to Camp A.N.C.H.O.R. and former investment clients MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Rockville Centre ...Read on...
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Posted on: June 29, 2015
Michael McGriff charged with defrauding three dealerships and numerous customers for almost $400,000 in theft MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment today of a Freeport man who is charged with s...Read on...
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Posted on: June 25, 2015
Joseph Borelli charged with 9 commercial burglaries including jewelry stores; more burglaries currently being investigated
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and Acting Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter ...
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Posted on: June 23, 2015
Mario Tolisano, 65, of the Bronx, falsely represented himself as an attorney duly admitted to practice law in New York State MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of a New York City man charge...Read on...
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Posted on: June 23, 2015
Hector Bejarano, 53, is charged in connection with fatal attack in April MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of a man on grand jury charges that he killed his wife in April by striking her in ...Read on...
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Posted on: June 19, 2015
Renhang Qiu, 24, of Brooklyn, aided and abetted convicted police-shooter Cong Xu in home burglary MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Brooklyn man was sentenced today to prison for providing the vehic...Read on...
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Posted on: June 18, 2015
Acting DA Singas on Fatal Attempted Robbery Arrest: 'Has Taken a Menace to Public Safety Off of the Streets' MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said that Joshua Golson-Orelus, 23, of Westbury, was arraigned and held...Read on...
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Posted on: June 17, 2015
Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas released the following statement in support of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “Enough is Enough” legislation to combat sexual assaults on college campuses: “This legislation is a major step forward in the...Read on...
District Attorney
Posted on: June 17, 2015
Robert Simmonds, 56, charged with stealing approx. 39 paychecks of 18 employees while working as an area supervisor in Hicksville MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of a Queens man who all...Read on...
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Posted on: June 17, 2015
Leonard Reed, 47, will not be eligible for parole for 50 years MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man was sentenced today to two consecutive 25-to-life sentences for the murder of his wife...Read on...
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Posted on: June 16, 2015
Luis Moreno, 38, of Hempstead, stabbed 28-year-old man to death in March 2013 MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Nassau jury found a Hempstead man guilty today in the March 2013 stabbing death of 28-...Read on...
District Attorney
Posted on: June 16, 2015
Daniel Miller, 48, was also convicted of stealing over $200K in cash and merchandise MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Inwood shop owner was sentenced today for sexually abusing his teenage employe...Read on...
District Attorney
Posted on: June 16, 2015
Hardeep Singh, 29, negotiated the sale of 250 smartphones through an Internet company run from a laptop in his bedroom MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of an East Meadow man who stole ove...Read on...
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Posted on: June 15, 2015
Robert Beodeker, 52, of Aquebogue, was driving to work high on crystal methamphetamine at time of crash MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the sentencing today of a Suffolk man for striking and killing Joh...Read on...
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Posted on: June 11, 2015
Oralus Sebea, 30, gets prison time for weapons possession and burglarizing a Uniondale home after police chase MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the sentencing today of a Uniondale gang member for weapons ...Read on...
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Posted on: June 11, 2015
Long Beach native murdered Lynbrook teen by strangling her and repeatedly hitting her in the head MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Long Beach native was sentenced today for the brutal murder of 18-...Read on...
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Posted on: June 10, 2015
10-year-old Shih Tzu Stanley deprived of basic care for at least 6 months according to doctor MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of a Syosset man for criminal neglect of his pet Shih Tzu th...Read on...
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Posted on: June 10, 2015
John Sexton, 61, sent invoices showing inflated premiums and pocketed difference, and failed to forward payments to insurer MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of a Garden City man for steal...Read on...
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Posted on: June 9, 2015
Cong Xu, 22, of Brooklyn, fired six shots at officer responding to home invasion in New Hyde Park MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Brooklyn man was sentenced today for shooting a Nassau police offi...Read on...
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Posted on: June 4, 2015
Brian Friedrichs, 23, of Levittown, was traveling at 120 mph on Northern State Parkway before losing control of vehicle MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Levittown man was sentenced today to prison ...Read on...
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Posted on: June 4, 2015
Keira Corbin, 21, of Wyandanch, was traveling at speeds over 111 mph and using her cell phone when she lost control of a car on a Meadowbrook Parkway exit ramp MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Wyan...Read on...
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Posted on: June 3, 2015
Michael Gibson, 35, shot another man outside Hempstead night club in 2011 MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a jury today found a Hempstead man charged in the fatal shooting of another man in 2011 guil...Read on...
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Posted on: June 3, 2015
Steven Klein, 62, of Oyster Bay, embezzled more than $25K from life insurance trust account MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of an Oyster Bay man who allegedly stole thousands of dollar...Read on...
District Attorney
Posted on: June 2, 2015
Ezekiel Pittman, 21, also sentenced for shooting man on Fulton Ave. in Hempstead, leaving bullet lodged near his victim’s spine MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man was sentenced to 20 y...Read on...
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Posted on: June 1, 2015
Working with regional government & non-profit partners to realize dream of Long Island’s first ‘Family Justice Center’ MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas has proposed and is working with regional and local gove...Read on...
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Posted on: May 28, 2015
NYPD officer and wife found in possession of animals despite being subject to five-year ban MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of a Farmingdale husband and wife for owning animals...Read on...
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Posted on: May 22, 2015
By Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas
MINEOLA, N.Y. – In this season of proms, graduations and barbecues, it is important to revisit the issue of underage drinking because we all want to keep our kids safe.
Unfortunately, the statistics...
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Posted on: May 21, 2015
Robert Kozak, 38, of Atlantic Beach, sentenced today to 2-1/3 to seven years in prison for repeatedly driving while high on drugs MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the sentencing today of an Atlantic Beach...Read on...
