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Retail Hudson Valley Heroin Store Operators Sentenced In White Plains Retail Hudson Valley Heroin Store Operators Sentenced In White Plains
Retail Hudson Valley Heroin Store Operators Sentenced In White Plains A group of area men is heading to prison after pleading guilty to running an organized heroin ring out of an Orange County storefront. Geoffrey Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the sentencing of Victor R. Rivas this week, who will spend the next seven years behind bars for his role in operating the heroin-selling organization out of the storefront on Broadway in Newburgh. Berman said that beginning in 2016, Victor M. Rivas, with the assistance of Julio Davila, Victor R. Rivas, Ronald “Louis” Matias and Edward Cardona ran an organization enga…

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Trump Taps Former Giuliani Partner As Preet Bharara Replacement Trump Taps Former Giuliani Partner As Preet Bharara Replacement
Trump Taps Former Giuliani Partner As Preet Bharara Replacement President Donald Trump has nominated a former law partner of New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to serve as United States Attorney Preet Bharara’s replacement in the Southern District of New York. If confirmed by the Senate in the next 120 days, Geoffrey Berman will take over for Bharara, who was fired last March by the president as he cleaned house from the Obama era. He will serve as an interim basis until confirmation, according to the Justice Department. Berman is a partner at Greenberg Traurig in Manhattan, where Giuliani remains a partner. He previously served as an Assistant United St…

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