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A young doctor was gunned down by an ex colleague earlier this week right in front of his pregnant wife, reports a New York Criminal Lawyer. The motivation for the crime appear to have been an argument from some years prior, when the doctor and his former colleague clashed over an oversight at the hospital. According to the New York Criminal Lawyer, the gunman had left his post in the intensive care unit at the hospital and could not be found for a number of hours. The victim confronted him, possibly even publicly, which may have caused him to lose his job.

The attack took place in front of the victim’s home at roughly 8 a.m. The gunman ambushed the doctor and fired about five or six times. He then opened fire on the victim’s pregnant wife, although he was not able to injure her. The couple’s toddler son was inside at the time and was unhurt. Neighbors did tell a New York Criminal Lawyer that they saw the gunman’s vehicle, but had assumed that it was simply a delivery vehicle. The gunman has been arrested and charged with murder, attempted murder, and a firearms charge. He is currently being held on a $2 million bond.

If you are caught in the middle of a criminal matter, you will require the assistance of a New York Criminal Attorney. These are difficult situations that can affect the rest of your life. To ensure the best future possible, you should get a New York Criminal Attorney on your side.

Several recent crimes have come to the attention of a New York Criminal Lawyer.

First, two alleged thieved are presently being sought after by police who wish to question them in connection with two recent robberies, one on March 12, the other only a few days later. Both times the suspects stole cash while brandishing a gun. No one appears to have been hurt during either attack.

Next, a man was just arrested for possession of illegal substances and counterfeit DVDs, as well as colliding with a female police officer while fleeing arrest. The man was said to be exchanging the DVDs for marijuana. Both were found on his person when arrested. The police officer was treated for a sprained ankle and wrist, say New York Criminal Lawyer.

A driver ran a red light and hit four 16-year-old girls crossing in a crosswalk, a New York Criminal Lawyer reports. The 26-year-old driver “hit all four of these young ladies with such force that he sent two of them flying onto the sidewalk and the other two were clinging for their lives on the hood of this car,” a police source related to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The girls had been returning from an afterschool trip to the mall when they were hit by the Toyota. A 45-year-old contractor who witnessed the accident chased the hit-and-run driver down in his own car, for nearly a mile, eventually forcing the driver of the Toyota to stop. The contractor then held the suspect until police arrived.

A police detective said of the accident, “they’re screaming. They’re on the hood of the car. They’re bleeding. [The hit-and-run driver] does not stop.” The driver did stop at one point “to get them off his car, as you would some debris or a pile of now off the hood of your car,” the detective continued.

During the recent terrorist scare in New York, U.S Department of Justice agents interrogated the suspected terrorist before reading him his Miranda rights. According to a New York Criminal Lawyer, there is an exception to the rule regarding Miranda rights that says government agents may interrogate a suspect without reading him his rights if there is an issue dealing with public safety. Because of the possibility that people could have been hurt, the agents did not have to read the man his rights.

It appears that agents may have been trained to seek answers before reading Miranda rights because of a case last Christmas where some believe that the reading of rights delayed government officials from getting to answers that could have saved lives, at least according to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

Some Congressmen have used the issue to bring up the idea that terrorists should be treated as military prisoners, in which case they do not enjoy the same rights and freedoms as citizens.

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Last Thursday, at about 4 a.m. a Manhattan woman was the victim of a terrible crime. According to a New York Criminal Lawyer, the woman was in her apartment when a 24 year old man broke into her apartment while wielding a knife. The man proceeded to rape the woman, and then robbed her before leaving the scene. Fortunately, the alleged criminal was apprehended by police the next day.

Amongst the items the man stole were a cell phone, credit card, and the woman’s television, says a New York Criminal Lawyer. The victim lives in the Kips Bay area of Manhattan. The police did not give the New York Criminal Lawyer any details as to how the suspect was able to break into the woman’s apartment, or whether the two knew each other before the incident.

No doubt further word will be provided once the suspect is charged and sees trial. No word was given as to the state of the woman or whether or not she would receive any counseling.