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Posted on: May 21, 2015
Mineola, NY - Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano, Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas and Police Commissioner Tom Krumpter today announced that the Nassau County Police Department (NCPD) will conduct an extensive DWI enforcement initiative thi...Read on...
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Posted on: May 19, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas made the following statement in the wake of the seizure of at least $50 million worth of heroin in the Bronx today:
"Like our recent takedown of a pipeline from Mexico to Nass...
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Posted on: May 15, 2015
Seerojnie Ram, a/k/a Seerojnie Mohan, 47, of Freeport, stole the identities of hundreds of people, including the disabled and deceased MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas joined the United States Postal Inspection...Read on...
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Posted on: May 14, 2015
Veronica Cirella will face 12 years in prison at her June sentencing MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Plainview mother pleaded guilty today to killing her eight-year-old daughter in a 2011 incident...Read on...
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Posted on: May 14, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano, Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas and Police Commissioner Tom Krumpter today announced the arrest of 15 gang members and their associates in connection with the sale and distribution of dea...Read on...
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Posted on: May 12, 2015
Cosmin Florea, 34, of Baldwin, sentenced today for fatally striking Donald Mooney and leaving him in the street MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Baldwin man was sentenced today for a drug and alco...Read on...
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Posted on: May 11, 2015
Terrence Hoffman, 66, of Shirley, defrauded pension system to take thousands of dollars in unearned benefits MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that a Shirley man has been ordered to repay the New Yor...Read on...
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Posted on: May 8, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Valley Stream man convicted of shooting a Queens man to death was sentenced to 35 years in prison today. Orlando Ortiz, 32, was found guilty by a jury, in December ...Read on...
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Posted on: May 8, 2015
Funds forfeited from criminal activity to relieve taxpayers of cost of medical care and boarding for animals seized in criminal cases MINEOLA, N.Y. – The Animal Legal Defense Fund, a nationwide organization with more than 100,000 members and supporters...Read on...
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Posted on: May 7, 2015
Annika McKenzie, 34, of Hempstead, allegedly assaulted teacher at Alverta B. Gray Schultz Middle School in April MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of a Hempstead woman on additional charges ...Read on...
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Posted on: May 4, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas issued the following statement on the murder of NYPD Officer Brian Moore: “The Nassau DA's office is deeply saddened by the senseless murder of Police Officer Moore, a young residen...Read on...
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Posted on: May 4, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas issued the following statement on the shooting of NYPD Officer Brian Moore: "Last night's events serve as a grim reminder of how dangerous routine law enforcement work can be. ...Read on...
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Posted on: April 30, 2015
James Kalamaras, 41, of Suffolk, arraigned on grand jury indictment for role in scheme to set fire to doctor’s office
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arraignment of a Suffolk man on grand ju...
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Posted on: April 29, 2015
Nassau store owners and employees arrested for food stamp trafficking scheme that federal officials estimate to total $1.3 million MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced charges against food store businesses, o...Read on...
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Posted on: April 29, 2015
Funds forfeited from criminal activity will relieve taxpayers of cost of medical care and boarding for animals seized in criminal cases MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced a pledge by her office to use asset...Read on...
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Posted on: April 24, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Long Beach man pleaded guilty today to the brutal August 2013 murder of 18-year-old Lauren Daverin in Rockville Centre. Maxwell Sherman pleaded guilty today to the...Read on...
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Posted on: April 23, 2015
Ezekiel Pittman, 21, also pleaded guilty to shooting man on Fulton Ave. in Hempstead, leaving bullet lodged near his victim’s spine MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man pleaded guilty yes...Read on...
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Posted on: April 21, 2015
Daniel Miller, 47, also pleaded guilty to stealing over $200K in cash and merchandise MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Inwood shop owner pleaded guilty today to sexually abusing his teenage employ...Read on...
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Posted on: April 15, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, Nassau County Police Department Acting Commissioner Thomas Krumpter and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced that a joint investigation has led to the arrest of several ...Read on...
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Posted on: April 10, 2015
Thomas Donovan, 39, sentenced today for using credit card numbers to steal merchandise and for having a loaded gun in his Island Park home MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that the owner of an Oceanside k...Read on...
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Posted on: April 10, 2015
Janice Jessup’s client was owed seven-figure sum from the eminent domain acquisition of her property MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a former attorney from Baldwin surrendered to the DA’s office tod...Read on...
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Posted on: April 9, 2015
Douglas Donnelly, Jr., 50, of Garden City, failed to remit thousands of dollars in sales tax collected from customers of three Nassau businesses MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Garden Cit...Read on...
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Posted on: April 6, 2015
Brian Friedrichs, 23, was traveling at 120 mph before losing control of vehicle and killing passenger MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced a guilty plea in a case involving a drunk driver who killed his 23-ye...Read on...
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Posted on: April 3, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an upstate man was sentenced yesterday to prison time and will be subject to a lifetime driving ban after being found guilty by a Nassau jury of a felony driving while i...Read on...
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Posted on: April 2, 2015
Urges State Senate and Assembly to pass legislation in the wake of tragic death of Zachary Ranftle in December 2014 MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas stood today with Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Flood, the parents of Zachary Ranftle, a ...Read on...
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Posted on: March 31, 2015
Reminds residents to call 911 if they see suspicious behavior or packages; encourages victims of hate crimes to come forward MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas asked members of the public to continue to be the “eyes ...Read on...
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Posted on: March 27, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of a Suffolk attorney for withdrawing over $185,000 in personal injury settlement funds awarded to her client, using the money to carry on her Jericho law pr...Read on...
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Posted on: March 26, 2015
DA's office also funding the purchase of heavy-duty vests to protect police officers responding to some of the most dangerous crime scenes FREEPORT, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas joined members of the Freeport Police De...Read on...
