Sentences with phrase «grand jury last»

A federal grand jury last month indicted Dan Peavy on 42 counts of conspiracy, bribery, extortion, money laundering, and falsification of income - tax returns.

The Chautauqua County District Attorney's office says that an indictment was handed up by a Chautauqua County grand jury last week, and the four men... [Read more...]

The company was described but not named in a federal indictment returned by a Manhattan grand jury last week.

She was indicted by a grand jury last week.

Steven Molo, Silver's attorney, said that he will aim to have the charges tossed because of prejudicial statements made by Bharara to the press, in a speech and in a television interview before his indictment by a grand jury last week.

Newsday reported that Nassau County executive Ed Mangano, a Skelos ally, spoke to a grand jury last week about how county officials selected AbTech for a $ 13 million contract for storm water treatment.

Silver was indicted by a grand jury last week on three counts, after having been arrested in late January and charged with five counts of federal corruption.

Lawyers for Cor Development executives Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi say Bharara's high - profile media tactics - including tweets, news conferences and early morning perp walks — deprived them of a fair hearing when corruption charges were presented to a grand jury last fall.

A grand jury last year charged four priests and a parochial school teacher with raping and assaulting boys in their care.

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The grand jury subpoena — sent to an unnamed witness last month and seen by Axios — asked for emails, texts and handwritten notes linked to those people, according to the report.

Last month, Bannon reportedly struck a deal with Mueller's team after he was subpoenaed, sparing him from testifying before a grand jury.

The grand jury found that Lynn, 60, endangered children, including the alleged victims of those charged last week, by knowingly allowing dangerous priests to continue in the ministry in roles in which they had access to kids.

Last night, after the grand jury's announcement, peaceful protests quickly turned into violence, arson, and looting.

A clergyman of the American Lutheran Church has been ordered confined in jail for contempt of court because he refused to answer questions before a grand jury investigating the «occupation» of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, for two months last year by militant Indians.

Last week it was reported that a grand jury heard two female trainers allege they were sexually assaulted by an assistant coach.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino last night accused NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio of making an already bad situation «worse» with his «rhetoric» in an ongoing war of words with the NYC police unions following the Eric Garner grand jury decision.

Kane's attorney, Paul Cambria confirmed to Time Warner Cable News last week that the Grand Jury proceeding had been postponed, but could not elaborate on why.

Albany County Judge Peter Lynch ruled that Sen. Robert Ortt's rights weren't violated during the grand - jury process last month, which resulted in felony indictments against the Niagara County Republican and his predecessor, ex-Sen.

An adviser to the United Arab Emirates with ties to current and former aides to Trump is reportedly cooperating with the special counsel, Robert Mueller, and gave testimony last week to a grand jury.

But when Walker learned last year of a federal investigation into potential corruption in Nassau County government, including circumstances surrounding the payment, he spoke to the contractor several times «in an attempt to convince the contractor to conceal the existence of the $ 5,000 payment from the grand jury,» according to authorities.

(WBEN)- Sam Nunberg was a relative unknown before last night, but his apparent anger over Special Counsel Robert Mueller's request to have him appear before a grand jury has thrust him in to the spotlight.

New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman's legislative proposals follow protests last year after a grand jury declined to indict a police officer seen on video choking an unarmed Staten Island man who died.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit against the Rensselaer County district attorney on Wednesday, claiming Joel Abelove «flagrantly violated» an executive order last week when Abelove's office presented evidence in a fatal police shooting to a grand jury.

She withdrew from the case last month, citing a conflict because her husband former Niagara County Republican Chairman Henry F. Wojtaszek testified in late 2014 before a federal grand jury in Manhattan as part of a related investigation.

The Times Union reported last year that Abelove didn't require French to sign an immunity - from - prosecution waiver when he testified before the grand jury — a decision that made it impossible to bring charges against French after his testimony.

More broadly, the push for grand jury reform began last year, after a Staten Island grand jury declined to indict a New York City police officer in the choke hold death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner.

