Archive for the ‘Crime & Courts’ Category

Fall from Grace: Judge gives McLaughlin 10 years in prison

Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Stephen Stirling

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 6:13 PM EDT
TimesLedger Newspapers
Via YourNabe.com

A Manhattan federal court judge sentence disgraced former Queens legislator Brian McLaughlin to 10 years in prison [...]

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Fall from grace: McLaughlin faces sentencing

Posted on May 13th, 2009 by Stephen Stirling

TimesLedger Newspapers
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 7:24 PM EDT
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The more than three−year−long saga that has obliterated the reputation of one of Queens’ most influential political [...]

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MS-13 boss accused in death of Flushing man

Posted on May 9th, 2009 by Stephen Stirling

TimesLedger Newspapers
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:21 PM EDT
Two men, including the reputed New York leader of the ferocious MS−13 gang, were arraigned in Brooklyn federal [...]

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Rebuilding New York’s playground

Posted on April 12th, 2008 by Stephen Stirling

These articles won 2nd place for in-depth reporting in Suburban Newspapers of America’s 2007 editorial contest. They were also a part of a package that [...]

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Queens man arrested in therapist slay

Posted on April 12th, 2008 by Stephen Stirling

A Corona man charged in last week’s grisly meat-cleaver slashing death of a Sunnyside-born therapist was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation Sunday after the 39-year-old told a Manhattan judge that his court-appointed lawyer claimed to be the Rev. Al Sharpton.

Daniel Tarloff, of 99-45 60th Ave., was arraigned on charges of murder and attempted murder Sunday by Judge Ruth Pickholz in Manhattan Criminal Court. Pickholz ordered a psychiatric evaluation after Tarloff, who has a history of mental instability, referred to his attorney, Legal Aid Lawyer Reginald Sharpe, as the Rev. Al Sharpton and accused Sharpe of not being licensed.

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Imfamous killer’s life spared by high court

Posted on April 10th, 2008 by Stephen Stirling

This article was part of a package that was awarded 3rd place for Writer of the Year in the New York Press Association’s 2007 Better [...]

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No gang link in borough slay: Police

Posted on April 10th, 2008 by Stephen Stirling

By Stephen Stirling
TimesLedger Newspapers
7/26/07
After months of what had been suspected as the gang-related murders of Maurice Parker and Pashad Gray, police said they have found [...]

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Settlement possible for McLaughlin

Posted on April 10th, 2008 by Stephen Stirling

By Stephen Stirling
TimesLedger Newspapers
6/21/07
Prosecutors in Manhattan federal court last Thursday hinted at the possibility that the racketeering case against former state Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin may [...]

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Police seek help in finding Flushing man’s killer

Posted on April 10th, 2008 by Stephen Stirling

By Stephen Stirling
TimesLedger Newspapers
6/07/07

For police in the 109th Precinct, silence is anything but golden.

Fears of a surge in gang violence in the wake of the [...]

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Call for justice follows Flushing man’s murder

Posted on April 10th, 2008 by Stephen Stirling

This article was part of a package that was awarded 3rd place for Writer of the Year in the New York Press Association’s 2007 Better [...]

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Toxins found at Flushing airport site: Pathologist

Toxins found at Flushing airport site: Pathologist

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Politics

Democrats criticize Padavan’s support of McLaughlin

Democrats criticize Padavan’s support of McLaughlin

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Willets Point

Willets Point’s only resident feels beaten, betrayed

Willets Point’s only resident feels beaten, betrayed

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