Jennifer Peltz

March 09, 2010 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A television producer has pleaded guilty to trying to shake down David Letterman over the comic's sexual affairs.Robert "Joe" Halderman entered his guilty plea to attempted grand larceny Tuesday in a Manhattan court. He is being sentenced to six months in jail and 1,000 hours of community service.

By JENNIFER PELTZ

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January 28, 2010 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - From the start, the man accused of killing motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker told a startling tale: He said Locker asked for help stabbing himself to death so his family could collect life insurance money.Six months later, evidence is mounting that Kenneth Minor may have told nothing but the truth, prosecutors and Minor's lawyer say.

By JENNIFER PELTZ

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December 30, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - The TV producer accused of shaking down David Letterman to keep mum about his affairs is drawing on the Tiger Woods sex scandal to try to bolster his defense.In court papers filed Tuesday, Robert "Joe" Halderman's lawyer cited published reports that Woods paid an alleged mistress millions of dollars to stay silent.

By JENNIFER PELTZ

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March 11, 2013 | Daily Report Online

New York City's groundbreaking limit on the size of sugar-laden drinks has been struck down by a judge shortly before it was set to take effect.

By Jennifer Peltz

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February 23, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By JENNIFER PELTZ

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January 21, 2010 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - "Law Order," meet "The Practice."Three weeks after stepping down from his 35-year job as Manhattan's district attorney - where he became the model for the original DA of TV's "Law Order" - Robert Morgenthau has a new job at a prominent law firm.

By JENNIFER PELTZ

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July 19, 2012 | Daily Report Online

The hotel maid suing Dominique Strauss-Kahn is invoking a gender-based violence law that's too ambiguous, his lawyers said in asking a judge to throw out part of her sexual assault claim.

By Jennifer Peltz

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March 11, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The defendant in the deadly Colorado theater shootings can be medicated for interviews by psychiatrists if he pleads not guilty by reason of insanity, the judge said Monday.

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April 04, 2011 | Daily Report Online

Three construction company officials committed "reckless crimes" by ignoring a break in a crucial water pipe that slowed firefighters' response in a blaze that killed two firefighters at a toxic ground zero tower, a prosecutor said Monday.Opening statements began in the manslaughter trial of three construction-company supervisors and a firm involved in work at the former Deutsche Bank building.

By Jennifer Peltz

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January 19, 2010 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A judge on Tuesday refused to throw out the criminal case against a TV producer who is accused of trying to blackmail David Letterman.Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon ruled against Robert "Joe" Halderman's bid to get his attempted grand larceny case dismissed.Prosecutors say Halderman demanded $2 million to keep quiet about the "Late Show" host's affairs with staffers.

By JENNIFER PELTZ

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