Sentences with phrase «federal felony charges»

It is both critical for criminal suspects to assert their right to remain silent under the Constitution's Fifth Amendment, to have a federal criminal lawyer advocating for them early on to work to avoid a prosecution in the first place, and to minimize being behind the eight - ball in defending against federal felony charges.

Greg Dalton: PG&E was recently convicted of six federal felony charges for obstructing justice.

The senator pleaded guilty in December 2010 to federal felony charges of bribery, tax evasion and obstruction of justice.

New York State Assemblyman William Scarborough pleaded guilty Thursday morning to federal felony charges of wire fraud and theft, and he's expected to plead guilty to additional state felony charges this afternoon.

The members also said Silver, facing federal felony charges that he traded official favors for $ 6 million in payments disguised as legal fees, would vacate his leadership position before Monday's scheduled session.

ALBANY — Dean Skelos, the former Republican leader of the State Senate whose political career ended this year when he was convicted of federal felony charges, has filed papers to collect his pension.

More than two years later, the event is drawing new attention because it was hosted by Todd Howe, the disgraced lobbyist who pleaded guilty in September to a raft of federal felony charges for his role in alleged schemes in which clients received special government favors.

Bruno, who has received financial help from the community since being indicted on eight federal felony charges a year ago, told reporters gathered outside that he did not want to discuss his personal life.

In 2010 Leibell pleaded guilty to two federal felony charges in 2010.

Not exact matches

Citing anonymous government officials, the New York Times is reporting that federal prosecutors with the FBI and the Department of Justice have recommended that Petraeus be charged with a felony for providing classified information to his mistress and biographer, Paula Broadwell, who was also an Army Reserve officer.

In an unusual move, federal authorities have indicted a Downstate man on felony charges of conspiracy, transporting uninspected poultry and lying to federal authorities in a 2002 food poisoning incident that sickened more than 100 children and teachers at a Joliet school.

The elder Bruno was found guilty in federal court on felony charges of theft of honest services, in a case unrelated to the Susan Bruno affair.

The 64 - year - old Leibell, of Putnam County, resigned his seat in December just before he was indicted under federal felony corruption charges.

Fidler is running in the March 20 special election for the seat vacated by former Sen. Carl Kruger, who was forced to resign when he pleaded guilty last month to felony federal corruption charges.

Cuomo proposed reforms to the state's sex trafficking laws, bringing New York into line with federal laws, which recognize that anyone who prostitutes out minors is a sex trafficker, a felony charge with mandatory prison time.

Percoco may be the only former member of the Gov. Andrew Cuomo administration who is facing federal corruption charges because of his relationship with Howe, a former stalwart Albany lobbyist and Cuomo fundraiser who has pleaded guilty to eight felonies as part of the case, but he wasn't the only one who had a close and previously undisclosed relationship with him, according to Howe's testimony Monday.

In September, Howe pleaded guilty to multiple felonies, and Percoco and Kaloyeros were arrested on federal charges along with six executives at companies that had sought state development work.

The ethics commission's first meeting comes on the same day that State Senator Carl Kruger pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to felony charges, for accepting more than a million dollars in bribes to maintain what prosecutors called a lavish lifestyle, including a large house owned by a former mafia boss and a Bentley automobile.

In November 2015, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was convicted of 7 felony counts of federal corruption charges in a kick - back scheme where he gave $ 500,000 in state lump sum tax dollars to a physician who would refer patients to the Speaker's law firm where he would get referral fees.

Socio - political association of the Igbo, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has faulted moves by the Federal Government to revoke bail conditions of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is being prosecuted before an Abuja Federal High Court on treasonable felony charges.

Federal charges are being levied against top Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco, the influential head of the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Alain Kaloyeros, and others for a series of alleged schemes that include fraud, bid - rigging and bribery; Kaloyeros is also facing felony corruption charges from the state.

A federal jury in Manhattan did more than convict one - time gubernatorial uber - confidant Joseph Percoco on felony corruption charges: It also delivered a damning verdict on Gov. Cuomo's stunningly ineffective upstate...

Rep. Michael Grimm said he doesn't plan to resign from Congress despite facing up to three years in prison after pleading guilty to a felony tax - fraud charge in federal court in Brooklyn.

Kanu, alongside other IPOB members, Onwudiwe Chidiebere, Banjamin Madubugwu and David Nwawuisi were earlier arraigned by the Federal Government on an eleven count charge bordering on terrorism, treasonable felony and illegal possession of firearms amongst others.

The IPOB leader is standing trial before the Justice Binta Nyako - led court for charges bordering on treasonable felony leveled against him by the Federal Government.