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Posted on: March 25, 2015
Joins law enforcement leaders across the U.S. to pool expertise on preventing and combatting gun crimes MIAMI, Fla. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas attended a national conference held yesterday by Prosecutors Against Gun Violen...Read on...
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Posted on: March 24, 2015
Ilana Kessler and Drew Reminick, both 29, of Oceanside, allegedly sold stolen property on eBay and other websites MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of an Oceanside couple for participating in a ...Read on...
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Posted on: March 20, 2015
Drew Morgan, 44, is expected to serve prison time and be ordered to pay full restitution to Camp A.N.C.H.O.R. and former investment clients MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Rockville Centre man ple...Read on...
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Posted on: March 19, 2015
Bill Tsoumpelis, 48, of Suffolk, charged with misappropriating more than $20K held in escrow for clients MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest today of an attorney practicing law in Mineola for ste...Read on...
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Posted on: March 18, 2015
Scammers urging residents to act immediately to avoid legal action for phony cases of tax fraud MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas warned residents about calls from someone claiming to be an employee of the U.S. Trea...Read on...
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Posted on: March 18, 2015
Norma Espinoza, 37, failed to refund money to participants of a savings club utilized by members of the El Salvadorian community MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest of a Glen Cove woman for steali...Read on...
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Posted on: March 17, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Baldwin man pleaded guilty today to a fatal hit-and-run in Port Washington that left 49-year-old Donald Mooney dead in August 2014. Cosmin Florea, 34, pleaded guil...Read on...
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Posted on: March 16, 2015
Singas joined by NCPD Acting Commissioner Krumpter & attorneys' associations to announce new DA program that will encourage immigrant victims and witnesses to work with law enforcement, in effort to help solve crimes against all Nassau County resident...Read on...
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Posted on: March 12, 2015
Trio broke into residence on Lincoln Avenue, kicking and beating victim before making off with safe Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced today that three defendants have been indicted for participating in a violent home inv...Read on...
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Posted on: March 12, 2015
Bilal Hassan, 23, traveled at speeds over 130 mph on the Meadowbrook Parkway while allegedly intoxicated Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of a Brooklyn man on charges that he killed his 24-year-old passeng...Read on...
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Posted on: March 4, 2015
John Aniano, 25, hit victims’ vehicle while allegedly impaired by drugs
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced upgraded charges against a Lynbrook driver accused of traveling at a very high rate of speed while ...
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Posted on: February 26, 2015
Naqunne Jackson, 30, was convicted in shooting death of William Moody, 31
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a New Cassel man was sentenced today for fatally shooting a 31-year-old man after an argument ...
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Posted on: February 25, 2015
Thomas Donovan, 39, of Island Park, used personal financial information belonging to clients of kickboxing gyms he owned. MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that an Island Park man pleaded guilty to using h...Read on...
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Posted on: February 20, 2015
Highlights need to do comprehensive statewide study, & engage multiple stakeholders, to enact strongest possible law that is effective & practical to enforce. MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, in a lett...Read on...
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Posted on: February 19, 2015
Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest and arraignment today of the owner and CEO of a Westbury seafood marketing business on charges that he sold over $100,000 in fresh fish and shellfish to Long Island restaurants wi...Read on...
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Posted on: February 17, 2015
Loventino Cassadean, 52, lit home on fire to conceal killing mother of two small children MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the sentencing today of a Freeport man for murdering his wife, Felicia Cassadean,...Read on...
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Posted on: February 17, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Brooklyn man pleaded guilty today for shooting a Nassau police officer who responded to a report of a home invasion in New Hyde Park in August 2013. Cong Xu, 22, o...Read on...
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Posted on: February 11, 2015
Arrest of unlicensed tax preparer part of continued effort to protect taxpayers.
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest and arraignment today of a Farmingdale man charged with falsely representing himself to clien...
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Posted on: February 6, 2015
Jay Gusler, 52, misled city officials to win bid for work he was not qualified to perform. Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arraignment today of a Long Beach man on grand jury charges for using false information to s...Read on...
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Posted on: February 4, 2015
Leonard Reed, 47, killed his wife and then fired shots at police officers responding to the scene.
Mineola, NY - Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Nassau jury found a Hempstead man guilty on all counts for killing hi...
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Posted on: February 3, 2015
With tax preparation season in full swing, DA’s office working hard to protect taxpayers, public agencies and vital social services that depend on tax revenue. MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest ...Read on...
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Posted on: January 30, 2015
Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Nassau jury found a Hempstead man guilty yesterday in connection with a horrific assault against an Amityville man in a Freeport motel room in July 2012. Robert Dixon, 50, of Hemp...Read on...
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Posted on: January 30, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arraignment of an Island Park man on grand jury charges for using the credit card numbers belonging to members of his Oceanside gym to steal thousands of dollar...
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Posted on: January 22, 2015
Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Florida man had pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars from a Garden City steakhouse where he worked as office manager and income auditor for 11-1/2 years. Barry Pearlste...Read on...
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Posted on: January 20, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the indictment of a Merrick employee of a Nassau waterproofing company for stealing thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges to her employer’s American Express account – ...Read on...
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Posted on: January 20, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest and arraignment of a man for stealing money from one of this clients in a criminal case, and urged any other victims of this Hempstead-based attorney to file a complaint with h...Read on...
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Posted on: January 20, 2015
Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said that an Islip woman is facing felony charges after stealing about $24,000 from the office backend support service company she works for in Woodbury. “Thefts from private employers are not with...Read on...
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Posted on: January 16, 2015
Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Hempstead man who had been convicted by a jury for a violent post-Superstorm-Sandy home invasion pleaded guilty yesterday to all remaining charges against him involving two other viol...Read on...
