Correction of Military Records

Errors in military records happen more often than one might think. If you are facing one of these unfortunate situations, you are going to need an experienced military attorney who has successfully handled many of these types of cases. Attorney Troy A. Smith has your best interests in mind, and he has the experience you are seeking.

For example, if you have a question about your discharge records and what your pension options might be, come to Attorney Smith’s office for a consultation. Mr. Smith knows the ins and outs of the military legalsystem, and fights for the rights of all of his clients who serve or have served in the military.

Attorney Troy A. Smith will help you discover if you qualify for being granted a change to your military records. There are certain criteria that must be met in order to file for this type of proceeding. Retaining the correct attorney is crucial to your case in these circumstances, and you will be in the right hands when you are in the office of Troy A. Smith.

Trust your military records issues with Military Attorney Troy A. Smith. Your future is important, and you deserve to be represented aggressively. Don’t settle for less than what you deserve. Contact Attorney Smith today at 914-358-1433.

The Importance of a NY Assault Attorney

If you are charged with the crime of Assault, you could receive 25 years in prison. This accusation is extremely serious in the state of New York. It is imperative to retain the correct criminal defense attorney to represent you if you are facing this charge.

For many years, Attorney Troy A. Smith has been successfully representing clients in the state of New York. His aggressive practice methods provide his clients with the utmost in legal representation. Criminal defense is Attorney Smith’s specialty, and he does not falter in the courtroom when it comes to your defense.

Troy A. Smith has over 18 years of criminal litigation and appellate experience in the state of New York. He has been dubbed the “Acquittal King”, and has extensive experience representing clients in the United States Army. Attorney Smith is also a former New York City homicide prosecutor.

The type of charge you may be convicted of depends on the details of your case. NY Criminal Attorney Smith knows the differences between the charges, and what is required by law to be involved in order for a conviction to take place. Mr. Smith also has experience with the methods of prosecutors in matters such as interrogation techniques that may result in a false confession. Coercive interrogation is not looked upon highly by judges, and Mr. Smith may be able to explore these details for you.

Contact the law office of NY Criminal Defense Attorney Troy A. Smith for help at (914) 358-1433, by email at Troy@NYLawSmith.com, or use the contact form on his website at http://ny-criminal-defense-lawyer.com/contact/.

Attorney Troy Smith

If you are in the military and in need of an expert criminal defense attorney, the law office of Troy A. Smith can help. Attorney Smith is skilled at both the trial and appellate level. He is well known in his field, and is highly regarded among his peers. It’s important to choose the right attorney for the job when you have a legal issue that needs to be resolved.

Mr. Smith is familiar with the courts in Westchester, the Bronx, NYC, Brooklyn, Queens, the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York. He appears in all of these courts, and has a long history of winning military cases in the New York area. Regularly called upon for legal analysis interviews, Attorney Smith has been featured on News 12 Long Island to discuss the Rusty Torres case. Please visit his website to view more, and read about his tenure in the New York legal system. Call his office today to schedule a consultation about your case at 914-358-1433.

Experienced & Aggressive Military Attorney

If you're in need of an experienced, aggressive military attorney to protect your rights, military lawyer Troy Smith is ready to defend you. His record of success spans correction of military records, administrative separation board, court- martial defense, discharge review board and physical and medical evaluation boards. 

If you need representation to get a record corrected, fight a reprimand, or negotiate with your command on some other disciplinary or personnel action contact the law office of Troy Smith at 914-358-1433. Call today for a free consultation of your case. Attorney Smith holds over 20 years of experience with the U.S. Army. You must ensure that you have forceful legal representation for your benefit. 

Accused Craigslist ‘Satanic killer’ Miranda Barbour's husband says he still loves her even though she claims to have killed 22

This woman is claiming that she killed up to one hundred people, that she "lost count". Her family and friends have said that she was a manipulator and a liar, and many people are having difficulty believing that she murdered that many people without getting caught. Authorities say that if she is in fact telling the truth, she would be one of the most prolific female serial killers ever. Read the article below for more detailed information.

He still loves her.

Self-confessed Satanic serial killer Miranda Barbour's young husband is apparently sticking by her side.

Despite claiming she's slaughtered at least 22 people, Elytte Barbour revealed he remained head over heels with his teen bride.

Troy LaFerrara, pictured here on his wedding day, was officially named a homicide victim on Wednesday by Northumberland County Coroner Jim Kelley.

