As part of that approach, prosecutors could take the unusual step of producing a grand -
jury report on systemic public corruption in the state capital.
Federal prosecutors have launched «an assault on the criminal opacity of Albany,» in the words of one Justice Department official, and could take the unusual step of producing a grand -
jury report on systemic public corruption in the state Capitol.
Former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy issued the following response to the grand
jury report on the Suffolk County ethics commission:
Welcome to my website that provides a response to information that was circulated in the media and the grand
jury report on the Suffolk Ethics Commission.
Not exact matches
Former President Barack Obama will serve
on a
jury in Cook County sometime next month, according to a
report in the Chicago Tribune.
It then appeared that the
jury had only reached a unanimous verdict
on count three for taking illegal campaign contributions from Bunny Mellon, Tapper
reported.
Huon alleges that the
report is defamatory insofar as it suggests that the
jury acquitted him partly
on the basis of a bartender's testimony.
The grand
jury report says that
on October 15, 2007, Neill
reported to an archdiocese victim assistance coordinator that Rev. Joseph J. Gallagher had repeatedly fondled him when he was a minor and served as an altar boy at St. Mark Parish in Bristol, Pennsylvania.
Following the release of the 2011 grand
jury report, Cardinal Rigali removed Gallagher from active ministry
on February 16.
On Saturday, let us be grateful for our freedom — to worship, to protest, to
report, to be tried by
jury, to vote, and to benefit from a free market.
This year's grand
jury report is the second one
on priests» sexual abuse in Philadelphia, and the first time that a Catholic church leader has been charged criminally for an alleged cover - up.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer's
report on Cardinal Bevilacqua's testimony to a grand
jury investigating the pedophilia coverup in the Philadelphia Archdiocese during the Cardinal's tenure:
From today's Philadelphia Inquirer's
report on Cardinal Bevilacqua's testimony to a grand
jury investigating the pedophilia coverup in the Philadelphia Archdiocese during the Cardinal's tenure:
I urge all of you that are posting
on this blog to read the Grand
Juries Reports.
From a Philadelphia Inquirer's
report on Cardinal Bevilacqua's testimony to a grand
jury investigating the pedophilia coverup in the Philadelphia Archdiocese during the «god - anoited, can - do - wrong» Cardinal's tenure:
Sanchez Ozil and Cech, although the
jury is out
on Cech as he was
reported to move for a whole year.
TROY — The veteran leader of the Troy Police Department's drug unit was indicted by a special Rensselaer County grand
jury Thursday
on nine misdemeanor charges tied to the alleged forgery of an incident
report to cover up the unit's warrantless search of a home.
Reports on the no indictment grand
jury decision in the Eric Garner death case plus reaction from congressional leaders, and a progressive fight against charter schools.
Newsday has also
reported that the boss of those investigators, Christopher McPartland, the district attorney's chief of investigations and one of Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota's closest aides, has received a target letter from the grand
jury on the case.
DA
REPORT: Jerome Baron, age 70, residing
on Southern Boulevard in the Bronx, was convicted after a jury trial of one count of Burglary in the Second Degree, a class «C» Felony, one count of Petit Larceny, a class «A» Misdemeanor, and one count of Possession of Burglar's Tools, a class «A» Misdemeanor On June -LSB-..
on Southern Boulevard in the Bronx, was convicted after a
jury trial of one count of Burglary in the Second Degree, a class «C» Felony, one count of Petit Larceny, a class «A» Misdemeanor, and one count of Possession of Burglar's Tools, a class «A» Misdemeanor
On June -LSB-..
On June -LSB-...]
DA
REPORT: Anthony Abdul, age 50, residing at 122 Parkway Mobile, Mt. Ivy, was indicted
on March 23, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand
Jury for the crimes of Assault in the 2nd Degree (3 Counts), Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 3rd Degree, Menacing in the 2nd Degree and Criminal Mischief in the -LSB-...]
ARRESTS AND INCIDENTS RECENTLY
REPORTED TO THE MEDIA BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT: DA
REPORT: William Alexander, age 38, residing at 1102 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, was indicted
on December 6, 2011 by a Rockland County Grand
Jury for the crimes of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the 2nd Degree, Attempted Grand Larceny in -LSB-...]
On Wednesday, the New York Times
reported that Bharara's office is investigating Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam, and has begun presenting evidence to a grand
jury that could lead to possible corruption charges.
DA
REPORT: ASSAULT & CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON Fredi Bonilla, age 27, homeless, Spring Valley, was indicted
on December 3, 2012 by a Rockland County Grand
Jury for the crimes of assault in the second degree (two counts) and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.
The Daily News
reports that
on Day 3 of
jury deliberations, the panel of eight women and four men got the calculator and met for more than six hours before retiring for the night without reaching a verdict.