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Posted on: January 15, 2015
Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said that a grand jury, investigating a 2014 street racing crash that left five teenagers dead and two uninvolved adults seriously injured, concluded on Jan. 5 that Manslaughter and Assault charges sh...Read on...
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Posted on: January 14, 2015
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the arrest and arraignment today of a Long Beach woman who fraudulently obtained over $40,000 in taxpayer-funded benefits that she was not eligible to receive. Renessa E...Read on...
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Posted on: January 14, 2015
Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the appointment of two key members of her executive team to continue her office’s commitment to integrity and the fairest administration of justice. “Making sure that Nassau County remai...Read on...
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Posted on: January 9, 2015
Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced the sentencing today of a Uniondale man who pleaded guilty during a jury trial for a heinous boxcutter attack against an Amityville man following a dispute with a woman in a Freeport motel r...Read on...
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Posted on: January 6, 2015
Singas, a lifelong prosecutor, assumed top law enforcement post effective at noon today. Chief Assistant District Attorney Madeline Singas was sworn in as Acting District Attorney of Nassau County in a ceremony at noon today officiated by Nassau Suprem...Read on...
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Posted on: December 23, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of an Inwood man for assaulting a Nassau police detective who, along with two other members of the Nassau County Police Department, was investigating reports of s...
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Posted on: December 22, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced today that a Nassau jury found a Valley Stream man guilty in the shooting death of a Queens man seated in his car in a parking lot in December 2013. Orlando Ortiz was found guilt...Read on...
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Posted on: December 18, 2014
– Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice was joined by Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and city and federal officials to announce the dismantling of a multi-million dollar illegal drug pipeline which ran directly from Mexico to New York City...Read on...
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Posted on: December 18, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a Hempstead man for simultaneously raping and strangling a 50-year-old Garden City woman in her home just over a week after Superstorm Sandy slammed into Long Island. Arti...Read on...
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Posted on: December 15, 2014
Postal Worker Pilfers Credit Cards for Shopping Spree Yvonne Jamison, 38, of Brooklyn, stole cards while employed in Freeport post office
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Posted on: December 11, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the prison sentence of Bruny Fenelon, a 32-year-old West Hempstead resident who was convicted of killing an acquaintance during an argument in 2012. Nassau County Court Judge Tammy...Read on...
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Posted on: December 11, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a North Massapequa man for sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl during baseball practice sessions in Plainview. Rosendo “Rusty” Torres was sentenced by Nassau County Court ...Read on...
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Posted on: December 10, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arraignment today of a Long Beach man on a grand jury indictment in connection with a fatal shooting at Long Beach’s Channel Park Homes in September. Antonio Webb was arraigne...Read on...
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Posted on: December 10, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the indictment of a 22-year-old Roosevelt man on murder charges in connection with a fatal attempted carjacking that occurred in Hempstead in July. Tayquan Clark was arraigned toda...Read on...
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Posted on: December 10, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest and arraignment today of a Westbury man on a grand jury indictment for stealing more than $360,000 from the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Old Westbury where he served as treasurer. J...Read on...
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Posted on: December 3, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and the Nassau County Police Department announced the arrest of a Great Neck doctor responsible for stealing the protected personal and health information of tens of thousands of patients of NR...Read on...
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Posted on: December 2, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Nassau jury found a man guilty yesterday for fatally shooting a 31-year-old man after an argument on Prospect Avenue in New Cassel. Naqunne Jackson was found guilty on Dec. 1 by a jury of ...Read on...
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Posted on: December 1, 2014
Former Manager of Ruth’s Chris Steak House Charged with Stealing Over $230K From Employer Barry Pearlstein, 69, of Florida, embezzled funds over five-year period MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest and...Read on...
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Posted on: December 1, 2014
Garden City Man Sentenced to 17 Years to Life in Prison for Murdering His Mother James Olsen, 60, strangled his 88-year-old mother, Ruth Olsen, with a necktie MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing tod...Read on...
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Posted on: November 26, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest and arraignment today of an Elmont man for reporting a Chevy Tahoe stolen to his insurance company even though the vehicle was discovered burning in the Bronx hours before he claimed to h...Read on...
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Posted on: November 24, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Uniondale man who represented himself in a jury trial pleaded guilty today in a case involving the assault and robbery of an Amityville man in a Freeport motel room in July 2012. Wayne Sp...Read on...
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Posted on: November 24, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Freeport man pleaded guilty to two indictments in connection with non-consensual acts of sexual criminal conduct with a 16-year-old boy he met online, and for false submissions made to the New...Read on...
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Posted on: November 20, 2014
District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced her office’s acquisition of Mega, a highly trained two-year-old Labrador Retriever who is serving on the District Attorney’s staff as a “facility dog” to assist victims and witnesses in sensitive cases, primarily ...Read on...
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Posted on: November 10, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a Suffolk man for stealing more than $40,000 from a CVS in Freeport where he worked as store manager. Scott Crafa, 42, was sentenced today to 10 days in jail, three years o...Read on...
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Posted on: November 17, 2014
Hon. Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader-Elect Hon. Patrick J. Leahy, Chair, Senate Judiciary Committee Hon. Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee Messrs. Reid, McConnell, Leahy and Gr...Read on...
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Posted on: November 12, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a New Cassel woman for driving under the influence of drugs and colliding into a work van driven by a 45-year-old Hempstead man who was seriously injured in the crash. Ethe...Read on...
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Posted on: November 3, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arraignment today of a Jericho man on a grand jury indictment for pocketing insurance premiums instead of sending them to insurance companies on behalf of his clients. Joseph Koch was arraig...Read on...
