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I believe President Trump’s character and conduct make him unfit for office. Even so, I believe the New York prosecutor has stretched to reach felony criminal charges in order to fit a political agenda. – Another Trump critic	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They’re not false entries. But assuming they were, they’re misdemeanors way beyond the statute of limitations, so they had to cobble them together to try and get a felony. – Joe Tacopina	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It’s unconscionable to me that teachers would be put in a position that their good deed of providing classroom libraries for their students in order to instill the love of reading could possibly result in a felony. – Pat Barber	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I understand how a felony is scary, but there is nothing that this law is telling doctors to do or not do that we haven’t always done, we’ve always intervened when we needed to save a woman’s life. – Ingrid Skop	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Between 1980 and 2010, the share of Americans with a felony record tripled... the product of the rise in war on drugs and mass incarceration, there's just a lot more people in our communities now who have that experience and have that barrier than there used to be. – Aaron Sojourner	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When I was attacked, he was already on three grants of felony probation. – Irene Lee	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The first thing we do is order them to bring the drone back, explain to him that there's a wildfire and flying that drone during a wildland fire is actually a federal felony. – James Peaco III	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If it's just clueless or careless, we'll either issue a citation or even just warn them off and tell them not to do it, if they've done something very egregious and really interrupted operations or they refuse to comply, then we have federal felony charges that we can apply to the situation. – James Peaco III	Found on CNN 1 year ago
George is trying to explain his way out of not doing his job. It’s not working, we all see through his false ‘data and science.’ The appropriate charges should have been two counts of PC 245(a)(1) Felony Assault with a Deadly Weapon to wit Automobile, one count of felony hit-and-run, and one count of felony unlawful taking of vehicle. – Jonathan Hatami	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The probation officer had access to the reports and alleged facts in the case, the juvenile’s prior, and any mitigating or aggravating factors; but still recommended camp, the probation officer had room to recommend a harsher sentence for these felony charges but chose not to...That together with the fact the judge went along with the recommendation carries a lot of weight -- and lend support to the idea that this was a fair and reasonable resolution of the case. – Lara Yeretsian	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
After the charges were filed, they were contacted by a deputy district attorney who confirmed that felony charges were appropriate. – The Stellpflug attorney	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
With hindering prosecution, you usually need to provide some criminal assistance to a person that has committed a felony, but for someone to tell an officer, ‘ Karen Charrington can't come in,' and they don't want to answer questions – Karen Charrington have that full right to remain silent to police officers. Karen Charrington’re not obligated to tell the officers what happened in a crime. Lauren Pazienza being led into a New York City courthouse on March 22, 2022. ( Curtis Means) Lauren Pazienza being led into a New York City courthouse on March 22, 2022( Curtis Means) After allegedly shoving Barbara Gustern to Barbara Gustern death, Pazienza stayed in the area for more than 20 minutes, according to The DA. NYC SOCIALITE ACCUSED IN ELDERLY SHOVE DEATH BULLIED CLASSMATES IN SCHOOL Surveillance footage reviewed by the DA captured Pazienza getting into a fight with a man believed to be her fiancé about seven minutes after the shove, then watching as an ambulance arrived at the location. About half an hour after the attack, Pazienza and her fiancé allegedly entered Penn Station and took the subway back to their shared condo in Astoria, Queens. Building where Lauren Pazienza and Lauren Pazienza fiancé reside in Queens, New York( Fox News Digital / Rebecca Rosenberg) It wasn't until six days later Lauren Pazienza fled New York City on March 16 after Barbara Gustern succumbed to Barbara Gustern injuries. Lauren Pazienza's parents' home in Port Jefferson, New York( Fox News Digital Digital/Rebecca Rosenberg) MARCH 10 : Barbara Gustern shoved to the ground in Manhattan MARCH 15 : Barbara Gustern dies. Lauren Pazienza cause of death ruled to blunt-force trauma to the head MARCH 16 : Pazienza reportedly flees to parents' home on Long Island as she apparently deleted her social media MARCH 17 : Pazienza allegedly stopped using her cellphone and hid it at her aunt's house MARCH 19 : NYPD received anonymous tip on Pazienza MARCH 21 : NYPD turned away from Pazienza family home MARCH 22 : Pazienza retains attorney and surrenders in Manhattan Lauren Pazienza's mug shot. – Karen Charrington	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Vitally important is that 10 more illegal firearms have been taken off the streets of this city that will never be used to victimize another New Yorker, in addition to the illegal guns, the other arrests were for drug sale or possession, forgery, suspended or revoked driver's licenses, reckless endangerment, felony assault, criminal possession of a knife and criminal trespass. – Keechant Sewell	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think last year we indicted about 650 felony cases and probably, I would say probably 500 of those were either meth cases, drug cases, or they were the copper thefts, forgeries, burglaries, things like that. But, we know in looking at it that the person is an addict. – John Kimbrough	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
These are cases in which activist judges did everything they could to find a way to dismiss that person who probably has a lengthy criminal record or multiple felony bonds to put them back out on the streets. – Ray Hunt	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
You have the arresting warrant that's claiming that this felony warrant applies to Lee Brown, when in fact that's not accurate. So that's the first failing. – Christopher Peterson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The law says( this) rises to a level of deliberate indifference and that's what happened here. They just didn't care. They just didn't do anything. you have the arresting warrant that's claiming that this felony warrant applies to Lee Brown, when in fact that's not accurate. So that's the first failing. – Christopher Peterson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I ’m fearful for my family just to go out of the house, felony arrests are up. – Senior Officer Douglas Griffith	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He is facing one felony count of first-degree murder and one felony count of attempted first-degree murder. – Police Superintendent David Brown	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Let me just say that New York City has the third-strictest gun laws in the United States. Let's use those gun laws to prosecute, anyone who uses a firearm in the commission of a violent felony, whether it's threatening someone during an armed robbery, during a carjacking, what you know during a domestic dispute, they need to be charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. And while that process is playing out from their arrest to their trial to their conviction, they need to be incarcerated. We encourage the mayor to speak honestly with people about that and encourage bipartisan support for all of that. – Betsy Brantner-Smith	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
You know, I'll be honest, I don't think they give a damn about public safety, they know exactly the people that they are bailing out. They know that these individuals that are out on already multiple felony bonds and they're helping them get another one. They know that some of these are very violent individuals, and you cannot look at this with a straight face and tell me that you care about the community that you're operating in. – Joe Gamaldi	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
So they are defending serious felony cases when they are not allowed to appear in a simple contract case [ because they are not yet practicing attorneys ], they have no budget for investigation and typically get no compensation for their time. – Brian Concannon	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This case is a perfect example of what is wrong with our criminal justice system, when a registered career criminal with 23 felony charges, 17 misdemeanor charges, multiple convictions for violent offenses and two active and pending drug trafficking cases is out on our streets where he can attempt to kill our deputies and put other lives at risk, something is wrong with our system. – Sheriff Wayne Ivey	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The best approach to a prosecution of Brooks is to charge him with murder and felony murder counts, in addition to attempted murder, maiming, criminal assault, and other straightforward felonies to account for those who were injured. – Andy McCarthy	Found on FOX News 2 years ago

