When a person is arrested on domestic violence allegations such as stalking or harassment in New York, the judge typically issues a temporary order of protection, also known as a restraining order. One type of order allows you to return home as long as you do not engage in further stalking, harassment or assault. Another…

Between May 2020 and July 2020, two JCD Distribution Inc. managers in Queens were charged with conspiring to sell and distribute one or more unregistered pesticides that were misbranded or adulterated.   General Manager Po Shan Wong and Sales Manager Zhen Wu were marketing Virus Shut Out Cards as air sanitizers that would kill the…

The New York State Senate held a hearing on a bill that would seal criminal conviction records for some New Yorkers who have served time in prison for serious crimes. The clean slate legislation is an effort to decrease the lingering, lifelong effects of a criminal record once a person has completed their sentence.  …

A 32-year-old nurse at an undisclosed hospital in Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography involving a prepubescent minor.   Craig Marranca entered the guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a $250,000 fine and a maximum prison sentence of 20 years. Marranca was arrested after New…