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Press Releases as of May 6, 2008

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23. 05/06/2008
EMMANUEL TAVERAS (SENT: to a maximum term of up to 18 years in prison for sexual offenses committed against a 12-year-old boy in Van Cortlandt Park in 1998. The incident occurred on April 23, 1998.)
22. 05/06/2008
STEVEN MCCRAY (ARRESTED: and charged with one count of Forgery in the 1st degree, one count of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the 1st degree, and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd degree. McCray is charged with being involved in a “mom and pop” style counterfeit currency operation which he allegedly ran in his apartment.)
21. 05/05/2008
ALEXANDER FONTANEZ, EDWIN RIVERA, JONATHAN AYALA, NELSON RODRIGUEZ, VICTOR MERCADO (P.G.: to assaulting an off duty New York City Police Officer, Eric Hernandez, at a White Castle Restaurant. The incident occurred on January 28, 2006.)
20. 05/01/2008
CESAR RODRIGUEZ (SENT: to 1 to 3 years imprisonment on a single count of Promoting Prison Contraband in the 1st degree. Rodriguez pled guilty to possession of “dangerous contraband” ,a sharp jagged piece of metal that was hidden in his cell at the Robert N. Davoren Complex, a detention facility at the City jail on Rikers Island.)

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19. 04/29/2008
FRANK SANTORO (SENT: to 6 years in prison for Manslaughter in the 1st degree and 3 ½ years imprisonment for a gun charge. Santoro pled guilty to the shooting death of Thomas Pennini in July of 2002.)
18. 04/24/2008
DANIEL MARIN, TAMAR PEEBLES, DANIEL BETHEL, JOSEPH CONSTANTINO, ANDRE PLASKETT, ANTHONY NARCISSE and WILLIAM DELGADO - SEVEN CORRECTIONS OFFICERS (INDICTED: on accepting bribes to smuggle drugs, cigarettes and cash to inmates being held at various Department of Correction facilities on Rikers Island.)
17. 04/18/2008
CARLOS CRUZ and DEVON MILLER (INDICTED: on one count of Murder in the 1st degree, one count of Murder in the 2nd degree, and one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd degree. Cruz and Miller are charged with acting in concert in the murder of Chelsea Frazier.)
16. 04/08/2008
LUIS SANTOS (P.G.: to one count of Auto Stripping in the 3rd degree, a Class A misdemeanor offense. Santos picked the wrong car to break into, a Bronx DA Office owned vehicle that Mr. Johnson’s Auto Crime Team uses as a “bait car”.)
15. 04/04/2008
LUIS PAULINO (INDICTED: on one count of Murder in the 2nd degree, one count of Manslaughter in the 1st degree, one count of Attempted Murder in the 2nd degree, one count of Assault in the 1st degree, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 2nd degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd degree. Paulino is facing a maximum sentence of 25 years to life imprisonment if convicted for murder and other offenses in the shootings of two patrons at a sports bar in the Norwood section of the Bronx.)
14. 04/01/2008
FELIPE ARROYO (SENT: to 25 years to life imprisonment on one count of Murder in the 2nd degree. Arroyo was found guilty of the bludgeoning death of his live-in girlfriend, Lucy Alvarado.)

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13. 03/20/2008
DOUGLAS BOATENG (CONV: of Aggravated Cruelty to Animals and two misdemeanor counts of torturing animals and criminal possession of stolen property. Boateng was found guilty of the beating death of a house cat in June 2005.)
12. 03/04/2008
FELIPE ARROYO (CONV: of Murder in the 2nd degree. Arroyo is charged with the bludgeoning death of his live-in girlfriend, Lucy Alvarado.)
11. 03/04/2008
LUIS SANTOS (ARRESTED: and charged with two counts of Petit Larceny, seven counts of Criminal Possession of Stolen Property, one count of Auto Stripping in the 3rd degree, one count of Criminal Mischief in the 4th degree, and Possession of Burglar’s Tools. Santos allegedly broke into a vehicle owned by the Bronx DA’s Auto Crime Team.)
10. 03/03/2008
JOSE VARGAS (INDICTED: three counts of Perjury in the 1st degree. Vargas is charged with perjury for allegedly lying to city investigators looking into the circumstances of a fatal fire at a discount store, which killed two New York City firefighters in August 2006.)

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9. 02/26/2008
LLOYD NICHOLSON (INDICTED: on one count of Gang Assault in the 2nd degree, three counts of Assault in the 2nd degree, three counts of Assault in the 3rd degree, and four counts of Official Misconduct. Nicholson is charged with gang assault and other offenses in connection with a scheme to use inmates to enforce discipline at the Robert N. Davoren Center on Rikers Island.)
8. 02/22/2008
MIGUEL MATIAS (INDICTED: on count of Murder in the 2nd degree and one count of Manslaughter in the 1st degree. Matias is charged with the murder of is 14-year-old daughter, Ana Matias.)
7. 02/01/2008
PEDRO GARCIA (P.G.: to one count of Attempted Kidnaping in the 2nd degree in the abduction of the twelve-year-old daughter of a tenant in March 1998.)

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6. 01/31/2008
DETECTIVE INVESTIGATORS (found a decomposed body in the trunk of a stolen car in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx. The body was discovered during a routine auto crime patrol.)
5. 01/29/2008
JOHN ARCERI (INDICTED: on one count of Grand Larceny in the 2nd degree, ten counts of Grand Larceny in the 3rd degree, three counts of grand Larceny in the 4th degree, two counts of Scheme to Defraud in the 1st degree and one count of Petit Larceny. Arceri allegedly failed to either make repairs or begin home improvement jobs for clients who made down payments totaling more than $142,000.)
4. 01/24/2008
LUIS FERNANDEZ (INDICTED: on two counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the 1st degree, four counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd degree, and two counts of Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia in the 2nd degree. Fernandez is charged with selling illegal drugs while making legitimate deliveries for the hardware store that employed him.)
3. 01/22/2008
KEKE CUFFEE (SENT: to 20 days imprisonment and 5 years probation on one count of Assault in the 2nd degree. Cuffee was found gulity of assaulting NYPD Sergeant Kristen McKee.)

 

2. 01/10/2008

 
NOWRANG JOSHUA (SENT: to a maximum term of up to life imprisonment for the strangulation death of his wife. Nowrang was found guilty of Murder in the 2nd degree last month after a jury deliberated for a little more than one hour before finding that he had “intentionally caused the death” of Rawayti “Anitia” Haimraj, the 35-year-old mother of his two children.)
1. 01/04/2008
DISTRICT ATTORNEY ROBERT T. JOHNSON announced the hiring of 12 New Assistant District Attorneys.

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