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Real Estate Broker Gets House-Arrest in Homeless Shelter Bribery Scheme
-The New York Times
New York City’s 4th JAG Association Celebrates Lt. Col. Michael Farkas’ Retirement
-Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn and Criminal Bar Associations host U.S. Attorney Breon Peace for Reception
-Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Bronx Politician Guilty of Helping Alleged Genovese Associate
-NY1
Grievance Committee’s Virtual Ethics Course Draws Thousands of Attendees
-Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn Man Exonerated in Murder Case After Nine Years in Prison
-NY1
Man Accused of Brooklyn Murder Freed After Spending 9 Years in Jail
-New York Daily News
Secret Marihuana Farm Beneath Brooklyn Cherry Factory Leaves Many Mysteries
-The New York Times
How Bees Revealed a Pot Farm Beneath the Maraschino Cherries
-The Daily Beast
The Fall of the Cherry King
-The New York Times
Brooklyn Cherry Business to Plead Guilty Over Pollution and Marijuana
-The New York Times
New York Cherry Company Pleads Guilty to Marihuana, Environmental Charges
-Reuters
Michael Farkas Sworn in as President of the Kings County Criminal Bar
-Brooklyn Daily Eagle
DA Kenneth Thompson Discusses Wrongful Convictions at Criminal Bar Meeting
-Brooklyn Daily Eagle
N.Y. Assemblyman, 4 Others Accused of Corruption
-The Wall Street Journal
Albany Riveted by Double Life of an Assemblyman and Informer
-The New York Times
Nelson Castro’s Secret Deal Remarkable
-Newsday
Nelson Castro Announces Resignation After Cooperating in Corruption Case
-Politicker.com
Former Assemblyman Turned Informer Avoids Prison
-The New York Times
Tarnished Bronx politician, Albany informer Nelson Castro escapes prison for perjury
-NY Daily News
Search for Boy’s Body Returns to Cellar That Looked Uneven Decades Earlier
-NY Times
No Remains Found in Dig
-The Wall Street Journal
Etan Patz case: Pedro Hernandez arrested in Etan Patz’s 1979 disappearance
-NY Daily News
Eliot Spitzer Spending Big Money on Controller Campaign as Ex-Hooker Ashley Dupre Steps Out
-NY Daily News
No Prison for Booker at the Escort Service Tied to Spitzer
-The New York Times
Hooker Booker Gets Probation in Spritzer Case
- The N.Y. Post
Sex Wasn’t as Good For Livid Ring Convicts
- The N.Y. Post
No Federal Prostitution Charges for Spitzer
-The New York Times
In Case of Escort Ring Tied to Spitzer, a Fourth Guilty Plea From a Booker
-The New York Times
Escort worker pleads guilty in Eliot Spitzer prostitution case
-The New York Daily News
Do cell phone records prove man’s innocence?
(All charges dismissed on May 5, 2010)
- WABC-TV New York, NY
TJX Hacker Was Awash in Cash; His Penniless Coder Faces Prison
- WIRED.com
Cell Saves Wrong Man in Murder
- The N.Y. Post
Scissors Slayer Gets 5 Years
- The N.Y. Post
4 Arrested in North Hempstead Building Irregularities
(Mr. Farkas represents former Deputy Commissioner in North Hempstead Building Department scandal)
- Newsday