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Not all teens who confess are guilty
Being a teenager is tough. There’s a promise of maturity in the offing, but you’re not there yet — which is why society restricts teenage driving, drinking and many other adult activities…
Trial date to be set in Tankleff’s suit against Suffolk
It’s been just over 29 years since Seymour and Arlene Tankleff were slashed and bludgeoned in their cliff-top Belle Terre home and their 17-year-old son, Martin…
Kareem Potomont, accused of shooting 13-year-old Gamma Droiville & one other
Kareem Potomont, 21, is charged with attempted second-degree murder. Police say Potomont opened fire on a busy street in Flatbush, hitting a 24-year-old man…
Ex-teacher recants student rape confession, claims victim’s mom lied
A Bronx teacher who pleaded guilty to raping his 10-year-old student in 2014 is now recanting his confession, claiming the victim’s mom fabricated the allegations because he ended an affair. Anthony Criscuolo, 43, now insists he never touched the girl, even though his DNA was found in her underwear and cops retrieved damning e-mails to the child.
He has filed a motion in Bronx Supreme Court to overturn his conviction and is asking for a hearing to prove his innocence. A spokesman for the Bronx District Attorney’s Office declined to comment. The victim and her mother’s names are being withheld by The Post because the girl is a minor and a sexual-assault victim.
10 Years After Release, Tankleff Passes Bar Exam
Tankleff has been working for Metcalf & Metcalf in Manhattan for nearly a year. Name partner Steven Metcalf said Tankleff has “a brilliant legal mind” and a passion for law, and looks forward to…
Convicted Rapist Claims He Took the Guilty Plea for a Crime He Didn’t Commit
Currently incarcerated at Green Haven Correctional Facility for Rape in the First Degree and having been sentenced for 14 to 18 years post supervision release, Anthony Criscuolo and his criminal defense attorney Steven Metcalf, Esq. filed a post-conviction motion under New York’s Criminal Procedure Law 440.10 on Tuesday claiming he pleaded guilty to a crime he allegedly did not commit.
According to court papers filed in the Bronx Supreme Court on November 15th, Criscuolo claims he started having an affair with his former fifth grade student’s married mother around January 2013. In sworn statements, Criscuolo asserts that the romantic bond with the mother was so strong that he assisted her with her children’s school finances and offered them housing at one of his properties.
Martin Tankleff, freed from prison, passes New York State bar exam
Martin Tankleff is one big step closer to becoming an attorney — 10 years after he was freed from prison when an appellate court overturned his conviction for killing his parents.
Tankleff, 45, found out this week he passed the New York State bar exam. He hopes to be eligible to practice law by the end of the year.
“It’s a long, long battle, Tankleff said. “I hope to be able to give…
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