Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'indictmentdismissed'
January 24, 2008
Queens City Councilman Dennis Gallagher, whose office was raided last July after rape allegations and was indicted by a grand jury in August, is smiling - for now. A judge dismissed the indictment, believing the defense's claim that the "grand jury process was compromised." The jurors had complained the prosecutors were trying to make Gallagher look "foolish." Gallagher, who is married, admitted he had an affair with the 52-year-old accuser but said it was consensual;......
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