Legal News for Brookly, New York
State of New York v. Victoria Afet
Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder. Victoria Afet, the 23-year-old murderer of a 93-year-old Syracuse woman.... More...
(04-10-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Delos Thurston
Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money order fraud. Delos Thurston, age 27, of Clinton, New York, admitted that between April 2025 and January 2026, while he was employed as the Postmaster of the Morrisville, New York, Post Office, he fraudulently issued 179 money orders for his own benefit without paying for them, and in so doing stole $118,088... More...
(04-10-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Eduardo Diaz
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Assault in the First Degree. “Eduardo Diaz has been held accountable for committing a vicious shooting against his former boss which recklessly spilled onto a public city street,” said District Attorney Bragg. “This attack significantly injured the victim who is still recovering to this day. ... More...
(04-10-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Leah Mathieu
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer Peter Brill represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Leah Mathieu is a correction officer employed by the DOC and a member of the United States Navy Reserve. He repeatedly made false representations and provided forged documentation, including purported military orders, to the DOC falsely claiming that she was on state active duty with ... More...
(04-10-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Akeem Chambers, a/k/a “Luca,” Jonathan Vazquez, a/k/a “Chulo” and “Clutch,” and Jerell Shaw, a/k/a “Rells” and “Rells Fargo
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, assault, murder conspiracy, kidnapping, robbery, robbery conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, mortgage fraud conspiracy, and money laundering. Akeem Chambers, also known as “Luca,” Jonathan Vazquez, also known as “Chulo” and “Clutch,” a... More...
(04-10-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Rex Heuermann
Riverhead, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant accused of murder. Rex Heuermann, a 62-year-old architect based in Massapequa, accused for killing seven women and discarding their remains on a stretch of Long Island, New York. In all, he was accused of killing seven people: Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Costello, Jessica Taylor, Va... More...
(04-07-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Kris Roglieri
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy committed in connection with the operation and collapse of his purported commercial lending business, Prime Capital Ventures, LLC. Kris Roglieri, age 46, of Queensbury, New York, admitted that he operated Prime Capital Ventures, LLC (“Prime Capital”) and, between mid-2022 and January 2024,... More...
(04-04-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Carlos Aguilar Reynoso
Riverhead, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. Carlos Aguilar Reynoso, 27 was babysitting a 5-year-old girl while her mother was at work on Feb. 1, and violently raped the toddler leaving her bleeding and suffering from internal injuries,... More...
(04-02-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Jade
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting an officer or employee of the United States. Jade Dunckle, age 31, was accused of assaulting a federal officer. On September 17, 2025, members of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force and the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision visited the defendant’s C... More...
(04-02-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Jose Francisco Cardoso Tehovnik
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in activities relating to material containing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251A.... More...
(04-01-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Jean Ronald Tirelus, Roberto Samedy. Edouardo St. Fort, and Miguel Jorge
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with embezzling more than $1.3 million from a Brooklyn-based non-profit organization that provided home care services and operated homeless shelters in New York City. Jean Ronald Tireless was the former chairman of the organization’s board of directors, and Samedy was the executive director of the organization. ... More...
(04-01-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Renata Supina-Saltus
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Renata Supina-Saltus, an employee of the Republic Croatia ran a long-running fraud scheme in which she fabricated invoices to embezzle approximately $750,000. “Renata Supina-Saltus held a position of trust as member of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations,”... More...
(04-01-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Michael Brown
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud. Michael Brown, the CEO of a nationwide online marketing scheme to make money by posting fake advertisements for rental properties across the United States on a classified advertisements website. The purpose of the scheme was to fraudulently induce pote... More...
(04-01-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Raymond Elders
White Plains, New York, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with manufacturing illegal explosive devices. Raymond Elders accused of manufacturing and possessing suspected improvised explosive devices in his apartment in White Plains and detonating them on a residential street.... More...
(04-01-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Nicole Daedone
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to fore labor. Nicole Daedone, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of OneTaste, Inc. (OneTaste), a sexual wellness education company founded in San Francisco, California, was accused of engaing in a conspiracy to force labor. “This case exposed a decade-long scheme in which the defend... More...
(03-31-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Herberth Rodriguez and Elias Martinez Villanueva
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of ammunition as an alien admitted under a non-immigrant visa, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, and racketeering. Herberth Rodríguez, also known as “Kepa,” and Elias Martínez Villanueva, also known as “Rebelde,” both members of the transnational street gang 18th Street, were indicted ... More...
(03-20-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Maximiliano Davila Perez
New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in a cocaine-importation conspiracy and a related weapons offense. Maximiliano Davila Perez, the former director of olivia’s chief anti-narcotics law enforcement agency, Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra el Narcotráfico (“FELCN”) and was extradited to the United States from Bolivia in Decembe... More...
(03-20-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Robert W. Lederhilger
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers Roger Marion, Max Nicholas. Reed Keefe and Sarah Stein represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Robert Lederhilger stole millions of dollars from tens of thousands of small businesses, $180 at a time. Lederhilger thought his large scale, small sum fraud would go undetected. He was wrong. Stealing $5 million $180 at a time got him 73 m... More...
(03-12-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Solomon Lichtenstein
White Plains, New York, criminal defense lawyer Steve Yurowitz represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud investors in two investment vehicles he managed and promoted. Solomon Lichtenstein, age solicited and received millions of dollars from friends, relatives, and members of his community on the back of false statements and misrepresenta... More...
(03-12-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Michael Bellevue
Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed robbery. Michael Bellevue, 26, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Michael Bellevue, 26, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He stopped by the same bodega 20 minutes before the robbery and purchased a black ski mask he wore during the robbery. on January 15, 2024, the defendant purchased multiple items, including a bl... More...
(03-10-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Tal and Oren Alexander
New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with sex trafficking. Alon, Oren, and Tal Alexander conspired to repeatedly lure, drug, and rape young women. The Defendants were in the real estate business in New York and regularly closed multimillion-dollar real estate business. More than 30 witnesses were all by the Government to prove that the Defe... More...
(03-09-2026 - NY)United States of America v. Asif Merchant, a/k/a “Asif Raza Merchant”
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to commit an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries and murder for hire. Asif Merchant was a trained operative of the Iranian government’s global terrorist force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Merchant admitted at trial that the IRGC sent him to the United States to arr... More...
(03-07-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Timothy D. Berry
Amherst, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. On or about Friday, September 27, 2024, and Friday, October 4, 2024, Timothy D. Berry, 36, of Williamsville, knowingly and intentionally stole money from the organization, which was collected through a social media fundraiser to support the group’s Hurricane Helene relief efforts. The defendant transferre... More...
(03-02-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Daniel Richter
Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate domestic violence and making threats. Between December 24, 2023, and March 27, 2024, Daniel Richter, 47, of Middle Island, NY, sent hundreds of threatening and sexual emails via the internet to Victim 1’s personal email address. He threatened not only Victim 1, but members of her family as well. For ... More...
(03-02-2026 - NY)State of New York v. Roger McDonough
Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide. Roger McDonough's pit bull terriers attacked and killed a man in October 2024 has been sentenced to a state prison term. Albany Police were called on Oct. 9. 2024, to a rear yard at 594 Central Ave. for a report of dogs attacking a man. Police responded and found 59-year-old James ... More...
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