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A suspected terrorist detainee who had been held at Guantanamo Bay has requested that he no longer have his body searched before he enters a courtroom says a New York Criminal Lawyer. He argues that he was mistreated by the CIA while held at Guantanamo Bay, and every time he is searched it makes him flash back to the previous mistreatment he claims he received.

No official word has come down as to whether or not he was actually mistreated, but he has used the possibility to slow down the process of his trial, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The detainee is presently the only prisoner from Guantanamo Bay to be tried in federal courts. A U.S. district judge has order a hearing into the claim, where the detainee would testify. Of course, in order to testify he would have to undergo a body search, which is the very thing he wants to avoid. One New York Criminal Lawyer has said that if the defendant does testify in open court it would be an unprecedented occasion for the public to hear and debate the treatment that prisoners received while being held on terrorist suspicions.

On Cinco De Mayo, a small scuffle at a party turned into a huge fight. According to a New York Criminal Lawyer, the fight started between two women but quickly spread. The night had violence seemingly from start to finish, as a few smaller altercations had occurred earlier, but at about 12:30 a.m. a couple groups of partiers were leaving when the fight started.

To give a sense of scale, the fight eventually involved over 100 people, with many injured before all was said and done. The most serious injury appears to have been a local college student who was stabbed in his left side while arguing with a few people. A New York Criminal Lawyer said that the attacker came up behind the victim and stabbed him once.

The student is said to be expected to fully recover after a short stay in the hospital. The victim’s father told the New York Criminal Lawyer that his son had nothing to do with the fight. It was simply a huge melee that his son had the misfortune of being caught in the midst of it. The suspected attacker fled the scene, but was arrested shortly after by the police. No weapon has been recovered as of yet.

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A local student was arrested for flashing a BB gun at another student during an apparent argument at the student center of the Nassau Community College. The 20 year old Hyde Park resident was charged by police for menacing, say New York Criminal Lawyers.

The argument had looked to be escalating to a full fledged fight, and when the two students arguing went outside to settle their differences, the unarmed man brought his friends with him, which prompted the suspect to pull out a BB gun in a threatening fashion. Campus security was called to the East Garden City campus, and they detained the student until the police arrived to take him into custody.

The BB gun wielding student was suspended from school until a formal hearing can be held to determine whether or not he will be suspended. A school spokesman told a New York Criminal Lawyer that it was “inappropriate” for any student to bring a BB gun on campus, and he expressed relief that no one was hurt. The gun could have easily been mistaken for a more dangerous weapon and if police had seen him with it, the student could have been very gravely injured. The situation is believed by New York Criminal Lawyers to be most likely unrelated to recent racially motivated letters that were recently discovered at the school.

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Police are looking for a well-dressed robber who steals from jewelry stores in SoHo and the West Village, according to a NYC Criminal Lawyer. On June 9th at 11:50 a.m., the thief walked into a store on Thompson Street and asked to see the engagement rings.

After assessing the merchandise, he drew a gun on the storekeepers and collected about $4,000 in rings, said a New York Criminal Lawyer. The suspect is described as a man between 35 and 45 years old, with a medium skin complexion.

He struck again on June 23 at a jewelry store on MacDougal near Bleecker at 1 p.m., police sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer. On this occasion, the sharply-dressed suspect threatened the store employees with a knife and escaped with $7,400 worth of necklaces and silver bangles, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The news that the accused Times Square bomber was read his rights has restarted the controversy over whether terror suspects should be treated as enemy combatants or as criminals, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

“The Supreme Court has held there’s no constitutional obligation to give him Miranda rights,” Rep. Pete King (R-Long Island) told a NY Criminal Lawyer. He was referencing the right to remain silent and have legal representation. The alleged bomber, Faisal Shahzad, “should be interrogated as much as possible and we should get every last bit of information out of him,” Representative King continued.

According the White House, the Pakistan-born Shahzad was first interrogated by law enforcement and intelligence officials under what is known as a “ticking time bomb” exception to the Miranda laws. Only then was he offered Miranda rights. Sources in the administration tell New York Criminal Lawyers that Shahzad continued to cooperate, even after that.