I believe President Trump’s character and conduct make him unfit for office. Even so, I believe the New York prosecutor has stretched to reach felony criminal charges in order to fit a political agenda.

– Another Trump critic

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They’re not false entries. But assuming they were, they’re misdemeanors way beyond the statute of limitations, so they had to cobble them together to try and get a felony.

– Joe Tacopina

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s unconscionable to me that teachers would be put in a position that their good deed of providing classroom libraries for their students in order to instill the love of reading could possibly result in a felony.

– Pat Barber

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I understand how a felony is scary, but there is nothing that this law is telling doctors to do or not do that we haven’t always done, we’ve always intervened when we needed to save a woman’s life.

– Ingrid Skop

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Between 1980 and 2010, the share of Americans with a felony record tripled... the product of the rise in war on drugs and mass incarceration, there's just a lot more people in our communities now who have that experience and have that barrier than there used to be.

– Aaron Sojourner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When I was attacked, he was already on three grants of felony probation.

– Irene Lee

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The first thing we do is order them to bring the drone back, explain to him that there's a wildfire and flying that drone during a wildland fire is actually a federal felony.

– James Peaco III

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If it's just clueless or careless, we'll either issue a citation or even just warn them off and tell them not to do it, if they've done something very egregious and really interrupted operations or they refuse to comply, then we have federal felony charges that we can apply to the situation.

– James Peaco III

Found on CNN
1 year ago

George is trying to explain his way out of not doing his job. It’s not working, we all see through his false ‘data and science.’ The appropriate charges should have been two counts of PC 245(a)(1) Felony Assault with a Deadly Weapon to wit Automobile, one count of felony hit-and-run, and one count of felony unlawful taking of vehicle.

– Jonathan Hatami

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The probation officer had access to the reports and alleged facts in the case, the juvenile’s prior, and any mitigating or aggravating factors; but still recommended camp, the probation officer had room to recommend a harsher sentence for these felony charges but chose not to...That together with the fact the judge went along with the recommendation carries a lot of weight -- and lend support to the idea that this was a fair and reasonable resolution of the case.

– Lara Yeretsian

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

After the charges were filed, they were contacted by a deputy district attorney who confirmed that felony charges were appropriate.

