By JOHN ELIGON Published: July 19, 2011 A Columbia University student who was the main target of an undercover investigation of a ring that sold drugs from the campus will be sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty Tuesday to selling cocaine. The student, Harrison David, is expected to begin serving his time on Rikers Island
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By LAURA ITALIANO Last Updated: 1:38 PM, July 19, 2011 Posted: 11:17 AM, July 19, 2011 The 20-year-old who'd faced the most serious drug sale charges in last year's roundup of five Columbia University students is heading to Rikers for just 3 1/2 months under a deal struck in a Manhattan courtroom today. Harrison David, son of a
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By LAURA ITALIANO Posted: 3:57 PM, December 21, 2010 Stuart Ross, the down-on-his heels septaugenarian who brought the Surfs to the U.S. in the '80s, was sentenced to at least two years probation today for a bizarre, $11 million extortion scheme against his son-in-law, London private equity giant David Blitzer. Ross had pleaded guilty in
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Written by Jason Fink with Newsday Bernie Madoff will learn today whether he will die in prison. A few victims of the disgraced Wall Street financier, who faces a maximum 150 years in prison, will get their chance to tell Judge Denny Chin of the havoc the fraudster wreaked on their lives. Some of the thousand of other victims have already
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By Laura Italiano An alleged cyber-sicko accused of posing online as a co-ed to trick college women into sending him their nude photos has hired a top forensic shrink to prove he's just a harmless nerd. Chubby Hunter College student Elvin Chuang, 20, of Brooklyn, is trying to avoid a possible 16-month prison sentence on charges of identity
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