Bayman beats bat-brawl rap Conviction of clammer over turned due to error in use-of-force charges By DAVID AMBRO, The Observer An East Northport clammer convicted of beating another bayman with a baseball bat—a wooden Louisville Slugger—has had the verdict overturned...

Lawyer: Fatal Dog-Stab Self-Defense Newsday - Long Island, N.Y. Author: CARL MACGOWAN Date: Jan 7, 2009 Copyright © 2009, Newsday Inc. A Middle Island man charged yesterday with animal cruelty had no choice but to stab his dog to death after the 80-pound pit bull...

After Upgrade, Not Guilty Plea Newsday - Long Island, N.Y. Author: ERIK GERMAN Date: Dec 3, 2008 Copyright © 2008, Newsday Inc. The last of four people arraigned in the alleged for-hire killing of Nesconset lawyer James DiMartino pleaded not guilty yesterday in...

Charges upped on stripper’s story. Admission of killing-for-hire plot leads DA to ask for upgrade to first-degree murder against partner of slain Nesconset businessman Newsday - Long Island, N.Y. Author: ANDREW STRICKLER Date: Nov 29, 2008 Copyright © 2008, Newsday...

Murder, She Says. Woman pleads guilty in slaying of Nesconset lawyer, says case was more than a botched robbery Newsday - Long Island, N.Y. Author: ERIK GERMAN Date: Nov 25, 2008 Copyright © 2008, Newsday Inc. The fatal shooting of a Nesconset lawyer wasn’t a botched...

LAWYER ‘LURED’ TO DOOM TRIO BUSTED IN LONG ISLAND MURDER New York Post - New York, N.Y. Author: KIERAN CROWLEY; SELIM ALGAR; LEONARD GREENE Date: Nov 18, 2008 Copyright © 2008, New York Post A shady mortgage broker hired a stripper and her boyfriend to rob his...

Ex-teacher acquitted in abuse case Newsday - Long Island, N.Y. Author: ERIK GERMAN Date: Oct 29, 2008 Copyright © 2008, Newsday Inc. A former Bay Shore Middle School music teacher accused of fondling two students has been acquitted in one case, a year after he was...

Prosecutor: Victim named his killer Newsday - Long Island, N.Y. Author: ZACHARY R DOWDY Date: Jun 28, 2008 Thomas Garafolo died a painful death - and as he gasped his last words, police said, he may have uttered the name of one of his killers. The 52-year-old Quogue...

SMITHTOWN: Mistrial in highway worker’s bribery case Newsday - Long Island, N.Y. Author: STACEY ALTHERR Date: Jun 18, 2008 The trial of David Clark, a Smithtown highway worker accused of trying to coerce the highway superintendent into giving him a promotion, ended in...

Blackmail case in jurys hands Newsday - Long Island, N.Y. Author: STACEY ALTHERR Date: Jun 13, 2008 In closing statements yesterday, the prosecutor and defense attorney in the trial of a Smithtown highway worker gave different interpretations of a meeting at the...