Last April, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced that she wanted to go easier on several low-level offenses in New York. Her list of bullshit crimes we shouldn't be sweating too much included urinating in public, making unreasonable noise, and hanging out in a park...
While New York residents may know that drivers with a blood alcohol level of .08 percent or higher are considered intoxicated, but they may be surprised to learn that the limit is far lower in most other countries. According to the National Transportation Safety Board,...
According to court documents, one of the former owners of the New York Islanders recently had his assessed 10-year sentence vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in Manhattan. Reportedly, the appellate court found that the record made by the sentencing...
Prosecutors in New York have said that two men who worked at a Chase bank branch in Brooklyn stole in excess of $400,000 over a two-year period from account holders. The men are said to have carefully selected inactive accounts that had high balances and...
Prosecutors say that two New York bank employees stole more than $300,000 from the accounts of elderly or deceased individuals. The men worked as personal banking representatives at a JP Morgan Chase branch in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood where they are said to have targeted dormant...
In a decision that could impact the rights of drivers in New York and nationwide, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear cases involving whether states can charge suspected drunk drivers with a crime for refusing to submit to a breathalyzer test. The court...
A trader who allegedly lied to investors about the prices of mortgage bonds has had some of his convictions overturned. The 3-0 decision was handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York on Dec. 8.
...There are several violent crimes that individuals may be charged with in New York. Murder in the first degree is a charge brought in connection with an intentional killing where any one of several aggravating factors is present. These factors include taking the life of...
New York residents may have heard that a married couple was convicted of defrauding NASA on Nov. 20. The accused individuals are a 53-year-old engineering professor at Lehigh University and his wife, a 41-year-old doctor of physics. The pair owns a startup company called ArkLight...
New York residents may be interested to learn that, on Nov. 17, a woman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and other charges after she was found to be involved in a breach at The Michaels Companies, Inc. The 28-year-old California woman and...