– The Stellpflug attorney

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

With hindering prosecution, you usually need to provide some criminal assistance to a person that has committed a felony, but for someone to tell an officer, ‘ Karen Charrington can't come in,' and they don't want to answer questions – Karen Charrington have that full right to remain silent to police officers. Karen Charrington’re not obligated to tell the officers what happened in a crime. Lauren Pazienza being led into a New York City courthouse on March 22, 2022. ( Curtis Means) Lauren Pazienza being led into a New York City courthouse on March 22, 2022( Curtis Means) After allegedly shoving Barbara Gustern to Barbara Gustern death, Pazienza stayed in the area for more than 20 minutes, according to The DA. NYC SOCIALITE ACCUSED IN ELDERLY SHOVE DEATH BULLIED CLASSMATES IN SCHOOL Surveillance footage reviewed by the DA captured Pazienza getting into a fight with a man believed to be her fiancé about seven minutes after the shove, then watching as an ambulance arrived at the location. About half an hour after the attack, Pazienza and her fiancé allegedly entered Penn Station and took the subway back to their shared condo in Astoria, Queens. Building where Lauren Pazienza and Lauren Pazienza fiancé reside in Queens, New York( Fox News Digital / Rebecca Rosenberg) It wasn't until six days later Lauren Pazienza fled New York City on March 16 after Barbara Gustern succumbed to Barbara Gustern injuries. Lauren Pazienza's parents' home in Port Jefferson, New York( Fox News Digital Digital/Rebecca Rosenberg) MARCH 10 : Barbara Gustern shoved to the ground in Manhattan MARCH 15 : Barbara Gustern dies. Lauren Pazienza cause of death ruled to blunt-force trauma to the head MARCH 16 : Pazienza reportedly flees to parents' home on Long Island as she apparently deleted her social media MARCH 17 : Pazienza allegedly stopped using her cellphone and hid it at her aunt's house MARCH 19 : NYPD received anonymous tip on Pazienza MARCH 21 : NYPD turned away from Pazienza family home MARCH 22 : Pazienza retains attorney and surrenders in Manhattan Lauren Pazienza's mug shot.

– Karen Charrington

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Vitally important is that 10 more illegal firearms have been taken off the streets of this city that will never be used to victimize another New Yorker, in addition to the illegal guns, the other arrests were for drug sale or possession, forgery, suspended or revoked driver's licenses, reckless endangerment, felony assault, criminal possession of a knife and criminal trespass.

– Keechant Sewell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think last year we indicted about 650 felony cases and probably, I would say probably 500 of those were either meth cases, drug cases, or they were the copper thefts, forgeries, burglaries, things like that. But, we know in looking at it that the person is an addict.

– John Kimbrough

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

These are cases in which activist judges did everything they could to find a way to dismiss that person who probably has a lengthy criminal record or multiple felony bonds to put them back out on the streets.

– Ray Hunt

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You have the arresting warrant that's claiming that this felony warrant applies to Lee Brown, when in fact that's not accurate. So that's the first failing.

– Christopher Peterson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The law says( this) rises to a level of deliberate indifference and that's what happened here. They just didn't care. They just didn't do anything. you have the arresting warrant that's claiming that this felony warrant applies to Lee Brown, when in fact that's not accurate. So that's the first failing.

– Christopher Peterson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I ’m fearful for my family just to go out of the house, felony arrests are up.

– Senior Officer Douglas Griffith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He is facing one felony count of first-degree murder and one felony count of attempted first-degree murder.

– Police Superintendent David Brown

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Let me just say that New York City has the third-strictest gun laws in the United States. Let's use those gun laws to prosecute, anyone who uses a firearm in the commission of a violent felony, whether it's threatening someone during an armed robbery, during a carjacking, what you know during a domestic dispute, they need to be charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. And while that process is playing out from their arrest to their trial to their conviction, they need to be incarcerated. We encourage the mayor to speak honestly with people about that and encourage bipartisan support for all of that.

– Betsy Brantner-Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You know, I'll be honest, I don't think they give a damn about public safety, they know exactly the people that they are bailing out. They know that these individuals that are out on already multiple felony bonds and they're helping them get another one. They know that some of these are very violent individuals, and you cannot look at this with a straight face and tell me that you care about the community that you're operating in.

– Joe Gamaldi

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

So they are defending serious felony cases when they are not allowed to appear in a simple contract case [ because they are not yet practicing attorneys ], they have no budget for investigation and typically get no compensation for their time.

– Brian Concannon

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This case is a perfect example of what is wrong with our criminal justice system, when a registered career criminal with 23 felony charges, 17 misdemeanor charges, multiple convictions for violent offenses and two active and pending drug trafficking cases is out on our streets where he can attempt to kill our deputies and put other lives at risk, something is wrong with our system.

– Sheriff Wayne Ivey

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The best approach to a prosecution of Brooks is to charge him with murder and felony murder counts, in addition to attempted murder, maiming, criminal assault, and other straightforward felonies to account for those who were injured.

– Andy McCarthy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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