The Daily Free Press - June 30, 2014 The lawyers defending Azamat Tazhayakov, who is charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy in the investigation of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, began selecting a jury for Tazhayakov’s trial alongside federal prosecutors Monday. Tazhayakov, who is the first of
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By LUKAS I. ALPERT Posted: 5:08 am August 23, 2008 He was more Gargamel than Papa Smurf. The man who helped bring the Smurfs to America was busted yesterday for allegedly trying to shake down his son-in-law - a deep-pocketed executive at a top private equity firm - for $11 million, authorities said. Stuart Ross, 71, of Aventura, Fla., was
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by TERI THOMPSON and NATHANIEL VINTON A multi-agency narcotics strike force tapped the cell phone conversations of Spanish Harlem boxer Edgar Santana as part of its year-long investigation into an alleged cocaine conspiracy, which prosecutors say used the U.S. Postal Service to ship multiple kilograms of the drug from Puerto Rico for
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Pro Boxer Edgar Santana Busted As Part Of Alleged Major Cocaine Ring By Teri Thompson, Michael O'Keeffe And Nathaniel Vinton Daily News Sports Writers Updated Friday, July 18th 2008, 4:58 PM (Originally published on July 18 at 10:12 a.m.) Edgar Santana, the junior welterweight boxer often billed as "The Pride of Spanish Harlem," was
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By Matthew Lysiak and Elizabeth Hays DAILY NEWS WRITERS Monday, February 18th 2008, 1:57 AM A Brooklyn agency that's supposed to help the disabled spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money on fancy cars, flat-panel TVs, business trips and a $100,000 no-show job for the director's close friend, a report charges. Despite
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