New York, NY – A Brooklyn jury convicted an orthodox man of repeatedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old classmate of his son.
The panel of 10 women and two men deliberated less than half a day before finding the rabbi, guilty of eight counts of sexual abuse. The jury acquitted him of two counts.
“Justice was served,” said [...]
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New York, NY – Brooklyn Man Convicted in Abuse Case
By Debbie Maimon
Chanukah has come and gone. For some of us, the days flew by in a whirlwind of celebration and activity. But not for everyone. For Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, waiting patiently in an Iowa jail while a court of appeals weighs a judge’s decision not to grant him bail, time seemed to be crawling.
After [...]
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Crown Heights, NY – A jury acquitted five of six Orthodox Jews charged in a wild fracas – but found one guilty Wednesday of a simple misdemeanor.
All were facing as much as 15 years each on gang assault charges when their trial began five weeks ago.
The brouhaha erupted inside a yeshiva when students from two [...]
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Crown Heights, NY – ‘Shomrim Six’ On Trial Ends in One Minor Conviction
Sioux Falls, SD – Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin insisted today that he never intentionally violated federal fraud or immigration laws as the head of an eastern Iowa kosher meat plant, but acknowledged that he “made mistakes.”
The former top executive at Agriprocessors Inc. attributed his plant’s questionable financial practices to his own oversights or actions by other [...]
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Sioux Falls, SD – At Trial: Rubashkin Admits Mistakes, Denies Crimes
Myrtle Beach, SC – After seven hours of deliberations over two days, an Horry County jury on Thursday found a Myrtle Beach man not guilty of murder in the shooting death of another man outside a Garden City Beach beachwear store.
The verdict immediately sparked outrage among the victim’s family members and prompted claps from the [...]
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Myrtle Beach, SC – Beachware Store Owner Found Not Guilty in Parking Lot Death
