Accused Columbia Drug Ring Members Ready For Fight
All five suspended students have hired new high-powered attorneys to fight the charges that they ran a well-organized narcotics distribution ring out of frat houses.
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All five suspended students have hired new high-powered attorneys to fight the charges that they ran a well-organized narcotics distribution ring out of frat houses.
A second victim testified she was 15 years old and in custody of the Juvenile Justice Department when counselor Tony Simmons raped her in an elevator after delivering her to a family court appearance in Manhattan.
Gerald DeGerolamo is on trial for allegedly trying to steal a diamond engagement ring, valued at $30,000, from a man who was offering to sell it on Craigslist.
A van driver who downed drinks before running over and killing a pregnant woman on a Manhattan sidewalk is headed to prison for seven to 15 years.
He's been in and out of jail 41 times in the past 12 years and now he's going away even longer. Judge Carol Berkman sentenced Naim Jabbar to seven years in prison for what authorities called the "eyeglass scam" on Thursday.
A trial has been set for an aging, down on his luck mobster after being arrested for attempting to rob a man trying to sell a diamond engagement ring.
Nicholas Brooks told police he left his designer girlfriend woozy from medication and sleeping in a trendy hotel, went out to have beers and do drugs and returned to find police investigating her death, a court document released today shows.
Nicholas Brooks, 24, will be arraigned on a second-degree murder charge Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court and faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted.
The trustee recovering money for Bernard Madoff's burned investors has reached a $7.2 billion settlement with the estate of a Florida philanthropist and businessman.
Prosecutors dropped their case against Eddie Crespo this week after a grand jury declined to indict him on any charges in the December 8 incident.
The boyfriend of fashion designer Sylvie Cachay, whose body was found in a bathtub in a room at the swank Soho House Hotel in Manhattan, was indicted this morning.
Pedro Espada Jr. was a free man Wednesday night. The embattled state senator and his son pleaded not guilty to accusations they looted a Bronx health clinic to live high on the hog.
The Democrat, who lost his fall re-election bid, and his son Pedro Gautier Espada are accused of taking money from Comprehensive Community Development Corp.
Police said they found a loaded semiautomatic gun in a rear door of the $250,000-plus car after it was stopped for speeding.
The eldest son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff hanged himself by a dog leash in his apartment Saturday after two years of "unrelenting pressure" following his father's arrest.
Harrison David, who had told police he was selling marijuana because his physician father would not pay his tuition, has also been unable to get his father to put up his $75,000 bail.
Two men attacked a Muslim religious leader in a hate-fueled assault in a subway station, with one hurling slurs along with a fist, prosecutors and Muslim advocates said Thursday.
Mohammed Wali Zazi is scheduled for arraignment Thursday in Brooklyn federal court. An updated indictment issued last month charges him with obstruction of justice and other counts.
Did the high cost of college tuition encourage a group of Columbia University students to deal drugs? Walking with their heads hanging low, five students were arrested Tuesday.
Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez avoided jail Friday by pleading guilty to attempted assault after he was accused of attacking his girlfriend's father at Citi Field last season.
What's a crime reporter to do when all the defendants and lawyers in the courtroom seem to be dancing and singing in her head?
A noted New York City jeweler who decorated celebrities and collected baubles and art worth millions of dollars has been arrested.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara repeatedly responded to questions at a news conference about the relations between the countries by saying Viktor Bout was brought to the United States after prosecutors successfully sought an indictment and an extradition based on evidence collected during a long-running DEA probe.
The first Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial has been acquitted in New York City of all but one charge accusing him of a deadly 1998 plot to bomb two U.S. embassies in Africa.