"I still love her," he told CNN from his Pennsylvania jail cell, revealing that the sensational boasts made by his 19-year-old wife had done absolutely nothing to change his feelings.

Elytte Barbour is currently in Columbia County Prison awaiting trial for allegedly stabbing a man to death.

The 22-year-old is accused, along with his wife, of celebrating their three week wedding anniversary on Nov. 11, 2013, by luring Troy LaFerrara, 42, to their car through Craigslist before stabbing him to death.

Police haven't substantiated Barbour's claims that she killed more than 20 people in four states before the killing she's now charged with committing with her newlywed husband, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Following the pair's arrest, Barbour then went on to claim to local newspaper the Daily Item that she had killed between another 22 and 100 people.

Bragging about slaying dozens of innocent victims since the age of 13, the Satan worshipper said she traveled around the country assassinating random strangers.

The mom-of-one has, however, been dubbed by family, friends and authorities as a "manipulator," "fantasist" and a"liar."

Northumberland County prosecutor Tony Rosini, who is aiming to convict the duo in the LaFerrara murder, said he discounted her boasts.

Cops in Alaska, Texas, North Carolina and California also all say that her claims don't measure up.

Read more:http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/craigslist-satanic-killer-miranda-barbour-husband-loves-article-1.1622226#ixzz2tyCmLtHc

Gambino, Bonanno family mobsters arrested in connection to Italian Mafia

February 19th

This story gives a new meaning to "sleeping with the fishes", something most people thought was only a quote from The Godfather. Members of the Gambino and Bonanno families have been arrested in connection with an Italian Mafia and a very creative way to smuggle drugs. The cocaine was transported inside of frozen fish, and an undercover agent acted as a buyer and an associate, so he had recorded conversations of the plan. Read the article below for more details...

The cocaine would sleep with the fishes.

The feds have broken up the marriage of a dreaded Italian crime syndicate and the U.S. Gambino crime family that schemed to smuggle cocaine stashed inside frozen fish across the Atlantic Ocean.

Eight reputed mobsters with ties to the Gambino and Bonanno crime families were arrested early Tuesday in New York by the FBI, while in a coordinated raid in Italy police rounded up 17 members of the Calabria-based ’Ndrangheta crime organization.

“We feel we have put an end to ’Ndrangheta’s attempt to gain a foothold in the New York area,” said Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch.

Dominic Ali, 55, was busted as part of a drug trafficking investigation involving the ‘Ndrangheta syndicate in Italy.

Officials described Gambino associate Franco Lupoi, 44, as the linchpin of the unholy alliance with ’Ndrangheta through his father-in-law, Nicola Antonio Simonetta, and a cousin, Francesco Ursino. Both are members of the group that in recent years has eclipsed the Sicilian Mafia and Neapolitan Camorra in influence and wealth.

Simonetta and Ursino were among those busted in Italy.

Lupoi, a co-owner of the Royal Crown Bakery in Bensonhurst, hatched a global drug-trafficking scheme with Alexander Chan, 46, and Jose Alfredo (Freddy) Garcia, 47, that originated in Brooklyn and stretched its tentacles to South America and the boot of Italy, according to court papers.

JEFFERSON SIEGEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

An alleged member of the New York Mafia is walked out of a federal building on Tuesday to be arraigned in Brooklyn Federal Court. 

During a two-year joint investigation by the FBI and Italian police, Lupoi proposed to an undercover agent that he had assembled an ethnically diverse crew — “a Chinese guy, a Greek guy and a Mexican with the cartels” — put together to ship cocaine hidden inside frozen fish from Guyana to Calabria.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/30-mobsters-nabbed-connection-italian-mafia-article-1.1609347#ixzz2tmPdms8v

Christine Mazzarella, Special Ed. Teacher, Accused In Sex Abuse Of 13-Year-Old Son

Though the rise in teacher sex scandals has been prominent lately, it is still a shock when the news is released, as each situation seems worse than the last. That is definitely the case with this release, as the accused teacher had sex with her own son. Read the article below for more details.

A Tucson, Ariz., special education teacher faces sexual misconduct charges after police said she had a relationship with her own son.

Christine Mazzarella, 47, was booked this week in Pima County jail on four counts related to having sex with minor. Police told Tucson News Now that Mazzarella had sexual relations with her son on multiple occasions last July.

Mazzarella teaches at Lineweaver Elementary school in Tucson. Investigators do not believe she had inappropriate conduct with students at the school, according to the Arizona Daily Star.

