Jennifer Peltz

October 06, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A jury trying to decide whether Brooke Astor's son and lawyer looted the socialite's estate resumed its deliberation Tuesday, one day after a juror complained she felt threatened during heated discussions.Judge A. Kirke Bartley unsealed a note jurors had sent Monday that said a member of the panel wanted to be dismissed because she "feels personally threatened by comments made by another juror.

By JENNIFER PELTZ

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December 11, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A construction worker behind bars for nearly four years for a gang rape that never happened was cleared Thursday after his accuser admitted she lied to make her friends feel sorry for her.William McCaffrey hugged his lawyer after the same judge who had sentenced him to 20 years in prison threw out the case and apologized.

By JENNIFER PELTZ

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November 10, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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October 28, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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December 19, 2008 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - Caroline Kennedy is no stranger to cameras, from her Camelot childhood to her recent years as a fixture on the New York charity-gala circuit.But now that she's expressed interest in Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate seat, she's getting a taste of a different kind of coverage - New York style.

By JENNIFER PELTZ

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October 16, 2009 | Daily Report Online

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May 16, 2012 | New York Law Journal

The former IMF leader and French presidential hopeful struck back at Nafissatou Diallo's suit against him with denials and a $1 million defamation claim of his own May 14.

By Jennifer Peltz

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October 22, 2010 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - Three construction company figures have lost their bid to get a judge to dismiss a manslaughter case in a blaze that killed two firefighters at a contaminated ground zero tower.Friday's ruling means Mitchel Alvo, Salvatore DePaola and Jeffrey Melofchik are headed toward a trial in the August 2007 fire at the former Deutsche DOY'-cha Bank building.

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October 06, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - Rapper Jim Jones admitted Monday to punching a friend of Ne-Yo's in the face in a Louis Vuitton store during a scuffle that erupted as the RB crooner was browsing.Jones pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in his Dec. 22 dustup with Jayvon Smith in the luxury-goods retailer's Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan.

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February 20, 2012 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - The past three years have been upbeat ones for Archie, the everyteen hero of one of America's most enduring comics. He's gotten married - twice, no less. He's even appeared on a postage stamp.But behind the scenes, a bitter and sometimes bizarre feud has brewed at the company that produces the more than 70-year-old comic.

By JENNIFER PELTZ

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