In a story on January 28, 2009, two police reports show that murder victim Daniel Malakov had been involved in a heated argument with Mikhail Mallayev, 51, and another nameless Russian man a day before Malakov was murdered. Police allege that a Queen’s mom employed Mallayev to kill her husband, who was a dentist, because of an…
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Furnished Alcohol to a Minor
Furnished Alcohol to a Minor Causing Fatality In a story on January 31, 2009, that police will be charging Kecia Whitfield with reckless conduct and furnished alcohol to a minor. Garrett Reed was among those consuming the alcohol that, in the end, was a direct cause of the car accident that killed him. Authorities concluded after their…
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Ponzi Scheme Con-Man May Be Freed on Bail A report on January 29, 2009, stated that E. Thomas Boyle, Federal Judge, ruled that Ponzi scheme con man Nicholas Cosmo, 37 can be freed on bail but will have to come up with more money first. Ordering Cosmo back to jail, Boyle stated that he did not believe…
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Staten Island Attendant Killed, No Witnesses Mohammad Ishfq Ahmad, 50 was shot and killed at a gas and deli station on Staten Island located on Victory Boulevard. Ahmad had moved from Pakistan to the United States in search of a better life. He was shot in the back near the pumps at the Gulf Station…
Read moreLong, Twisting Case Involving Al-Qaeda Operative Takes New Turn
In the weeks following the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, President George W. Bush and authorities at the Pentagon developed new legal procedures to deal with captured individuals associated with the international Al-Qaeda terrorist network. One of the most interesting test cases for these new rules involved a man named Ali Saleh Kahlah…
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Precedent Setting Case Regarding Identity Theft Heard Before the Supreme Court On October 20, 2008, the Supreme Court granted to hear the case of Flores-Figueroa vs. the United States to decide a point of law that might yield profound ramifications for Federal identity theft law. In the original case, the defendant had been accused of stealing…
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Bankruptcy Case Holds Implications for Thousands Injured by Asbestos Poisoning On Friday, December 12, 2008, the United States Supreme Court heard the case of Travelers Indemnity Company vs. Bailey et al, a complicated bankruptcy case that was originally decided in federal bankruptcy court. The case involves an asbestos company, Johns Manville, that had been implicated…
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The constitutionality of a traffic stop usually hinges on interpretations of the Fourth Amendment. Previously, the court has had to grapple with how to treat drivers stopped for long periods, drivers found with suspicious items and drivers in possession of weapons or firearms in compartments. Although the court has over the years tried to elucidate clear and…
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Federal Drug Crime Defendants Receive 20 Years Imprisonment On November 4, 2008, the United States District Court sentenced two Modesto, CA residents, Luke Anthony Scarmazzo and Ricardo Ruiz Montes, to two decades in jail on federal drug crime charges for their participation in a massive criminal marijuana manufacturing and distribution enterprise. According to the prosecution, the defendants…
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Cocaine Distribution and Conspiracy Charges in Narcotic Trafficking Ring Montgomery Cocaine Ring Busted; 16 Individuals Charged with Conspiracy According to a July 10, 2008, federal grand jury indictment, 16 Montgomery, Alabama men and women were charged with a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute powder and crack cocaine throughout the region. The federal drug crime and conspiracy charges…
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