#civil-lawsuit

#civil-lawsuit

His attorney, Michael Sahagian, claims Rowell was told by PPB Officers Carrie Hutchinson and Tequila Thurman that his distribution of heroin caused the death of someone who obtained the opioids from another person. The lawsuit alleges police, as well as then-Deputy District Attorney Ryan Lufkin, knew the information wasn't true, but repeated the claim about a fatal overdose in an attempt to get Rowell to plead guilty to drug charges, which he eventually did.

Sanjai Syamaprasad pleaded guilty in July after he was accused of illegally taping children and adults while working as a sleep technician at the Northwell Health Sleep Disorders Center in Great Neck. The 47-year-old defendant allegedly affixed hidden cameras disguised as smoke detectors inside staff and multiple patient bathrooms between July 2023 and April 2024. Syamaprasad was later caught watching those videos on a work computer and was fired from his job.

"She was humiliated and physically confronted while still inside the stall, pulling up her pants, and forced to show ID to 'prove' her sex," Victor wrote in an since-deleted Google review. "'Even after verifying she is a woman, we were both ejected from the event entirely, while shaken, crying, and publicly shamed.'"

The former climate and culture supervisor at the Contra Costa School of the Performing Arts has pleaded no contest to statutory rape of a former student as part of a plea deal that requires prosecutors to drop more serious charges. Gerard Flaherty, 43, pleaded no contest to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, a felony, and will be required to serve a three-year jail term that can be reduced by a half with good behavior, court records show.

A former project manager for Francis Ford Coppola's Inglenook Winery in Rutherford is now facing criminal charges accusing him of taking $1.2 million from the sale of wine tanks and using the money for home improvements without the owner's permission. George Giles Beeker III was charged Oct. 2 with grand theft and embezzlement, according to the Napa County District Attorney's Office. The case builds on accusations first raised in a lawsuit Inglenook's owner, Niebaum-Coppola Estate Winery, filed in July 2024.

At the end of the day, the simple sadness of this case is that you've got John O'Keefe, who died tragically, and the family of John O'Keefe doesn't have answers, and they've focused the spotlight, we believe, on the wrong person.

The lawsuit claims defendants committed real estate fraud by selling defective homes and utilizing fraudulent paperwork to close transactions, violating multiple laws and regulations.

Nine months after the confrontation that led to her son's death, Ellen Barrett sued the City of Carmel and involved police officers, alleging excessive force during the incident.

The face-to-face and ultimate dismissal of the criminal charges was 'based on the wishes of the victim and the defendant's willingness to make amends,' Brooklyn DA spokesman Oren Yaniv said in a statement at the time.