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Posted on: October 30, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division said that two Nassau county psychiatrists – including one who had already lost his license to practice i...Read on...
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Posted on: October 30, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest and arraignment today on a grand jury indictment of a Hempstead man charged with stealing approximately $1,200 in grant funds obtained by the Hempstead Union Free School District, as well ...Read on...
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Posted on: October 30, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest and arraignment today on a grand jury indictment of a Hempstead man charged with stealing approximately $1,200 in grant funds obtained by the Hempstead Union Free School District, as well ...Read on...
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Posted on: October 29, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said that a Queens man was arraigned on a grand jury indictment today after making phone calls threatening to blow up New York City and Nassau County police precincts. Richard Bolton, 30, of Queens Village,...Read on...
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Posted on: October 23, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest today of a Floral Park woman for stealing nearly $700,000 from a longtime employer, as well as more than $10,000 from a new employer by writing herself checks drawn from company bank accou...Read on...
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Posted on: October 28, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest today of a Roslyn Heights attorney for stealing $720,000 held in an escrow account, as well as selling an East Hills property owned in the name of his law firm and pocketing over $700,000 ...Read on...
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Posted on: October 23, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a City of Long Beach employee was arrested yesterday for selling heroin in Long Beach – with some sales occurring while she was working at the City of Long Beach Bus Depot. Chelsey Lindsey, ...Read on...
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Posted on: October 21, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Baldwin man has been arraigned today on grand jury charges in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Port Washington earlier this year. Cosmin Florea, 34, was arraigned today before Nassa...Read on...
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Posted on: October 20, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a West Babylon man pleaded guilty to all charges he faced for playing a leading role in a brazen, high-tech burglary crew that stole millions of dollars in cash and property from homes and busin...Read on...
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Posted on: October 15, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice entered the nationwide discussion about campus sexual assault yesterday by announcing her office’s efforts to study and address the problem with local colleges and law enforcement. She made the remarks at a T...Read on...
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Posted on: October 14, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said that a retired NYPD Officer indicted in a hit-and-run pedestrian collision that left 13-year-old Bryanna Soplin dead was sentenced to prison today, and that the law should be reformed to increase penaltie...Read on...
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Posted on: October 15, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a West Hempstead man pleaded guilty today to the top charge against him in connection with a high-speed crash that killed two young passengers, 22-year-old Blossom Castro and 20-year-old Bryan R...Read on...
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Posted on: October 8, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced today that a cashier for the Village of Freeport has been sentenced after stealing more than $13,000 by altering utility payments made by village residents and pocketing the cash. Chevelle Dubois,...Read on...
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Posted on: October 8, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing of a Uniondale man for fatally shooting 34-year-old Isaac Andrews near a church where parishioners were gathered for Sunday services. Jonathan Mack, 20, was sentenced today to 25 ye...Read on...
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Posted on: October 6, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the conviction of a Hempstead man on all counts before the jury in a violent post-Superstorm-Sandy home invasion in which a 50-year-old East Garden City woman was brutally raped and almost killed. ...Read on...
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Posted on: October 6, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that an upstate man will be subject to a lifetime loss of driving privileges due to a Nassau County jury finding him guilty of a felony drunk driving charge in connection with a drunken crash on Lon...Read on...
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Posted on: October 3, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the guilty plea today of a New Cassel woman whose high-speed, drug-fueled crash in a Westbury intersection left another driver seriously injured and put the lives of other drivers in imminent danger....Read on...
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Posted on: September 30, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing of two former Nassau County legislators and the former executive director of the Town of North Hempstead Community Development Agency for conspiring to put portions of the New Cassel c...Read on...
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Posted on: September 30, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Nassau County man pleaded guilty today to bilking Nassau landlords out of thousands of dollars in rent, as well as failing to remit proceeds of a vehicle sold on behalf of his landlord and pay...Read on...
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Posted on: September 30, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest today of a Brentwood man who posed as a real estate agent in a scheme that defrauded an investor of nearly $200,000 in down payments for numerous properties.Daniel Andrew Daniel, 48, wa...Read on...
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Posted on: September 25, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arraignment yesterday of a Levittown man on an indictment for driving drunk and causing the death of a 23-year-old man in a high-speed crash on the Northern State Parkway. Brian Friedrichs, 23...Read on...
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Posted on: September 24, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arraignment today of a New Hyde Park teen on an indictment in connection with a fatal crash that killed a father and injured his wife and 6-year-old daughter. Deepak Kumar, 17, of New Hyde Par...Read on...
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Posted on: September 24, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest today of a Freeport man for stealing thousands of dollars of client funds while conducting electronic transfers meant for the payment of federal and state payroll taxes.Pozo, George Geo...Read on...
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Posted on: September 23, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced today that a former salesman has been ordered as part of his guilty plea to pay restitution of nearly $280,000 he stole from a Great Neck business. Thomas Holt, 66, pleaded guilty today to Grand L...Read on...
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Posted on: September 22, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing of a Freeport man in a case involving a February residential garage fire that killed 13 pit bulls that were bred and trained for fighting. The court ordered the forfeiture of three ot...Read on...
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Posted on: September 18, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that Katie Beers, the child abduction victim from 1992 who recently authored the memoir Buried Memories: My Story, will be the keynote speaker for the Long Island Youth Safety Coalition’s Winter Conf...Read on...
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Posted on: September 17, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing of a Brooklyn man for the 2012 killing of a fellow inmate while awaiting trial in Nassau County Jail in East Meadow. Charles Creekmur, 27, was sentenced to nine years in prison with...Read on...
