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Queens couple charged with reckless endangerment for leaving son alone in hot car
Criminal Defense
A Queens couple was arrested for reckless endangerment after being accused of leaving their one-year-old child alone inside a locked, sweltering car. The parents are now facing the possible removal of the boy from their custody. Jingcai Zhou, 34, and Lu Lu, 28, were charged with reckless endangerment in the first degree and endangering the…
Father caught on camera attacking sons on Bronx subway platform
Criminal Defense
A father was captured on Facebook video hitting his two children at a Bronx subway station. The footage appeared to show him pulling their hair, yelling and physically abusing them. Police later identified the man as 35-year-old Joshua Gilead. The video showed him sitting in between his two sons on a subway platform at the…
New York special education teacher with child abuse conviction resigns
Criminal Defense
A New York school district’s hiring practices have been called into question after it employed a special education teacher who was convicted of misdemeanor battery for abusing elementary school students at a previous teaching job in Nevada. The Rochester City School District (RCSD) hired James Doran in September 2018 as a special education teacher at…
Syracuse man gets 360 years in prison for child sex abuse
Criminal Defense
Three people in Syracuse, New York were sentenced to decades in prison in a child sex abuse case that spanned several years. They were accused of abusing children and documenting the abuse via images and videos. Tammy LaMere, 47, was convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor and conspiracy to sexually exploit. She will serve…