A New York lawyer has been sentenced to up to 7.5 years in prison after stealing more than $1.2 million from his law firm to spend on luxury items like a diamond-encrusted watch, said Manhattan prosecutors.
Two New York men were indicted this week in a deadly hit-and-run crash in Harlem that took place while the duo was street racing, authorities said.
Brooklyn resident Cary Brown, 29, and Manhattan resident Marcos Vega-Pagan, 24, were charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with manslaughter, leaving the scene of an incident without reporting causing death and related offenses, Manhattan District Attorney Bragg said in a statement.
Two men were indicted on manslaughter charges and other raps for allegedly killing a man and fleeing the scene while drag racing on the Henry Hudson Parkway in August, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Tuesday.
A former Gordon & Silber partner who admitted to siphoning about $1.2 million from the now-defunct Manhattan firm will spend between 2½ and 7½ years in prison, a New York state judge ruled Tuesday.
Two drivers who were allegedly racing each other when they hit and killed a father of six children on the Henry Hudson Parkway in New York City were indicted Tuesday for the deadly crash, the Manhattan district attorney said.