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Posted on: September 12, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – “As we mourn the Long Islanders and Americans we lost 13 years ago, we also honor the memory of the first responders who ran towards danger to help others on that terrible day. The dedication of those brave souls will forever remind us of ...Read on...
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Posted on: September 9, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice received a prestigious national award for her innovative and aggressive work on driving safety today. The Governors Highway Safety Association gave its top honor, the James J. Howard Highway ...Read on...
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Posted on: September 8, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. –On the eve of the widely expected announcement of the new iPhone 6 and as students across the country hit the roads on a daily basis with the start of the new school year, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, in a comprehensive ne...
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Posted on: September 5, 2014
Rakesh Punn, 56, drugged and abused girls in his doctor’s office MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a pediatrician pleaded guilty today to drugging and sexually abusing young girls under the guise of a medic...Read on...
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Posted on: September 4, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced grand jury charges today against a Floral Park plumber who stole thousands of dollars from nine Long Island homeowners mostly to perform work in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. ...Read on...
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Posted on: August 26, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a 19-year-old Queens man was sentenced today for killing Neal Rajapa, 17, and Darian Ramnarine, Peter Kanhai, and Christopher Kahn, all 18, in a high-speed, impaired crash on the...Read on...
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Posted on: August 25, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Freeport man pleaded guilty today to all charges in connection with a residential garage fire in February that killed 13 pit bulls and revealed paraphernalia used for the breed...
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Posted on: August 20, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the plea and sentencing today of a Muttontown man who illegally released toxic chemicals into the ground at his business located just yards away from a Glen Cove waterway that leads i...Read on...
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Posted on: August 20, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Westbury woman pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing the identity of a Suffolk County resident in order to cash thousands of dollars in stolen checks from a Nassau County-based...Read on...
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Posted on: August 19, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Nassau County Judge found a man guilty today of all charges related to a 2013 shooting that left another man dead near a Uniondale church where parishioners were gathered for S...Read on...
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Posted on: August 12, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced charges today against a Nassau County Correction officer for possessing amphetamines with the intention of selling them. Daniel Lanigan, 29, of Levittown, was arraigned today an...Read on...
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Posted on: August 6, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Syosset man indicted in a hit-and-run accident that left 13 year old Bryanna Soplin dead has pleaded guilty to the top charge against him and will be sentenced to up to four ye...Read on...
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Posted on: July 29, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Queens teenager pleaded guilty today to the top charge against him in a high-speed crash that resulted in the deaths of four young people on the Southern State Parkway in Octob...Read on...
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Posted on: July 28, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Nassau County jury today found a Queens man guilty of intentionally murdering Nassau County Police Officer Arthur Lopez and Brooklyn motorist Raymond Facey at two separate loca...Read on...
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Posted on: July 25, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced grand jury charges – including an additional misdemeanor reckless endangerment charge – against a Lynbrook woman who left a 3-year-old girl unattended in a hot car parked in a lot out...Read on...
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Posted on: July 23, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a former Wantagh resident who lives in Pennsylvania was ordered as part of his plea today to make full restitution to the Nassau County homeowners he scammed by charging them for...Read on...
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Posted on: July 22, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – A tip line for the Nassau County District Attorney’s office was unveiled today making it easier for members of the public to make a complaint, report a crime, or give information about human trafficking, corruption, child abuse, elder abus...Read on...
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Posted on: July 21, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the prison sentencing of a Valley Stream man for causing the death of 46-year-old Christopher DeCrescito in a high-speed crash in February 2013. Brian Daly, 26, was sentenced by Na...Read on...
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Posted on: December 3, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and the Nassau County Police Department announced the arrest of a Great Neck doctor responsible for stealing the protected personal and health information of tens of thousands of patients of NR...Read on...
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Posted on: July 20, 2014
OYSTER BAY , N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and Acting Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter were joined on the Oyster Bay waterfront today by safety advocates and victims of boating accidents to push for the adoption of l...Read on...
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Posted on: July 18, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Plainview attorney will no longer be able to practice law after pleading guilty today to stealing client funds to pay off personal and professional expenses and obligations ins...Read on...
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Posted on: July 11, 2014
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen M. Rice New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2014 MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and New York State Attorney General Eric Schnei...Read on...
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Posted on: July 10, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a Bronx teen for shooting and killing a Freeport father of one in January 2013 in Hempstead. Jazz Murphy, 19, of the Bronx, was sentenced today by Nassau ...Read on...
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Posted on: July 10, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Nassau County jury returned a guilty verdict today in the trial of a Brooklyn man accused of strangling a fellow inmate in the Nassau County jail in January 2012. Charles Cr...Read on...
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Posted on: July 9, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a former Suffolk County man was sentenced today for scamming 13 Nassau County residents for a total of $582,340 by charging for work he never performed, and collateralizing an in...Read on...
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Posted on: July 8, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Drew Morgan, a Rockville Centre financial planner charged in October 2013 with stealing more than $1.6 million from the Camp ANCHOR special needs camp and other victims, was arraigned on a grand jury indictment on the same charges today. ...Read on...
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Posted on: July 7, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a Freeport man for brutally stabbing a 21-year-old man to death during a fight in October 2012. Henry Martinez-Ramos, 26 of Freeport, was sentenced today by...Read on...
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Posted on: July 3, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced a joint federal and state investigation leading to charges against an East Meadow man for downloading and possessing videos of young children engaging in sexual acts. Daniel Sherlo...Read on...
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Posted on: July 3, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a Mineola man who crashed his cement truck into an overpass and a school bus in Matinecock in July 2012, killing the bus driver as well as seriously injuring a...Read on...
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Posted on: July 1, 2014
New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice today announced the guilty plea of retired Suffolk County Police Detective Sergeant Terrance Hoffman for taking $465,647 in illegal pension payments from the N...Read on...
