Christina Carrega-Woodby
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Wife gets 20 years in grisly murder of couple's lover
A Queens woman asked God for forgiveness before she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for what a judge called the “appalling and gruesome” murder of a woman she...
Bandit begs judge for a drink after he and pals get 32 years
He wanted one last trip to Margaritaville before spending the next three decades in prison. One of three black men who wore Hollywood-grade masks to make them look white in...
'Stupid' Facebook argument eyed in basketball player shooting
A “stupid” argument on Facebook led a Queens man to shoot and nearly kill a high school basketball star, ending his hoop dreams in the process, prosecutors said Thursday. McHarland...
Bronx pharmacy busted in $10M HIV drug buyback scam
The owners of a Bronx pharmacy bilked the federal government out of nearly $10 million in the past year — by preying on cash-strapped Medicaid patients with HIV, convincing them to...
Accused Queens firebug thought arson 'was fun'
A man busted for setting several fires inside two Queens malls told police he "thought it was fun" and that he wanted to "be on the news." Dereck Sumair, 23,...
Weight Watchers killer 'on suicide watch'
Reality may finally be sinking in for accused Weight Watchers-exec killer Jason Bohn. The Ivy League-educated lawyer, on trial for strangling his live-in girlfriend, tried to impose his own death...
Lawyer accused of strangling girlfriend busted before
He can’t keep his hands off his lovers’ necks. Jason Bohn, the Ivy League educated lawyer on trial for strangling his girlfriend, was arrested for attempting to throttle a woman...
Career conman busted for fake 911 calls
A slick-talking con man — who four years ago beat charges of stealing guns from an NYPD station house and then brazenly selling them at a gun buy-back program —...
Attorney: Tot’s death caused by birth defects, bad CPR
The attorney for a Queens mother accused of beating to death her 2-year-old daughter claims the child's horrific injuries came from a combination of serious birth defects and an untrained...
Man accused in killing: 'I blacked out, and Danielle is dead'
While on the run for allegedly beating his Weight Watchers-exec girlfriend to death in their Queens apartment, an Ivy League-educated lawyer made a desperate call to an ex-girlfriend — all...
'Killer' dad stabbed wife, 2 young daughters in jealous rage: DA
Furious at finding pictures of his wife with another man, he stabbed her to death — then he picked up each of his baby girls in turn, hugging them, kissing...
Cop killer gets 25 more years for violent Queens robbery
A remorseless thug, already locked up for life for the 2007 slaying of a Brooklyn cop, was hit Wednesday with 25 more years in prison for a violent Queens robbery....
Gal-pal slay suspect will blame it on his mom
Despite Queens prosecutors’ objections, jury selection is set to begin Monday for the trial of a Columbia grad accused of beating his girlfriend to death. Jason Bohn plans to blame...
Aging perv pleads guilty right before victim's testimony
A elderly perv pleaded guilty Friday just seconds before his step-granddaughter was scheduled to testify against him for raping her twice when she was 12-years-old. Halton Hall, 69 of Cambria...
Prison support group starts petition to free Barbara Sheehan
Free Barbara Sheehan! A prison support group has started an online petition calling on Gov. Cuomo to grant clemency to the Queens woman serving a five-year sentence for gun possession...
2nd witness: Cops pressured me over suspect in '94 slay, too
A key witness against a Harlem man sentenced to life in prison for murder 18 years ago, said Tuesday he was pressured by cops to finger the black man for...
Woman says innocent man went to jail after cops 'made her lie'
A Queens woman dropped a bombshell during a court hearing Monday, when she testified that cops “pressured” her to lie on the witness stand in a 1996 murder trial that...
NYPD officers show support for beaten cop
Several dozen uniformed cops packed a Queens courtroom on Monday to support one of their own who was brutally beaten almost to death by a muscular stranger while cell phone...