It is widely speculated that the councilman is eyeing a potential run for Sen. Carl Kruger's seat in the event that the scandal - scarred lawmaker cuts a deal / pleads / is found guilty of the federal felony corruption charges he faces.

«If these allegations are proven true, the conduct would merit felony charges for attempting to violate various Federal statutes,» the Long Island congressman said.

Federal prosecutors have decided that Evan Engel, a 2004 Brighton High School graduate who was covering the pre-inauguration unrest in Washington, D.C., was a journalist and they have dismissed a felony rioting charge against him.

Kaloyeros, who is accused of illegally steering multimillion - dollar building contracts to companies he favored, was charged separately in the federal complaint and faces three felony charges in Schneiderman's case.

Former Buffalo Police officer James Hamilton will serve time in a federal prison after pleading guilty Thursday to felony drug trafficking charges.

On - topic questions included the timing of the effectiveness of the laws signed today and when ICE will close it's office on Rikers Island, how many people currently on Rikers Island will be covered by these laws, details of Carlos Rodriguez (who was held on Rikers Island for eight months on an ICE detainer) path to this country and his thoughts during his eight month detention, what Mayor de Blasio would like to see the federal government do about immigration and what he will do absent such action, what he would tell Republicans who think his approach is a dangerous precedent, de Blasio and Melissa Mark - Viverito's positions on municipal IDs and voting rights for non-citizens, the number of people arrested on misdemeanors and then subject to ICE detainers and whether persons arrested on felony charges must first go through the justice system before being subject to an ICE detainer.

A former Hillary Rodham Clinton ally who served time for felony fraud and federal corruption is among those leading the charge to put Bill de Blasio into City Hall, The Post has learned.

Sen. Joseph L. Bruno exits the James T. Foley U.S. Courthouse in Albany December 2009 after being found guilty of two felony charges brought against him in a federal corruption case.

Bruno was convicted on two felony charges in December 2009, but the Supreme Court retooled the statute used by federal prosecutors against him, triggering a second trial that ended with his acquittal.

Last week, federal prosecutors charged a pair of COR executives with five felonies each for their involvement in allegedly rigging state contracts.

He is scheduled to plead guilty as part of a deal with the Albany U.S. attorney to two felony federal corruption charges on May 7, a source told the Daily News.

Kevin C. Schuler, the LPCiminelli vice president charged in the politically charged Buffalo Billion bid rigging case, pleaded guilty to a pair of felony charges late Friday afternoon in federal court in Manhattan.

The Federal Government has finally asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to revoke the bail granted the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Mr. Namdi Kanu, who is being prosecuted along with others on treasonable felony charges.

The felony charges against him are the result of an ongoing federal investigation into whether Nassau public officials have taken money from county contractors and if those parties then tried to conceal their actions.

As many as 34 state and local officials have been convicted in New York since 2002 on charges including bribery, conspiracy, falsifying records, racketeering, fraud, extortion, federal corruption and perjury, among a mix of several other felonies and misdemeanors.

The felony convictions of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, now suddenly former assemblyman, had to send cold chills through the Dean Skelos camp, where the former majority leader of the state Senate was, along with his son, on trial across Foley Square in Manhattan federal court on similar bribery and influence - peddling charges.

With this week's unsurprising federal indictment of Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, two of the «three men in the room» last January are now facing felony bribery charges.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo set the special election to replace Mr. Grimm — who stepped down last month after pleading guilty to a federal charge of felony tax evasion — for May 5, well after the deadline for funding the department will have passed.

The Assembly's Democratic majority has a fleeting chance to avert disgrace by refusing to allow Silver to lead their house while charged with federal felonies.

March 11, 2016 • Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy said he did not acknowledge federal authority, and did not enter a plea to 16 felony charges.

Generally Federal law would not classify an eighth of an ounce for personal use as a felony, for example, and policy language may require charges to be brought for the exclusion to apply, in which case the entire concern may be a moot point.

Animal Cruelty (felony charge): A person commits the offense of aggravated cruelty to animals when he or she knowingly and maliciously causes death or physical harm to an animal by rendering a part of such animal's body useless or by seriously disfiguring such animal... (paraphrased) except for conduct otherwise permitted under state or federal law.

In addition, any cat owner who lets their cats run free and kill native birds, which are protected by Federal law, should be charged with a felony.

The indictment turns this into a federal felony conspiracy charge by arguing that she did this in concert with others to obtain information and to further tortious conduct — intentional infliction of emotional distress — violating the felony provisions of 18 U.S.C. 1030 (a)(2).

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