A freshman state senator sworn in to office despite allegations he slashed his girlfriend's face with broken glass in a jealous rage has been indicted on domestic assault charges, prosecutors said Monday.
A grand jury in Queens indicted Hiram Monserrate on three counts of second-degree felony assault and three counts of third-degree misdemeanor assault. Arraignment is expected later this week. He faces seven years in prison if convicted on the most serious charges.
Monserrate, who was in Albany on Monday for a legislative session, issued a statement saying he did not commit a crime.
"I've said all along this was accident. The district attorney's politically motivated decision to pursue this case doesn't change the fact that this was an accident," he said.
The 41-year-old former police officer was arrested after Karla Giraldo's face was slashed on Dec. 19 at his New York City home. The gash over her eye required 25 stitches. Both said the incident was an accident...
NY state senator indicted, accused of assault
Hoops star to face sexual assault charges
Former Bonackers basketball star Michael Russell will face sexual assault charges in New Hampshire after he is freed from a Suffolk County jail later this year.
Mr. Russell, who was sentenced January 20 to one year in jail for two burglaries in East Hampton last summer, has already served three months of his sentence. His attorney here hopes that he will be released within eight months.
But, once released, he will have to answer to charges of aggravated sexual assault and criminal threatening, both felonies, after he being charged with assaulting a woman, holding a knife to her face and forcing her to have sex with him...
Yoga Instructor Arrested, Accused Of Sex Assault
An Aspen yoga instructor has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a client during a lesson, reported the Aspen Times.
Steven Jon Roger faces one felony count of sexual assault and a misdemeanor count of unlawful sexual contact. He also faces charges related to alleged incidents in 2007, June 2006 and July 2005. If convicted, he could face more than 10 years in prison.
According to an arrest affidavit, Roger would touch a woman’s thighs and buttocks with his hands and without her consent during a class...More Here...
