Results tagged “misdemeanor”

There's a growing chorus of lawmakers saying that State Senator Hiram Monserrate should step down, now that he's been convicted of a misdemeanor for slashing his girlfriend in the face with a broken glass, but one of Monserrate's Senate colleagues is standing by him. In fact, State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. said that these demands are "racist."

Yesterday found State Senator Hiram Monserrate not guilty of felony assault charges but guilty of a misdemeanor—"recklessly causing physical injury" to his girlfriend Karla Giraldo during a December incident where Monserrate slashed her in the face with a broken glass. Today, Monserrate's lawyer Joseph Tacopina said on Good Day New York, "She loves him, as she testified in court. As he said yesterday, he loves her...And they're looking to get back together and resume their marriage...uh, relationship." To which GDNY anchor Rosanna Scotto said, "Will they get married?" and Tacopina replied, "Maybe I said marriage, maybe I let the cat out of the bag, but that's where it's heading."

Following a headbutt attack Kiefer Sutherland unleashed on designer Jack McCollough earlier this week at SoHo's Submercer, it seems the actor will be paying his dues like a regular 'ol civilian. TMZ reports that he'll be charged with misdemeanor assault, an attack the designer says was unprovoked though allegedly happened after he pushed Brooke Shields (possibly just trying to sidle by her at the crowded bar). The altercation is said to have left McCollough with a tiny gash on his nose, though his reps are making it sound more serious by saying: "He was the victim of a vicious, violent, unprovoked assault." Later today Kiefer, currently on probation for a DUI, will show up at the First Precinct station house downtown and get a desk appearance ticket and his arraignment date set.

Incase you had already forgotten about the Real Housewives of New York City, the newest one, Kelly Bensimon, is fighting her way to headlines! The NY Post reports that the "6-foot-tall, 40-year-old former model, horse fancier and one-time marathon runner got into a fight last week with her boyfriend, 30-year-old Nick Stefanov, and clocked him, giving him a black eye and opening a blood-gushing gash on his left cheek." Stefanov fled and reported the beating to the 5th Precinct, landing Bensimon with a misdemeanor third-degree assault and a March 31st court date (she's currently denying the charges). The two recently engaged lovebirds now have a restraining order that prevents them from contacting each other, but Stefanov seems to want to get back together with the "housewife" even though she's been physically abusive in the past—he did say, "My injuries are worse than Rihanna's - and Chris Brown was charged with two felonies."

Everyone's favorite laxative cake bakers, three Brooklyn School for Global Studies students, got some good news yesterday: Though initially charged with felonies for giving their teachers and other staffers a cake spiked with Dulcolax (it was supposed to be a prank, but many went to the hospital in pain), the Brooklyn DA's office lowered the charges to misdemeanors, saying, "The injuries were minimal." The Daily News reported one student cried after being chased by photographers, prompting of the her victims to say, "Good. From what I'm hearing elsewhere it's all been a big joke to them so far." The students still face possible jail time.

The two women who are accused of stealing from open houses are looking for deals from the prosecutors.

Last year movie piracy became a misdemeanor in New York, making it that much harder to watch a shaky-cam version of a summer blockbuster before it even closes out its opening weekend in theaters. Bloomberg has been cracking down on counterfeiters city-wide, and while he's brought equal attention to the fake purse racket, The NY Times focuses in on the blurry bootlegs.