Norris acknowledged his appearance before the grand jury to The News last week, as well as his late 2014 subpoena bringing him before a Manhattan grand jury convened by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Mr. Thompson is now in the spotlight after grand juries failed to indict police in the cases of Garner and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. because he empaneled a grand jury to decide whether a unarmed Brooklyn man shot to death by a police officer last month should be indicted.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - In a secret court proceeding last month, three lawyers tried to block Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick from forcing Syracuse City Hall lawyers to testify in front of a grand jury about their work.

After Michalek testified before a grand jury, Pigeon last June was indicted on nine felony counts of bribery, rewarding official misconduct and grand larceny by extortion.

A former Bronx Democratic Party official was subpoenaed last week to appear before a grand jury with all of the books and records of the party pertaining to Heastie, a law - enforcement source told The Post.

After a Staten Island grand jury failed to indict a white NYPD officer in the death of Garner, a black Staten Islander, last year, critics in political and academic circles charged that local district attorneys, who often work closely with the police to prosecute crimes, are too close to law enforcement to consistently bring charges against them when they run afoul of the law.

The limousine driver involved in last summer's fatal crash in Cutchogue has been indicted by a special grand jury on four counts of criminally negligent homicide.

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota is expected to announce the results of a grand jury investigation into last summer's fatal limousine crash in Cutchogue.

Mr. Bharara charged Mr. Silver last month with five criminal counts, the grand jury indicted Mr. Silver on three of them, one each of mail fraud, wire fraud and extortion.

Last year, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office sought authorization from Governor Andrew Cuomo's office to investigate the death of Edson Thevenin, claiming the investigation was incomplete when Abelove presented the case to a grand jury.

Silver defense lawyer Steve Molo said Bharara's statements after Silver's arrest broke rules about what prosecutors can say outside of court, and prejudiced the grand jury that indicted him last week.

After a grand jury chose not to indict a police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner last year, Democratic leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins called for the placement of body cameras on police officers and introduced legislation that would require the use of a special prosecutor in cases involving police officers who kill unarmed legislation.

Ortt, who last week retained an Albany criminal lawyer to represent him, «proactively» contacted prosecutors in the office of Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and waived immunity to provide testimony before the grand jury, according to a source close to the senator.

Stephen Bannon, Trump's former chief strategist, was subpoenaed last week by the special counsel, Robert Mueller, to testify before a grand jury as part of the investigation into possible links between Trump's associates and Russia.

Cuomo has announced his intention to run for re-election again in 2018, a plan that may face complications after a federal grand jury indicted a raft of his closest former aides and donors on corruption charges last week.

A federal grand jury indicted the Skelos» on the same counts as those outlined in U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara last month — one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, one count of conspiracy to commit fraud, two counts of fraud and two counts of solicitation of bribes or gratuities.

The investigation has focused on whether Abelove interfered with the attorney general's jurisdiction last year when he quickly presented the fatal shooting case to a grand jury that cleared a Troy police sergeant of wrongdoing in the slaying of a DWI suspect.

The investigation has focused on whether Abelove interfered with the attorney general's jurisdiction last year when he quickly presented the case to a grand jury that cleared a Troy police sergeant of wrongdoing in the slaying of a DWI suspect.

High - profile Queens Republican campaign operative John Haggerty Jr. was indicted Monday by a Manhattan grand jury for allegedly stealing $ 1.1 million funneled to him through Mayor Michael Bloomberg last year, the Manhattan district attorney said.

The state Attorney General's office, which is prosecuting the case, presented the case to an Albany County grand jury that handed up an indictment last week.

The grand jury's focus, the sources said, is Gary Gordon, a former Rensselaer County district attorney's investigator and former Democratic candidate for sheriff, and Detective Ron Fountain, who retired abruptly last year as the Troy Police Department probed the leak.

The Times Union reported last year that Abelove did not require Sgt. Randall French, the officer involved in the shooting, to waive his immunity from prosecution when he testified before the grand jury that cleared him five days after the shooting.

The investigation, which is being led by the U.S. Department of Labor, was revealed last month when a federal grand jury subpoena was sent to the Rockland County PEF union formerly headed by Deborah J. Lee, whose purchases first drew scrutiny within her union's ranks two years ago.

Two civilian witnesses, who did not testify before the grand jury that Abelove convened last year, told investigators they did not believe French was in imminent danger when he fired.