Courts Reporter

John Annese

John Annese covers federal and state courts in Brooklyn for the New York Daily News. Before coming to the News in 2015, he reported on crime, courts, and the Staten Island opioid epidemic for the Staten Island Advance. He is the recipient of several New York State Associated Press Association Awards.

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A scammer from Texas faces federal charges after he offered to make George Santos' legal troubles go away for $900,000, prosecutors allege.

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Scammer tried to con George Santos, asked $900K to make case vanish: Brooklyn feds

March 6, 2024 at 10:16 p.m.

A scammer from Texas faces federal charges after he offered to make George Santos' legal troubles go away for $900,000, prosecutors allege.

Korey Johnson, 45, pointed his Jeep Grand Cherokee at 47-year-old Donald Roberts like a rocket, slamming the SUV into the fleeing cyclist and crushing him against a row of parked cars on Sept. 3, 2019.

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Brooklyn vigilante gets 14 years for fatally mowing down bicycle-riding thief

March 5, 2024 at 5:12 p.m.

Korey Johnson, 45, pointed his Jeep Grand Cherokee at 47-year-old Donald Roberts like a rocket, slamming the SUV into the fleeing cyclist and crushing him against a row of parked...

A half-dozen smugglers shipped raw goose and duck intestines from China into the U.S., flouting food safety rules to sell the prohibited bird innards to New York City restaurants, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

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Six smugglers illegally imported Chinese goose, duck intestines into NYC: feds

March 5, 2024 at 6:17 p.m.

A half-dozen smugglers shipped raw goose and duck intestines from China into the U.S., flouting food safety rules to sell the prohibited bird innards to New York City restaurants, federal...

In testimony at trial, the murder lot was described in stomach-churning detail, how Martin watched "Dexter" -- a show about a serial killer who murders other criminals and chops up their bodies in a spotless "kill room" -- to prepare.

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Pimp who watched “Dexter” found guilty of killing, dismembering sex worker for insurance cash

March 4, 2024 at 4:29 p.m.

In testimony at trial, the murder lot was described in stomach-churning detail, how Martin watched "Dexter" -- a show about a serial killer who murders other criminals and chops up...

A man walks past a mural paying tribute to late Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay in Hollis. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

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Run DMC’s Jam Master Jay kept to Queens roots — some of those ties led to his murder

March 3, 2024 at 7:09 p.m.

At the trial of Jam Master Jay's killers, witnesses and prosecutors described how he shared his good fortune but turned to those friends to dabble in the drug trade.

Cops seek four teens in anti-LGBTQ attack in Queens

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Two men walking in Queens attacked by teens in anti-LGBTQ hate crime

March 3, 2024 at 5:26 p.m.

The teens threw hard objects at the victims and pummeled one of them in the face while shouting anti-gay slurs.

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Ex-NYPD cop defrauded currency investors, promised AI tool would recoup losses: feds

February 28, 2024 at 7:40 p.m.

A disgraced former NYPD cop is now accused of defrauding investors out of $3.5 million after wooing them with a bogus story about how he quit the police force because...

Vincent "Vinnie Unions" Ricciardo, 78, was sentenced in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday for his role in a union shakedown scheme that resulted in the takedown of the entire leadership of the Colombo crime family.

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Elderly Colombo crime family capo ‘Vinnie Unions’ gets 4 years for labor shakedown

February 28, 2024 at 6:54 p.m.

Vincent "Vinnie Unions" Ricciardo, 78, was sentenced in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday for his role in a union shakedown scheme that resulted in the takedown of the entire leadership of...

Cory Martin, on trial for strangling and chopping up sex worker Brandy Odom in a 2018 life insurance scheme, watched crime shows to learn how to get rid of evidence, his accomplice testified.

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Pimp watched ‘Dexter,’ true-crime shows for tips on dismembering Brooklyn woman, accomplice testifies

February 28, 2024 at 8:13 p.m.

Cory Martin, on trial for strangling and chopping up sex worker Brandy Odom in a 2018 life insurance scheme, watched crime shows to learn how to get rid of evidence,...

A man was beaten to death outside his apartment building in Brooklyn, police said. (Google Maps)

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Man dies from chokehold in fight with fellow resident of Brooklyn home for mentally ill

February 28, 2024 at 7:29 p.m.

Victim Brandon Paulino, 30, got into an argument with Eduardo Martinez outside The MacDougal Street Apartments residence in Brownsville.

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