By Faith Ann Butcher Raymond Maguire, Jr., the former chief of staff for convicted former state Sen. Vincent Leibell, will appear before a U.S. District Court judge this afternoon and plead guilty to a charge of obstructing a federal grand
Read MoreIt will be prison, not community service or diplomacy, for former state senator Vincent Leibell, as U.S. District Judge Warren Eginton sentenced the longtime lawmaker to 21 months behind bars for felony corruption charges Friday. Leibell, whose prison sentence is
Read MoreIn a new defense memorandum submitted Thursday, former state senator Vincent Leibell’s attorney, David Lewis, defended Leibell’s decision to stay in the county executive race even after he knew he was unlikely to ever take office. “If he abandoned the
Read MoreThe defense attorney for former state senator Vincent Leibell asked the judge in the case to grant a variance from the sentencing guidelines and impose a sentence that does not include any prison time, a memorandum released Wednesday reveals. “For this
Read MoreFormer senator Vincent Leibell pled guilty to felony charges of obstruction of justice and tax evasion Monday and will likely serve 18 to 24 months in prison. Leibell, a state senator for 16 years in the 40th District and the
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