The estate of a man who had his murder conviction overturned can proceed with a number of claims against New York City, a federal judge decided. William Lopez was convicted in 1990 of killing a Continue Reading »
Newsday/News 12 investigation: Special Suffolk grand jury expires without findings in Nassau cop’s unjustified shooting of cabbie – Newsday
Even as Nassau County Police Department investigators determined that former officer Anthony DiLeonardo committed four felonies during his 2011 off-duty shooting of an unarmed cabdriver, a special grand jury convened to investigate the incident expired Continue Reading »
NYC man imprisoned for 18 years after wrongful conviction to get $4.75M – CBS News
NEW YORK — A New York City man imprisoned for nearly 20 years for murder before a judge declared he was innocent is getting $4.75 million from the state. Fernando Bermudez told the New York Continue Reading »
Nassau cop who shot unarmed cabbie in 2011 fired – Newsday
The Nassau County Police Department Monday fired officer Anthony DiLeonardo, who was off-duty and not in uniform when he shot a retreating, unarmed cabdriver in Huntington Station after a night of drinking with another cop, Continue Reading »
Alan Sharpe, ex-Nassau detective, pleads guilty to official misconduct – Newsday
A former Nassau County police supervisor who became ensnared in a corruption scandal tied to a 2009 burglary at a Bellmore high school pleaded guilty to official misconduct Monday as his trial was about to Continue Reading »
Ex-Child Welfare Caseworkers Plead Guilty in Death of a 4-Year-Old – New York Times
Two former employees of New York City’s child welfare agency pleaded guilty on Tuesday, under an agreement with prosecutors, to misdemeanor charges relating to the death of a 4-year-old girl who was drugged, beaten and Continue Reading »
Always Right – Newsday
A Nassau County police officer shot an unarmed man in the back. Another intentionally ran down an unarmed man with his squad car, costing him a leg. Still another shot an unarmed cabdriver after a Continue Reading »
Trial in $190M suit against Nassau begins – Newsday
The night 27 years ago when Theresa Fusco disappeared near a Lynbrook roller skating rink, a young man nearby reported that his car had been stolen, a lawyer told jurors in federal court yesterday. Continue Reading »
EXCLUSIVE: Caseworker Damon Adams speaks out – abc7
It’s the first ever prosecution of its kind perhaps in the country: two social workers criminally charged and accused of negligence in the death of a 4-year-old Brooklyn girl allegedly killed by her mother. “The Continue Reading »
Caseworker Union in Court To Back Accused Member – The Chief Leader
Former Administration for Children’s Services Caseworker Damon Adams (left) stood silently in Brooklyn Supreme Court April 20 next to his attorney, Anthony Grandinette. He is accused of criminally negligent homicide and a cover-up of his Continue Reading »