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8 Year Old Stabbed at NY Restaurant By Jason Beahm on October 13, 2010 6:17 AM | No TrackBacks

At any given moment the world is generally a safe place. Horror isn’t always a fictional topic and the occasional dose of terror reminds us that there exists a bizarre and cumulative impact on the world from sadly unexpected behavior. A recent example from Long Island, New York, illustrates this point.

It’s Saturday night in Long Island, New York, and an 8 year-old boy is playing video games near his parents at Dave & Busters, a popular restaurant and arcade franchise. Suddenly 23 year-old Evan Sachs allegedly attacked the boy from behind, pulling out a three and a half inch knife and stabing him five times in the chest, puncturing his lung.

Fortunately, Evan Sachs father and another person apprehended the the alleged assailant and held him until police arrived. Despite serious injuries, the boy is expected to survive. According to Nassau police Lt. Ray Cote, the boy’s parents were only steps away, but Sachs waited until they weren’t looking to attack.

According to CNN Sachs is being held without bail and charged with second-degree attempted murder, first degree assault and possession of a deadly weapon. Frankly, it’s a mystery that Sachs is not being charged with first degree attempted murder.

For a quick primer on the difference between the two: second degree murder is “common law murder” which means the killing of a human being by another human being with malice aforethought. First degree murder requires an aggravating factor typically articulated by a specific intent to kill, i.e. premeditation and deliberation.

Police: 3 men dead, 1 hurt in Forth Worth shooting

HALTOM CITY, Texas (AP) – Police say gunfire in a Fort Worth neighborhood has left three men dead and a fourth injured.

Haltom City police Sgt. Eric Peters says a pistol was recovered at the scene where the bodies of two men were found around 1 a.m. Wednesday. Peters says a third man was taken to a hospital where he died.

He says the fourth man drove himself to a hospital and was in intensive care. No further details on his condition have been released.

Peters says police are attempting to identify the four men and are investigating the scene.

 

Man Arrested for Possession of a Machine Gun

A Canon City, Colorado man has been arrested on a number of federal firearms charges after a joint operation involving the ATF, Colorado Bureau of Investigation and CIRT took place. Joseph Waldron was accused on the charges of felon in possession of a weapon, possession of a machine gun, possession of a firearm not registered with the National Firearms Registration and transfer record. Waldron is now being held pending a bond hearing in Colorado. Further information about the possible sentencing is not available yet. Dealing with charges of weapon possession can be a complicated and stressful time for anyone involved. You may be facing serious consequences such as jail time that can affect your personal and professional life. It’s important that you understand that you do have rights and options in defending your case. You can resolve this matter in the best way possible when you make sure it is handled properly by a professional. By working with a criminal defense lawyer, you will be able to move forward with your case and your life. A criminal defense attorney will know what to expect with your matter so that you do not have to suffer any further with this difficult case matter.

Tags: Firearm Possession, Weapon Possession

Categories: Criminal Defense, Weapon Crimes, Weapons

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Man Sentenced to 35 Years for Kidnapping

Alan Paul Strieper has been arrested after police found child kidnapping supplies in his car that included rope, tape, rubber gloves, bleach, sponges and a stuffed Elmo doll.

He is reportedly also an online menace as he had hatched a plot with an undercover agent tokidnap, rape and possibly murder a young boy.

The judge on the case sentenced Strieper to 35 years in jail after he also confessed to once enticing two teenage boys to have sex with him although he never followed through with it.

Kidnapping and rape charges can have consequences that affect your personal and professional life in more ways than you make think. When you deal with these charges then you need to know that you can move forward in the best way with the help of a criminal defense lawyer. By working with a defense attorney, you will be able resolve this matter without having your personal and professional life affected. You should not have to suffer jail time and heavy fines when your case is defended in the best way possible. Please take some time today to contact a criminal defense attorney and begin discussing the details of your case so that you can move forward as soon as possible.

 

Law Firm Marketing Expert Dave Lorenzo to Speak to Florida Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys

David Lorenzo, Chairman and Founder of Attorney Marketing Firm Rainmaker Lawyer Consulting, is honored to be selected to address the premier Florida criminal defense lawyers’ organization in Miami, Florida on October 15, 2010.

