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Danny Dorrian Says Preppy Murder Experience Made Him Lie To Cops

Danny Dorrian Says Preppy Murder Experience Made Him Lie To Cops

Danny Dorrian, who owned downtown bar The Falls, the last place 24-year-old John Jay College grad student Imette St. Guillen was seen, testified that he lied to police who were investigating St. Guillen's murder because he remembered how his family was treated during the Preppy Murder: "I could just imagine the repercussions it would set off -- lawsuits, police, bad press. If I pretended it didn't happen, maybe it wouldn't be true. I didn't believe it was true." more ›

Robert Chambers Heads Back to Prison for 19 Years

Robert Chambers Heads Back to Prison for 19 Years

Yesterday, Robert Chambers was sentenced to 19 years in prison, after accepting a deal to plead guilty to selling cocaine and assaulting a police officer last October. This is four years longer than he was sentenced to for the 1986 killing of Jennifer Levin in Central Park, which was later dubbed the Preppie Murder. Police had also arrested Chambers's girlfriend Shawn Kovell, who was released shortly after pleading guilty. Prosecutors were unhappy the loyal Kovell (she waited for him to be released from previous prison stints) showed up at Chambers's sentencing; ADA Dan Rather Jr. said, "She's apparently wandering around the city without an escort." more ›

Robert Chambers Headed Back to jail

Robert Chambers Headed Back to jail

In a change of plans, Robert Chambers decided to accept a plea deal and pleaded guilty to charges of selling cocaine and assaulting an officer during an undercover drug sting last year. Police had found Chambers, who gained infamy in NYC as the "Preppy Killer" for killing Jennifer Levin in 1986, and his girlfriend selling cocaine in her apartment. more ›

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