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 KINGS
COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCES
INDICTMENT OF CIVIL DEFENSE ATTORNEY
CHARGED WITH STEALING INSURANCE
SETTLEMENT FROM CLIENT
Brooklyn, March 2, 2007 –
Kings County District Attorney
Charles J. Hynes today announced the indictment of Moses
Osayamwen, 49, on charges that he stole $15,000 from a
client he represented in a civil suit.
The victim suffered injuries to his back, shoulder, and
knees when he was hit by a car on Flatbush Avenue in 2000.
He hired Osayamwen and sued the driver, winning a $34,000
settlement from the driver’s insurance company.
However, the indictment charges,
Osayamwen kept the money, after telling his client the
already settled suit was still pending. The settlement check
was made out to Osayamwen and his client. The attorney is
also charged with forging the victim’s signature in order to
cash the check.
Osayamwen is charged with Grand Larceny in the Third Degree
and Two Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the
Second Degree.
If convicted, he faces seven years in prison.
Assistant District Attorneys Toni Lichstein and Joseph
DiBenedetto, of the Rackets Division, are prosecuting the
case. Michael Vecchione is Chief of the Rackets Division.
Contact: Jonah Bruno
718-250-2300
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KINGS
COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES HONORS WOMEN’S
HISTORY MONTH WITH DISPLAY OF BROOKLYN’S “CALENDAR
GIRLS”
BROOKLYN’S EXTRAORDINARY
UNSUNG HEROES SHOWCASED
Brooklyn, March 5th, 2007 – Kings County District
Attorney Charles J. Hynes today honored Brooklyn’s
extraordinary women with the unveiling of a huge
calendar featuring their pictures and quotations in the
lobby of the D.A.’s Office. An extraordinary woman will
be featured each day throughout the month of March. The
honorees include educators, executive directors and many
other professionals nominated by Brooklyn residents.
This is an extremely diverse group of women that are
role models for the Brooklyn community. More than twenty
honorees attended the event.
March
5th honoree Audrey Velverton is known throughout the
Coney Island community as “Sister Audrey.” She has
devoted herself to helping others through service to her
church and the residents of Coney Island.
In
addition to her full-time work, March 8th honoree Naomi
Mauer devotes many hours to helping abused women and
women in the Jewish community that have marital
problems.
The
District Attorney will also honor all the women at a
special event at Polytechnic University on March 30th at
5:30 pm. The event will include an awards ceremony.
For further information visit our Web site:
http://www.brooklynda.org. Our site will include the
pictures and biographies of the honorees. Vote for next
year’s extraordinary women on our Web site.
The
next page includes a full list of the women honored
throughout the month of March.
CONTACT: Maira Kraljevic
718-250-2300
Women’s
History Month
List of Honorees:
Jennifer Fields
Lorraine Seubert
Olga L. Babb
Bonita Dowling
Audrey Yelverton
Nereida Rodriguez
Pamela M. Junior
Naomi Klass Mauer
Violeta Hodge
Maritza Cunningham
Dianne Kevelier-Smith
Veronica Rhodes
Roxanne Jacqueline Persaud
Felice Lippo
Dr. Francine Hippolyte
Cheryl A. Goodman
Mary Nolan
Patricia Sloven
Ruby Hunter
Josephine Beckman
Lynn Brown-Drumgo
Christina Farinacci
Joy Williams
Beverly Johnson
Charlene Nimmons
Lumi Michelle Rolley
Hayat Hayek
Carolyn Saunders James
Reverand Lydia Mendoza
Farah Tanis
Janie Whitney
Ramona Candy
Linda Gallagher
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KINGS
COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES J. HYNES ANNOUNCES
CONVICTION IN SEXUAL ABUSE OF 13-YEAR-OLD
HANDYMAN GAVE GIRL MONEY
AND GIFTS FOR SEX
Brooklyn, March 9, 2007 – Kings County District
Attorney Charles J. Hynes today announced the conviction of
Luis Montoya, 52, on charges that he engaged in criminal
sexual acts with a 13-year-old girl.
After deliberating for two hours, a jury
convicted Montoya of Criminal Sexual Act in the Second
Degree, Attempted Rape in the Second Degree, Three Counts of
Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree, and Endangering the
Welfare of a Child. When he is sentenced March 27, he faces
up to 11 years in prison.
Montoya, a local handyman who had done odd jobs
for the girl’s family for 10 years, in the fall of 2005
began offering the victim money in exchange for sexual acts.
March 16, 2006, he offered the victim a video I-Pod for sex,
but was interrupted when the girl’s mother walked into the
apartment.
Senior Trial Attorney Sara Litman prosecuted
the case. Rhonnie Jaus is Chief of the Sex Crimes Bureau.
Contact: Jonah
Bruno
718-250-2300
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KINGS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHARLES
J. HYNES ANNOUNCES MANSLAUGHTER INDICTMENT IN
BOATING INCIDENT
FIRST EVER INDICTMENT ON
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES
IN BOATING INCIDENT
Brooklyn, March 23, 2007
– Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes today
announced the indictment of Aristotle Plagianakos, 17, for
the death of Paul Zaccaria during a boating incident last
year. Plagianakos is charged with Manslaughter in the
Second Degree, Criminally Negligent Homicide, Reckless
Endangerment in the Second Degree and several naval law
violations related to reckless operation of a vessel. If
convicted, he faces a maximum of 15 years in prison.
According to the indictment,
on June 30, 2006, the defendant was riding his personalized
watercraft vehicle, commonly called a Jet Ski, with a
passenger in the Mill Basin inlet. They were traveling at a
high speed when they struck Zaccaria, knocking him from the
craft and killing him. Plagianakos and his passenger then
fled the scene. Zaccaria’s body was not found until August
6.
Several eyewitnesses observed
the incident. Plagianakos was arrested on August 31.
This marks the first time that someone
has ever been indicted in New York City for manslaughter
relating to a reckless boating incident.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of
the defendant’s guilt.
The case is being prosecuted
by Gayle Dampf-Littman, Bureau Chief in the Vehicular Crimes
Bureau and Assistant District Attorney Jessica Haaz from
Trial Bureau Red Zone.
Contact: Sandy
Silverstein
718-250-2300
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