The Times, which frequently breaks news regarding the activities of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office,
reported that federal prosecutors have begun presenting evidence to a grand
jury related to Skelos and his 32 - year - old son, Adam, centering
on a contract awarded to AbTech Industries by Nassau County.
The NY Times and other news outlets are
reporting that Bronx City Councilman Larry Seabrook was convicted by a federal
jury on 9 of 12 charges corruption charges.
The veteran leader of the Troy Police Department's drug unit, Sgt. Ron Epstein, was indicted by a special Rensselaer County grand
jury on nine misdemeanor charges tied to the alleged forgery of an incident
report to cover up the unit's warrantless search of a home.
The Poughkeepsie Journal says the
jury is still out
on whether START - UP NY is worthwhile, and the program remains «somewhat of a mystery,» due to the delay in the release of a
report due out April 1.
Last week, the officer at the center of Garner's death, Daniel Pantaleo, testified in front of a grand
jury on Staten Island, DNAinfo New York first
reported.
«After deliberation
on the evidence presented in this matter, the grand
jury found that there was no reasonable cause to vote an indictment,» Mr. Donovan said in a statement released to the press, after four months of presenting evidence and more than an hour of news
reports that Mr. Pantaleo would face prosecution.
Leibell, R - Carmel — who pleaded guilty in December to obstructing a federal grand
jury that was investigating whether he extorted cash payments from lawyers working in Putnam County and failed to
report on his income tax returns tens of thousands of dollars in cash payments he received from those lawyers — was to be sentenced in federal court in White Plains this coming Monday.
The publication
reported that Lynch told officers that «extreme discretion» should be used by officers, amid a lack of support by City Hall and Washington following the grand
jury decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner
on Staten Island.
I asked Carlucci if he had informed anyone of his plan to leave early (all but one of his fellow freshmen were in the house; Tony Avella is
on jury duty, I'm told, not
on vacation, as I had originally
reported).
The mayor's staff said they would not comment
on reports about the grand
jury, though they said they said he would head to Staten Island this afternoon.
Bharara's office has subpoenaed Heather Green, the assistant to the commission's former executive director Regina Calcaterra, to testify in front of a grand
jury on Monday, the Times
reported.
According to Mr. Coffey and The Buffalo News, which
reported the indictments late Wednesday, Mr. Ortt had appeared earlier
on Wednesday before the grand
jury that has been investigating the Niagara County Republican Committee and Mr. Maziarz.
Both were indicted in March by an Albany
jury on federal election law charges related to campaign financial disclosure
reports.
A
report on Friday said that Donovan did not offer the grand
jury the opportunity to consider a lesser charge of reckless endangerment, angering some.
Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota discussed the
report at a press conference Tuesday in Riverhead, where he outlined recommendations from the grand
jury, including a statewide ban
on U-turns by limousines operating with nine or more occupants and similar bans in Southold Town and Suffolk County.
And even though the scientific
jury's still out
on whether this is a good idea, some parents have been wiping their C - section babies down with vaginal fluid in the hopes that their newborns might get some of those microbial benefits, Laura Sanders
reported earlier this yearover at the Growth Curve blog.
To be fair, both sides agree the
reported changes in hormone levels haven't panned out in other research, but the
jury is still out
on how strong the case is for the other supposed effects.
On the evidence of her track record, her research proposal's quality, and her ambition, Aifantis's
jury saw her as having «a very high potential to become an independent research leader in spite of her limited experience,» according to the ERC evaluation
report.
Administered by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and endowed by the Foundation in 2009, the independently
juried awards have honored distinguished
reporting on science by professional journalists since 1945.
U.S. News and World
Report, September 11, 2012, accessed March 12, 2014, http://health.usnews.com/health - news / articles / 2012/09 / 11 / are - gluten - free - cosmetics - necessary; and Kate Murphy, «
Jury Is Still Out
on Gluten, the Latest Dietary Villian,» New York Times online, May 8, 2007, accessed January 28, 2014, www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/health/08glut.html.
CCSA disagrees with many of the assertions laid out in a
report from the Alameda County Grand
Jury and
reported on by the East Bay Times.
Prizes were awarded to the vehicles by a
jury based
on the
reports of the observers who rode in each car.
The
jury is still out
on Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge's blockbuster potential, with contradictory
reports flying left and right, but if there's one thing we're fairly certain
In a recent case, a federal
jury awarded a woman over $ 18 million dollars because of errors
on her credit
report.
A
jury Friday awarded an Oregon woman $ 18.6 million after she spent two years unsuccessfully trying to get Equifax Information Services to fix major mistakes
on her credit
report.