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A nonprofit evicts a veteran due to false depiction as sex offender

A nonprofit is charged with falsely depicting a veteran as a sex offender and evicting him from his home. According to PIX 11 News, residents of a Brownsville neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York saw posters throughout the community warning them about former U.S. Army Specialist Ellison McKnight. The posters claim that McKnight was a level-three…

John Gotti enters guilty plea for sale of prescription drugs

As reported by NBC New York, John Gotti, the grandson of a notorious New York City mobster who bore the same name, pleaded guilty to the following charges: Second-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance Conspiracy to commit a class A felony Third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance arising from two arrests in 2016…

Former CEO of Countrywide faces no charges of mortgage fraud

As reported in The New York Times, the Justice Department made the decision not to file a civil fraud case against Angelo R. Mozilo, a co-founder of Countrywide Financial, which was one of the largest originators of subprime mortgages in the time leading up to the financial crisis. Prosecutors in Los Angeles, in conjunction with…

Warrantless police search not justified in weapons possession case

A New York state appellate court recently threw out multiple weapons charges against a man accused of stockpiling firearms and explosives in his parents’ Long Island home. New York has some of the nation’s strictest weapons laws, especially when it comes to firearms. However, in weapons possession cases certain errors made by law enforcement at…