Sep 8, 2011
By LAURA ITALIANO September 8, 2011 “I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” He’d killed thoughtlessly; he’d denied responsibility coldly. Only when the cuffs went on at sentencing did reckless thug David McKie -- the petty-theft getaway driver who’d fatally mowed down a brilliant film editor on the Upper West Side -- reveal
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Jul 19, 2011
By JOHN ELIGON Published: July 19, 2011 A Columbia University student who was the main target of an undercover investigation of a ring that sold drugs from the campus will be sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty Tuesday to selling cocaine. The student, Harrison David, is expected to begin serving his time on Rikers Island
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Jul 19, 2011
By LAURA ITALIANO Last Updated: 1:38 PM, July 19, 2011 Posted: 11:17 AM, July 19, 2011 The 20-year-old who'd faced the most serious drug sale charges in last year's roundup of five Columbia University students is heading to Rikers for just 3 1/2 months under a deal struck in a Manhattan courtroom today. Harrison David, son of a
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Dec 22, 2010
By LAURA ITALIANO Posted: 3:57 PM, December 21, 2010 Stuart Ross, the down-on-his heels septaugenarian who brought the Surfs to the U.S. in the '80s, was sentenced to at least two years probation today for a bizarre, $11 million extortion scheme against his son-in-law, London private equity giant David Blitzer. Ross had pleaded guilty in
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Jun 30, 2009
We often come across cases in which the client was "in the wrong place at the wrong time". Perhaps the most glaring example of poor timing is being present in a location when the police issue a search warrant looking for contraband. Assuming the warrant was not fraudulently obtained, the court has sanctioned the search. If the police find
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