Vigilante Acquitted In Killing Of Area Rape Suspect Following Retrial Vigilante Acquitted In Killing Of Area Rape Suspect Following Retrial
Vigilante Acquitted In Killing Of Area Rape Suspect Following Retrial An area man has been acquitted of all charges for his role in the 2013 fatal shooting of an alleged rape suspect near his home. Orange County resident David Carlson, 48, of Sparrowbush, had been charged with multiple counts of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide after shooting and killing Norris Acosta-Sanchez, who was a suspect in a rape in Ramapo. Carlson had previously been convicted of first-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to five years in prison before a state appeals panel dismissed that verdict in 2018. Prosecutors chose to retry Carlson, who was found innocent follo…
Jury Selection Set For False Rape Case Trial Involving Area College Student Jury Selection Set For False Rape Case Trial Involving Area College Student
Jury Selection Set For False Rape Case Trial Involving Area College Student Click here for an updated story: Teen Pleads Guilty In Sacred Heart University False Rape Report Case Jury selection is scheduled for the trial of the former Sacred Heart University student charged with making up a story that she was raped by two football players. On Oct. 15, 2016, Bridgeport Police responded to St. Vincent's Medical Center, where Nikki Yovino of South Setauket on Long Island told police that she had been sexually assaulted by two males in a bathroom at a house party in Bridgeport. She told police that one of her assailants was a fellow student and football player at SHU…
Ex-Assembly Speaker Silver Found Guilty In Second Corruption Trial Ex-Assembly Speaker Silver Found Guilty In Second Corruption Trial
Ex-Assembly Speaker Silver Found Guilty In Second Corruption Trial The former New York State Assembly Speaker has been convicted by a jury in Manhattan federal court on corruption charges. Sheldon Silver was convicted of the same seven counts in 2015, but the conviction was reversed.  Silver, a Democrat, obtained nearly $4 million in illicit payments through an asbestos doctor and two real estate companies in return for legislative favors, jurors decided after a two-week trial. The 74-year-old Silver, who represented lower Manhattan, will be sentenced July 13. Silver, who served two decades as speaker, forfeited his seat in late 2015, along with  former …
Actor, Activists Rally Outside Trial Of Ex-Cuomo Aide From South Salem Actor, Activists Rally Outside Trial Of Ex-Cuomo Aide From South Salem
Actor, Activists Rally Outside Trial Of Ex-Cuomo Aide From South Salem A group of activists, including actor James Cromwell, rallied outside the courthouse where Westchester resident and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo top aide Joseph Percoco’s corruption trial continues. Last year, Percoco, a South Salem resident, was indicted on corruption charges that allege he accepted more than $300,000 in bribes to benefit Competitive Power Ventures, an energy company that sought to build the power plant in the Hudson Valley, and COR Development, a real estate developer that received several sizable state projects. Cromwell, a resident of Warwick in Orange County, as well as gu…
Witness Makes 'Sopranos' Analogy In Ex-Cuomo Aide From South Salem's Trial Witness Makes 'Sopranos' Analogy In Ex-Cuomo Aide From South Salem's Trial
Witness Makes 'Sopranos' Analogy In Ex-Cuomo Aide From South Salem's Trial Powerful testimony is being made at the trial of Northern Westchester resident Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Last year, Percoco, of South Salem, was indicted on corruption charges that allege he accepted more than $300,000 in bribes to benefit Competitive Power Ventures, an energy company that sought to build a power plant in the Hudson Valley, and COR Development, a real estate developer that received several sizable state projects. The bribes from both, which also included $90,000 a year payments to Percoco's wife, were arranged by Todd Howe, another for…