Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'pleadeal'
June 17, 2008
The two women who are accused of stealing from open houses are looking for deals from the prosecutors. Previously, one of their lawyers had said they would be pleading not guilty, but half of the "Thelma & Louise" pair (they would both go to open houses, and one would distract the agent while the other stole items) Jennifer Jones is "going to plead guilty to a felony and misdemeanor in a no-jail deal," per the......
Continue Reading "Open House Bandits Hunt for Plea Deals"March 12, 2008
Photograph of Eliot Spitzer as his Monday press conference by Mary Altaffer/AP Multiple sources say that Governor Eliot Spitzer is resigning and has begun notifying top state officials of his decision and is now scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m.. Of course, he was expected to step down yesterday, but it seems that after "an agonizing night," his resignation is all but confirmed. (The Times has a Q&A conducted with Paterson in January; like......
Continue Reading "Spitzer Resigning This Morning, Other Details"December 7, 2007
Shawn Kovell, who was arrested in an undercover drug sting in October, was released from jail yesterday to head into a drug treatment program. She was able to get out by making a deal with the Manhattan DA's office: Kovell pleaded guilty to charges that she sold cocaine with her boyfriend, Robert Chambers, the infamous "Preppy Killer" in the 1986 death of Jennifer Levin. Kovell was originally held on $25,000 bail, and Kovell's lawyer had......
Continue Reading "Preppy Killer's Girlfriend Pleads Guilty, Gets Released"
