Colleen Long

January 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

ALBANY, N.Y. AP - A former police officer and councilman was sworn in as a new state senator, despite facing charges that he slashed his girlfriend's face with a piece of broken glass in a jealous rage.Hiram Monserrate was surrounded by a dozen applauding friends, relatives and staff, but his girlfriend was conspicuously absent Wednesday.

By MICHAEL GORMLEY and COLLEEN LONG

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April 29, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A police officer called to help a drunken woman get home safely instead raped her as she lay semiconscious and facedown in her bed while his partner acted as a lookout, prosecutors alleged Tuesday.Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata were suspended from duty and pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of rape, burglary and official misconduct in the Dec.

By COLLEEN LONG

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April 28, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By COLLEEN LONG

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October 30, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A devout Muslim woman says she slashed her husband's neck with a kitchen knife as he slept because he forced her to eat pork, wear short skirts and drink alcohol in violation of her religious beliefs.Rabia Sarwar, 37, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and was freed on $25,000 bail. She told police in a written statement that she was emotionally abused by her husband, Seikh Naseem.

By COLLEEN LONG

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April 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A former butcher was convicted Wednesday of murdering and dismembering his boss, then bagging the body parts and scattering them on street corners for collection.Victor Gonzalez, 46, was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Wilfredo Pinto Jr. on May 9, 2006.The men worked together as roofers at two different companies, and Pinto had served as foreman on one job.

By COLLEEN LONG

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July 23, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By COLLEEN LONG

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October 05, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A CBS producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman used pages from a former assistant's diary that described an affair with the "Late Night" host, a law enforcement official confirmed Monday.Stephanie Birkitt, 34, works on the show and lived in Norwalk, Conn., with Robert Halderman until August.

By COLLEEN LONG

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July 12, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Colleen Long

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December 30, 2008 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - With her slight frame and big grin, Sharell Butler still looks like a child. But the 15-year-old has been charged as an adult with killing two men over three days, including one whose dismembered remains were found in a garbage bag.Butler pleaded not guilty over the weekend to second-degree murder in the deaths of 24-year-old Christopher Umpierre on Dec.

By COLLEEN LONG

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February 17, 2010 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - Lawyers for three Brooklyn policemen accused of sodomizing a drug suspect with a baton and covering it up worked methodically to discredit the case against their clients Tuesday, setting the cops against the alleged victim.Officer Richard Kern has pleaded not guilty to aggravated sexual abuse and assault.

By COLLEEN LONG

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