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Ex-Waterbury Mayor Seeking To Get Child Sex Abuse Conviction Overturned

Philip Giordano was convicted in 2003 for sexually abusing two young girls while he served as mayor.

2013/05/06

Former New Jersey Cop Convicted Of Child Endangerment

A former Ramsey, N.J., police officer was acquitted of child sexual assault Monday, but was convicted of child endangerment.

2013/04/08

Newark Man Gets 30 Years For Killing Man, Shooting At 2 Women

A 22-year-old man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday, in connection with the murder of another man in Newark.

2013/02/26

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Former Jersey City Official Headed To Prison In Texas

Former Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini was convicted in 2010 of taking money from a federal informant posing as a corrupt developer.

2012/04/14

Attorneys Challenge Convictions In Fort Dix Terror Plot

The lawyers argue that FBI informants entrapped their clients. They say the discussions amounted to little more than a religious debate about jihad.

2011/05/23

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Man Faces Prison Time After Conviction For South Street Seaport Murder

A party boat reveler has been convicted of murdering a promoter after an on-board brawl spilled into New York City’s tourist-friendly South Street Seaport. Londell Squire, 23, faces up to life in prison. His sentencing is set for May 17.

2011/04/29

St. Sen. Hiram Monserrate (C) enters court in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of Queens, NY - Oct 15, 2009 - Photo: Ellis Kaplan-Pool/Getty Images

Ex-State Sen. Hiram Monserrate Working At Queens Pizzeria

The former politician said in a published report that he was “consulting and assisting in the management” of the new restaurant.

2011/04/11

Kenneth Minor Gets 20 Years For Motivational Speaker’s Murder

Kenneth Minor was found guilty in March of the murder of motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker.

2011/04/04

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Bronx Woman Convicted Of 1st-Degree Murder

A Bronx woman faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole following her first-degree murder conviction.

2011/02/17

Appeals Court Upholds NJ Handyman’s Conviction

The court found the judge in Monmouth County did not commit any errors and the sentence given Clement Bilski Jr. was not excessive.

2011/02/10

Resentence Set For NY Rabbi In Molestation Case

The ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals came after Monsey rabbi Israel Weingarten was convicted of charges that he abused a daughter through much of her childhood. He was sentenced in 2009.

2011/01/19

NY Appeals Court OKs Ex-Sailor’s Terror Conviction

A federal appeals court Monday upheld the conviction of a former Navy sailor serving a 10-year prison sentence after he leaked details about ship movements to a London-based Web site operator that supported attacking Americans.

2010/12/20

NJ Man Gets 35-Year Term For Killing Wife

Convicted for the second time in the bludgeoning and strangulation death of his wife, a New Jersey man is headed back to state prison.

2010/11/13

Feds: Monserrate Used Charity To Fund Campaign

Hiram Monserrate, the disgraced Queens politician who was expelled from the state Senate after an assault conviction, is accused of funding his 2006 campaign with charity money.

2010/10/19