AVENTURA, Fla., Oct 11 /PRNewswire/ — Miami Law Firm Marketing Expert Dave Lorenzo has been selected by the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers to address their membership at their annual practice management event.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to speak to this group of dedicated professionals. Criminal defense lawyers are the glue that holds the legal system together. I am proud to share my knowledge with this distinguished group,” said Mr. Lorenzo.

The annual business development workshop, named THE PRACTICE is designed to help busy lawyers improve their business strategy, client attraction and practice management skills. It will take place at the Eden Roc Hotel Miami Beach on October 15, 2010.

“The internet is flooded with failed lawyers pretending to know what other lawyers need to become successful. The FACDL is privileged to have a highly regarded consultant speak to our membership about what it really takes for criminal defense lawyers to have successful practices. Dave brings solid advice that our members can start using when they leave the seminar and return to their offices Monday morning,” said Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers President Brian Tannebaum, Managing Partner of Tannebaum Weiss Law Firm.

About David Lorenzo:

Law firm marketing expert David Lorenzo is the Chairman and Founder of Rainmaker Lawyer Consulting, a management strategy firm that works exclusively with lawyers.

About Rainmaker Lawyer Consulting:

Rainmaker Lawyer Consulting is a strategic advisory firm that helps attorneys improve business strategy, practice management and client acquisition processes. The firm works directly with law firms of all sizes (including sole practitioners) in coaching and consulting relationships. The Rainmaker Lawyer Consulting team also provides leadership development consulting to big law firms around the world.

About FACDL

Based in Tallahassee, FACDL serves to be the unified voice of the criminal defense community, to improve the criminal justice system at the judicial, legislative and executive levels, to insure the integrity and independence of the criminal defense lawyer and to promote the protection of the rights of individuals.

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OH SERIAL KILLING DEFENSE APPROACHES $150k

With four months to go before his aggravated murder trial, the price tag on Cleveland serial-killing suspect Anthony Sowell’s defense is a shade under $150,000. Soon it will become the most expensive publicly funded criminal defense in Cuyahoga County history, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Among the highest expenditures is $24,985 for a mitigation expert — a social researcher whose job is to humanize Sowell, evoke jurors’ sympathy, and possibly save him from the death penalty. Sowell, 51, is accused of killing 11 women whose remains were found last fall at his house.

Judge Dick Ambrose alerted Sowell’s attorneys that they were within $15 of their mitigation allowance. He will not consider future requests without documentation justifying the expense. Although Ambrose’s cost-conscious stance seems valid in an era of tight budgets, legal experts warn that denying a defendant adequate counsel — especially in death penalty cases — could be grounds for an appeal. What constitutes an adequate defense is debatable. The American Bar Association, whose guidelines have been embraced in U.S. Supreme Court decisions as the standard, has called it improper for judges to set spending caps on mitigation services. In Cuyahoga County, however, the court caps initial mitigation costs at $3,000 — a sum that many defense attorneys say is unreasonably low for the work the job requires.

Link: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/10/judge_reins_in_spending_on_ant.html

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Florida Gators WR Chris Rainey arrested, faces stalking charges Chris Rainey is out of jail following the early morning arrest

September 17, 2010|By Rachel George, Orlando Sentinel

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  Alachua County Jail, Special to the Sentinel

GAINESVILLE — An earlier version of this article misstated the total number of players arrested during Urban Meyer’s tenure.

—Florida receiver Chris Rainey is facing a charge of aggravated stalking, a felony, following his arrest early Tuesday morning.

Gators offensive coordinator Steve Addazio said Tuesday afternoon that, “Chris Rainey is not a part of our team right now.”

Rainey’s run-in with the law makes him 25th player to face charges or be arrested during coach Urban Meyer’s tenure. This is Meyer’s sixth season in Gainesville.

Rainey, a redshirt junior from Lakeland, was released from the Alachua County Jail on his own recognizance Tuesday afternoon and ordered to have no contact with the victim.

 

The Crimes of Joran Van der Sloot Holloway Suspect Accused of Murder in Peru

On May 30, 2005, when Natalee Holloway disappeared after leaving a bar in Aruba, Joran Van der Sloot, then 17 years old, immerged as the chief suspect in the case. Although he was arrested twice in the case, no charges were ever filed against him in the Holloway case.Five years to the day later, Stephany Flores Ramirez, 21, was killed in a hotel room rented to Van der Sloot, who was in Lima, Peru to participate in a poker tournament. After he fled to Chile, he was arrested and returned to Peru to face murder charges.