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Posted on: July 1, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a Suffolk County woman for stealing more than $316,000 from the Great Neck contracting company where she worked as a bookkeeper, using the money to buy clothin...Read on...
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Posted on: June 25, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice today announced animal cruelty charges against a Valley Stream man for causing the death of a mixed-breed pit bull boxer by leaving the animal in a hot car for hours with only one window open a...Read on...
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Posted on: June 19, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and the Freeport Police Department today announced funding to equip patrol officers and supervisors with in-car video systems and body cameras. DA Rice’s office will provide $108,000 in Asse...Read on...
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Posted on: June 17, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a Queens man who was convicted by a Nassau County jury for tying up and robbing members of a Valley Stream family – including four children aged 3, 5, 9, and 1...Read on...
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Posted on: June 13, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced today that an East Meadow man has been sentenced to prison for the fatal shooting of a stranger on a Hempstead street in 2012. Herber Guzman, 42, of East Meadow, was sentenced toda...Read on...
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Posted on: June 12, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Merrick woman was sentenced today for stealing more than $450,000 from a Plainview building maintenance and real estate firm where she worked as a bookkeeper by forging her bos...Read on...
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Posted on: June 10, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said that after a joint investigation with City of Long Beach officials, a Long Beach Highway Department supervisor and a former Highway Department employee have been charged with stealing equi...Read on...
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Posted on: June 10, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced new grand jury charges against a Hempstead man in the July 2013 attempted rape of a sex worker he agreed to meet at a motel in Westbury. He also faces charges in three other attacks a...Read on...
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Posted on: June 6, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Nassau County jury found a Queens man guilty today in a high-speed crash in 2012 on the Southern State Parkway that killed all four of his passengers. After four days of del...Read on...
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Posted on: June 4, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Queens teenager pleaded guilty today to several Nassau County burglaries – including an incident involving a Valley Stream woman discovering the teen inside her home. Onyx A...Read on...
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Posted on: June 4, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office has partnered with The Safe Center LI and Sanctuary for Families, two leading organizations dedicated to the fight against human trafficking, to create a program designed to educate defendants c...Read on...
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Posted on: June 2, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that Wilfred Labossiere, 33, of Far Rockaway, received the maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison – the prosecution’s recommendation – from Nassau County Court Judge Phillip G...Read on...
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Posted on: May 27, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a former Suffolk County man pleaded guilty to scamming 13 Nassau County residents and business owners for a total of $582,340 by charging for work he never performed, and collate...Read on...
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Posted on: May 27, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing of a Baldwin man for having a luxury car torched in Queens in 2012 so that the owner could file and pursue a bogus insurance claim. Henry Flores, 28, was sentenced b...Read on...
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Posted on: May 23, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arraignment Thursday of a Brooklyn woman on grand jury charges related to her involvement in an identity theft ring that netted thousands of dollars by using the stolen identities...Read on...
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Posted on: May 23, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano and District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced a new and aggressive Stop-DWI initiative known as DWI Alcohol-Related Incident Team (DART) - that reestablishes the Selective Enforcement Team (SET) wh...Read on...
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Posted on: May 22, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said that the Queens owner of two Great Neck auto body repair shops paid $335,000 owed to taxpayers for his failure to remit sales taxes. Joseph Caraccia, 68, of Whitestone, and his two comp...Read on...
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Posted on: May 22, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a joint case involving ticket machine card skimmers at Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North stations investigated and prosecuted by her office and the MTA Police Department conc...Read on...
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Posted on: May 20, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a Queens man for his involvement in a scam involving the use of hidden cameras and bank card “skimmers” to steal money from commuters’ bank accounts and financ...Read on...
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Posted on: May 16, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that the former office manager of a Manhasset medical practice paid back $231,000 that she stole from her employer after pleading guilty last December. Hillary Hudesman, 55, of Woo...Read on...
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Posted on: May 15, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that a Suffolk County man and the corporation of which he is president pleaded guilty today to scamming clients of more than $236...Read on...
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Posted on: May 15, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a man pleaded guilty today to breaking into three Freeport homes that had suffered damage from Superstorm Sandy, stealing TVs and other valuables, and ruining repairs that had be...Read on...
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Posted on: May 14, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said that 24 cats in various states of poor health were rescued from a home in Westbury today, with the structure condemned and the owner of the cats now facing animal cruelty charges in the on...Read on...
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Posted on: May 14, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arraignment today of three Suffolk County men on felony charges stemming from illegal fishing activity that has endangered the environment of Long Island’s South Shore and put the...Read on...
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Posted on: May 12, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced today that a retired Nassau County police officer pleaded guilty and was sentenced on charges that he lied about his work activity to cover up dozens of hours spent at two women’s hom...Read on...
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Posted on: May 8, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing yesterday of an Oyster Bay woman for failing to provide proper veterinary care for a severe injury suffered by her dog, a pit-bull mix named “Snowball,” that was left u...Read on...
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Posted on: May 5, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the jail and restitution sentencing today of an unlicensed East Rockaway contractor in scams that cheated clients – mostly seniors – out of more than $300,000 in payments, and deprive...Read on...
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Posted on: May 2, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arraignment today of an Inwood man on new charges from a Grand Jury indictment for stealing over $206,000 from three check processing businesses and two national technology and of...Read on...
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Posted on: May 1, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Queens man working at the Elmont Home Depot was sentenced today for using his employer’s donation-matching program to steal thousands meant for charity for his own personal gai...Read on...
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Posted on: April 25, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that her groundbreaking program to help law enforcement get quick and accurate information on missing children will be coming to Long Beach’s Earth Day Celebration on Sunday, April 27...Read on...
