Sentences with phrase «convicted former officer»

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Among them: Jeffrey Sterling, the former CIA officer who was convicted in 2015 of leaking classified information about Iran's nuclear program to The New York Times; Jeffrey Skilling, Enron's disgraced CEO; Rafael Cárdenas - Vela, an ex-leader of the Mexican drug - trafficking Gulf Cartel; and Jared Fogle, the former Subway pitchman convicted of distributing child pornography and having sex with minors.

Pollard, 60, is a former US navy intelligence officer convicted of turning over classified information to Israel.

Some in the crowd held signs in support of former political activist and Weather Underground Organization member Judith Clark, who was convicted for her role as the driver of a getaway car in the 1981 Brinks heist in Nyack that left a security guard and two police officers dead.

Freddie Dean Smith, a convicted felon with a lengthy criminal record and former Assistant Superintendent in New Rochelle, was granted an administrative license by NYSED while he was then on probation after a felony conviction for endangering a police officer in Virginia and while awaiting sentencing on two separate sex crimes in South Carolina (he followed women around in stores with his penis hanging out of his pants while he masturbated).

Former NYPD Officer Peter Liang apologized today to the domestic partner of Akai Gurley, the unarmed black man whom he was convicted this year of fatally shooting.

Asian - Americans in New York, including former city comptroller John Liu, said they felt Thompson's prosecution of Liang was unfair, and meant to placate protesters who were unhappy that police officers in the other cases were either not indicted or not convicted at trial.

The former NYPD officer convicted of manslaughter for shooting an unarmed public housing resident as he entered a darkened stairwell in Brooklyn in 2014 does not pose a threat to the public and should not be sentenced to prison, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, who prosecuted him.

From the start, the case of Peter Liang, a former Brooklyn police officer convicted in February of manslaughter for the shooting of Akai Gurley in a housing project stairwell, has seen its share of twists and turns.

Off the top of my head the biggest ones are: (1) corruption within the Buildings & Grounds Department (2) corruption involving school district vendors over-billing and paying bribes and kickbacks that led to those two Federal indictments and convictions; (3) corruption involving police harassment of a woman on behalf of the manager of a local beach club; (4) a child rapist operating out of a public middle school; (5) an illegal gambling and pornography web site operated by members of the New Rochelle Police Department; (6) a retired police officer defrauding charities including St. Jude's Children's Research; (7) illegal asbestos handling and asbestos removal at an elementary school; (8) an effort to artificially inflate the salaries and pensions of senior police commanders; (9) the relationship between the New Rochelle Police Commissioner and a corrupt contractor, a man who has since been convicted on Federal corruption charges; (10) the sordid history of former New Rochelle Schools Administrator Freddie Dean Smith.

SOHO — Councilwoman Margaret Chin issued a statement requesting «leniency» in the sentencing of the former NYPD officer convicted of killing an unarmed black man in a Brooklyn public housing stairwell.

A coalition of Republican Senators and police unions has launched an online petition urging the state parole board not to release a former Black Panther who was convicted of killing two New York City police officers — Joseph Piagentini and Waverly Jones — in 1971.

A Brooklyn judge postponed the sentencing of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang, who was convicted of manslaughter, as defense attorneys argued the verdict should be thrown out due to juror misconduct.

On the vast lawn of the plaza near the courthouse in Brooklyn where Peter Liang, a former NYPD officer, was convicted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man just over a week ago, a crowd of several thousand people gathered on Saturday in Liang's support.

Her grandfather, former Bronx Congressman Mario Biaggi, was a celebrated police officer and politician before getting convicted in a corruption case.

Former New York Police Department Officer Peter Liang apologized Thursday to the domestic partner of Akai Gurley, the unarmed black man he was convicted of fatally shooting.

Lawyers for former NYPD Officer Peter Liang filed a bombshell motion Tuesday, seeking to set aside the ex-cop's guilty verdict in the fatal shooting of unarmed Akai Gurley, claiming one of the jurors who convicted him of manslaughter should not have been on the panel.

Earlier this week Mr. Barron warned that violence could erupt in response to Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson's decision not to seek prison time for Peter Liang, the former police officer who was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of Akai Gurley.

A former Minister of National Guidance, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, has called for a ban on public officers convicted of looting public funds from participating in partisan politics and holding public office.

BROOKLYN — Former NYPD officer Peter Liang met with the domestic partner of Akai Gurley, the man he was convicted of killing, Thursday morning and said he was sorry for her loss before the two ended the meeting with a handshake, according to the Gurley family's lawyer.

The former officer, 28 - year - old Peter Liang, was convicted in the November 2014 shooting death of Akai Gurley, who was unarmed, in a Brooklyn public - housing building.

«Ian Hurst, a former Army intelligence officer and key witness to the Leveson Inquiry, warned Britain's equivalent of the FBI two years ago that a private detective convicted of hacking into bank accounts and telephone records had «cultivated» contacts with Special Branch.

A former Leesburg animal control officer who shot and killed a poodle owned by an 11 - year - old disabled boy was charged Thursday with animal cruelty.Doug Berwick, 33, shot the 8 - year - old poodle June 19 with a.22 - caliber rifle after he was unable to catch it.Police Chief Jim Brown suspended Berwick for five days without pay and recommended he be transferred to another department, but Berwick resigned as public protest grew.Bruce Haldeman, investigator supervisor for the 5th Judicial Circuit state attorney's office, said Thursday that Berwick, if convicted, would face a maximum penalty of up to one year in the county jail, a $ 5,000 fine or both.