Five individuals were arrested for their alleged roles in a mortgage fraud scheme that led the Federal Housing Administration and others to lose millions of dollars. The group was accused of running fraudulent short sales in New York. The five peopled nabbed in the scheme were Iskyo Aronov, 32, Michael Konstantinovskiy, 33, Michael Herskowitz, 40,…

Dina Lohan, the mother of actress Lindsay Lohan, pleaded not guilty to a felony driving while intoxicated (DWI) charge. She was arrested for alleged drunk driving and leaving the scene of a car accident on Long Island, New York. Lohan, 57, was driving a Mercedes that struck the rear end of a Honda CRV. According…

A man who was wrongfully convicted for an East Harlem sexual assault in 1985 was exonerated due to recently found DNA evidence. His felony conviction was vacated following a joint investigation by the Innocence Project and the Manhattan District Attorney Office’s Conviction Integrity Program. Rafael Ruiz was released from prison in 2009 after serving a…

New York’s highest court has been tasked with reviewing a lower court’s decision to dismiss a murder indictment against a former elementary school teacher. James Ball, a former teacher at Smith Road Elementary in North Syracuse, was accused of fatally shooting his brother-in-law Christopher Ross. The incident occurred at Ball’s home on July 4, 2017…