Shantia Dennis, Woman Accused Of Selling Heroin In Happy Meals, 'Crushed' By Charges

This woman is charged with distributing heroin through the guise of Happy Meals. She had her "customers" utter a code word and allegedly had ten doses of heroin ready for distribution when authorities caught up with her. Read the article below for more information.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A woman charged with selling heroin hidden in Happy Meals when she worked for a Pittsburgh McDonalds is "emotionally crushed" by the charges.

But defense attorney David Shrager stopped short of denying the charges against 26-year-old Shantia Dennis, of East Pittsburgh.

Dennis' preliminary hearing was postponed Tuesday. 

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/12/shantia-dennis-heroin-happy-meals_n_4773533.html?utm_hp_ref=crime

Antonio Yarbough, Sharrif Wilson Exonerated For Triple Murder After Decades In Prison

This story shows that there are always two sides to every story, and illustrates the need for criminal defense attorneys. These boys were only teenagers when this happened and they were terrified. Their fear and naiveté caused them to go to jail for twenty one years, falsely convicted. Read the article below for more information.

Two Brooklyn men who spent more than two decades behind bars for murders they didn't commit were freed this week.

A Brooklyn district attorney decided that new DNA evidence called into question the convictions of Antonio Yarbough and Sharrif Wilson who were in prison for more than 21 years, according to CNN.

The pair were teens at the time they were convicted of the 1992 murders of Yarbough's mother, younger sister, and a cousin.

Yarbough discovered the three bloodied bodies of his loved ones and alerted police. Then cops asked him to come down to the station to help them figure out who killed his kin.

"Before you know it, I had this photograph shoved in my face, and I was being threatened and slapped around, and they wanted me to sign a false confession. And I wouldn't," Yarbough said.

Wilson was also brought in for questioning and, after being pressured, gave a false confession that also implicated Yarbough in the killings.

"I was scared, afraid; I was lied to, manipulated into believing that I was going to go home, if I do tell ... what they said happened." Wilson said.

Read more:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/09/brooklyn-men-exonerated_n_4755897.html?utm_hp_ref=crime 

Killing Of Houston Family Of Four Baffles Police

This is a baffling case, as they were a quiet family and seemed to keep to themselves. The police still haven't determined a motive or identified the bodies to the press. My thoughts go out to the family of these victims; it really is a senseless tragedy. Read the article for more information...

Police are baffled by the gunshot killings of a Houston-area family of four, including boys aged 7 and 9, as they lay in their beds.

One week ago, a husband and wife from China and their two sons were each discovered with at least one gunshot wound by Harris County sheriff's deputies, according to TV station KTRK.

The deputies entered the quiet suburban home on Jan. 27, TV station KHOU reported. Neighbors had spotted several broken windows and co-workers of the husband -- a mechanical engineer -- reported that he hadn't been to work in several days.

"It is baffling," said Harris County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Felipe Rivera, according to the Associated Press. "From all indications, they were a quiet family, they were the average family.

"I am bothered by the loss of life of two children."

The victims have not been officially identified because police were trying to contact next of kin. Nor has the sheriff's department publicly discussed a motive for the quadruple slayings.

Read more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/05/houston-family-killed-police_n_4731169.html?utm_hp_ref=crime

Michael Worsham, Robbins Man, Shoots Wife And 2 Children To Death Before Dying Himself

This man was obviously unstable, though they can't figure out his motive yet. Read the article below for more details.

Updated story

Four people are dead after a father shot and killed his wife and son and then shot his daughter in the back as she ran from their suburban Chicago home Sunday night. A 14-year-old boy managed to escape with his 5-year-old nephew unharmed.

Police in the southwest suburb of Robbins, Ill. arrived to find a trail of blood at the front door and a family dead inside a home after they responded to a report of shots fired around 10:40 p.m. Sunday, CBS Chicago reports.

Officials say Michael Worsham, 43, carried out the brutal attack on his familybefore dying inside the home of a heart attack, WGN reports.

"I cannot imagine what could bring someone to such a dark place where the [sic] believe they need to take the lives of his whole family," Robbins Police Chief Mitchell Davis said at a Monday morning news conference according to the Tribune.

Police confirmed Worsham as the shooter and named his wife of 12 years, 42-year-old Michele Ollie, and their children, Steven, 17 and Trisdion, 15, as the deceased, according to ABC Chicago.

Read more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/03/michael-worsham-robbins_n_4717886.html?utm_hp_ref=crime