By Frank Eltman
Central Islip, New York (AP)
The owner of an Indian reservation smoke shop that prosecutors claim is a major supplier of black market cigarettes was convicted of racketeering conspiracy May 1, but acquitted of charges that he waged a campaign of arson and murder to protect his multimillion dollar business.
A federal jury on Long Island deliberated off and on for a month before delivering the split verdict in the case of Mastic cigarette dealer Rodney Morrison. The marathon trial began in November.
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Central Islip, New York (AP)
An Indian reservation smoke shop owner convicted of being a major supplier of black market cigarettes also has been found guilty of a weapons charge.
The same jury had acquitted Rodney Morrison, 41, during late April of nine counts that he...05-12-2008, 03:43 PM -
By David B. Caruso
New York, New York (AP)
A federal judge has given a boost to New York City’s attempt to curtail the sale of tax-free cigarettes on Indian reservations.
In a ruling signed on April 30, U.S. District Judge Carol Amon refused to throw out a lawsuit...05-08-2008, 03:06 PM -
By Michael Virtanen
Albany, New York (AP)
The chief federal informant in the drug-smuggling case against more than a dozen men from the U.S. and Canada testified Tuesday that the main shipment point, where millions of dollars went north and tons of marijuana came south, was the...05-25-2010, 04:22 PM -
By William Kates
Syracuse, New York (AP)
A former music teacher who regularly had students sit on his lap during class was convicted June 4 of molesting a female student at an Onondaga reservation school and faces up to seven years in prison.
Albert Scerbo was convicted...06-12-2009, 11:24 AM -
by Sara Kugler
New York, New York (AP)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg filed a federal lawsuit against eight smoke shops that sell tax-free cigarettes on a Long Island Indian reservation, saying the city is being cheated out of millions in tax revenues.
The lawsuit filed...10-08-2008, 01:16 PM