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Posted on: April 25, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a Queens woman for her involvement in a scam involving the use of hidden cameras and bank card “skimmers” to steal money from commuters’ bank accounts and fina...Read on...
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Posted on: April 24, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a Queens man in the 2011 poisoning of a child in a vehicle parked in Lawrence. Khemchan Sulaiman, 48, of Jamaica, was sentenced by Nassau County Court Judge...Read on...
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Posted on: April 24, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a Massapequa man for his involvement in a scheme to defraud a life insurance company by faking his own death in the ocean off Jones Beach in July 2012. The man...Read on...
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Posted on: April 23, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice issued the following statement on Tuesday’s “swatting” incident in Long Beach: “Incidents like this are a dangerous and outrageous waste of law enforcement resources and taxpayer dollars. Th...Read on...
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Posted on: April 22, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that Tereso Ruiz-Hernandez, 25, of Bayville, was sentenced today by Nassau County Court Judge Angelo Delligatti to one year in jail for having sexual intercourse in July 2013 with a 1...Read on...
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Posted on: April 22, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a Suffolk County man for stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of copper wire belonging the Long Island Rail Road, selling it to a scrap yard and keeping the ca...Read on...
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Posted on: April 9, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest today of a Plainview attorney who has been charged with stealing from a Brooklyn couple who hired him to represent them in a lawsuit. Kogan, Matthew Matthew Kogan, 40, w...Read on...
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Posted on: April 8, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest and arraignment of defendants, in three unrelated cases, charged with failing to pay taxes that help maintain parks, repair roadways, and fund other vital government servic...Read on...
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Posted on: April 7, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, president of the District Attorneys Association of the State of New York, was joined by national, statewide and local advocates today to urge the New York State Senate and Assembly to pass a w...Read on...
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Posted on: April 4, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a Hempstead man for assaulting a police officer with a knife during an incident in March 2012. Christopher Sargeant, 34, of Hempstead, was sentenced by Nass...Read on...
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Posted on: April 3, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Suffolk County woman pleaded guilty today to stealing more than $316,000 from the Great Neck contracting company where she worked as a bookkeeper by inflating her salary, creat...Read on...
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Posted on: April 2, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that an Elmont man pleaded guilty today to causing a mile-long path of destruction stretching from Elmont to Valley Stream by driving a stolen truck with an exterior boom extended in ...Read on...
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Posted on: March 31, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Valley Stream man pleaded guilty today to charges stemming from a fatal crash that claimed the life of a Franklin Square father of three in February 2013. Brian Daly, 25, of...Read on...
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Posted on: March 26, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the conviction today by a Nassau County jury of a Queens man for tying up and robbing members of a family in their Valley Stream home in January 2012. Levy Robinson, 46, of Jamaica...Read on...
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Posted on: March 24, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that Wilfred Labossiere, 33, of Far Rockaway, was found guilty on all counts by a jury today for a 2012 shooting in Elmont that left a man dead and a grandmother seriously injured. Af...Read on...
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Posted on: March 24, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest and arraignment today of the owner of a Manhattan rug gallery charged with stealing over $22,000 in Medicaid benefits by underreporting income from his business and a renta...Read on...
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Posted on: March 21, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest and arraignment today of three Long Island Rail Road employees on charges of stealing thousands of dollars of copper belonging to the Rail Road and then scrapping the stole...Read on...
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Posted on: March 21, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that Jonathan Lopez, 22, of East Meadow, was sentenced today by Nassau County Court Judge Tammy Robbins to 10 months in jail for his role in a race on the Southern State Parkway in 2...Read on...
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Posted on: March 20, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced new grand jury charges against two brothers stemming from a major counterfeit operation involving more than $2 million worth of health and beauty products seized earlier this month fr...Read on...
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Posted on: March 19, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest today of a Lido Beach attorney charged with stealing more than $16,000 placed in an escrow account by a mother and daughter for taxes that were never paid on an apartment s...Read on...
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Posted on: March 18, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of a man who was captured after an almost 12-year international and multi-agency manhunt. He was the driver in a 2001 hit-and-run incident that killed an 80-year-...Read on...
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Posted on: March 14, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest today of a Suffolk County woman for filing false paperwork and making false representations to local animal shelters, including those operated by the Town of North Hempstea...Read on...
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Posted on: March 14, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that two men pleaded guilty today to a scam involving the use of hidden cameras and bank card “skimmers” at commuter rail ticket vending machines to gather bank card information to st...Read on...
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Posted on: March 12, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest of a disbarred attorney who is accused of stealing money meant to pay settlements for two clients she represented in June 2013. Urena de Checo, 39, of Freeport, was arre...Read on...
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Posted on: March 12, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the arrest today of a Suffolk County man who stole more than $172,000 from the Great Neck business where he worked as a salesman. Thomas Holt, 65, of Nesconset, was arrested today ...Read on...
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Posted on: March 11, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced the sentencing today of the last defendant arrested in a countywide Medicaid and Public Assistance fraud sting involving eight people who collectively have been ordered to repay more ...Read on...
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Posted on: March 11, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. –Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced today that a Huntington woman has been sentenced for using her position as a bookkeeper to steal more than $866,000 over a six-year period from a Nassau County architectural firm. L...Read on...
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Posted on: March 10, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice is scheduled to appear at HB Thompson Middle School in Syosset on Tuesday, March 18 at 7 p.m. to speak at a presentation of “Not My Child,” a program she created to address the epidemic of hero...Read on...
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Posted on: March 7, 2014
MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that a Queens janitorial company was ordered on March 6 to pay six employees back wages totaling more than $38,000 and more than $56,000 in unemployment insurance to the New York Stat...Read on...
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