Clips
NEWSDAY
Tankleff Murder a Mystery Again — Dec. 23, 2007, p. A6
The attack on Seymour and Arlene Tankleff in the early morning hours of Sept. 7, 1988, was puzzling from the start. Read article …
How A Long Island Nursing Home Empire Got Its Way — Sept. 23, 2007, Cover Story, Day 1
New York’s biggest for-profit nursing home company, SentosaCare, was in trouble. More than two dozen Filipino nurses quit abruptly at five of its Long Island and New York City facilities to protest working conditions. The Philippine government then suspended the company’s Manila nurse agency from recruitment activites, cutting off a vital and cheap supply of labor. With the help of Sen. Charles Schumer, a politician its owners had supported in the past with large contributions, its problems were quickly resolved. read article …
Company Turned to DA for Help — Sept. 23, 2007, p. A4
SentosaCare’s politically-connected attorney, Howard Fensterman, helped the company’s owners arrange a private meeting with District Attorney Thomas Spota. The topic: criminal charges against the nurses who quit their jobs. read article …
Broken Promises, from Manila to Mineola — Sept. 24, 2007, Day 2, p. A6
Elmer Jacinto arrived from Manila at Kennedy Airport in November 2005 to pursue a nursing career, a symbol of the Philippines’ best and brightest. The top scorer on the Philippines’ national medical exam, Jacinto had prompted an agonized national discussion in his country when he, like thousands of other skilled Filipino workers, decided to leave his homeland to make more money. But by March of this year, when Jacinto and nine other registered nurses were criminally indicted for endangering their patients at a Smithtown nursing home – apparently the first such indictment in the state – he and the others had become symbols in the Philippines of something else: shattered expectations of life in America. read article …
THE WASHINGTON POST
A Small Town Soldier On Trial — May 15, 2004, p. A16
Jeremy Sivits was a kid of limited means and modest goals when he joined the Army Reserve unit near his Appalachian home. A typical kid in the heartland who wanted to coach his high school baseball team. However, when his unit was sent to Iraq to guard prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the mild-mannered Sivits became the face of an international scandal. read article …
Too Many Mysteries for One Family — Feb. 22, 2002 p. A1
In six years, three of Buffy and Michael Norman’s five children died under mysterious circumstances. Maryland police investigated all three as homicides but could not gather enough evidence to bring charges. They reopened the cases after Michael Norman gunned down his wife’s lover in the parking lot in front of their apartment. read article …
Drugs Fuel Tale of Lost Loves, Lost Lives — Dec. 21, 2001, p. C1
In and out of each other’s lives and on and off drugs, Brian Chamberlin and Wendy Treiber “were like gas and fire” when together. One day, while Chamberlin was supposed to be at a jail work-release job, they shot up heroin together and fell asleep. Wendy never woke up. Chamberlin was charged with and convicted of involuntary manslaughter for injecting her with the drug, bringing to a close a tortured tale of broken love. read article …
Motorcycle Clubs Fuel Fears of Gang Violence; Rivalries Could Spark Turf Wars, Officials Say — Sept. 18, 2003, p. SM1
Historically, southern Maryland has always been a center of motorcycle gang activity. But a decade’s old truce was upended when the Hells Angels opened their first Maryland clubhouse on the turf of their rivals, the Pagans and the Outlaws. Police ramped up surveillance of the groups after two Hells Angels were shot in a restaurant. However, in a community where the bikers had grown up and were considered good citizens, some questioned the police crackdown. read article …
Candidates Take Interest in Babysitter’s Abuse Case — Oct. 27, 2002 p. C1
Freedom4Nancy started small, just a few people who had one thing in common: a belief that their friend Nancy Jean Brookbank was innocent of child abuse, despite what a Charles County jury said in August 2001. It grew into a political force that nearly toppled some local pols in the election of 2002. read article …
In Md., Lawmen Elect to Play Politics — Oct. 12, 2002, p. C1
In Southern Maryland, where elected sheriffs are still the top lawmen in their counties, there’s an old saying that every four years their deputies are transformed from law enforcement officers to political operatives. In 2002, the adage had the ring of truth. read article …
Md.’s Appointed Jurist’s Face a Trial at the Polls — Feb. 28, 2004, p. C1
In a sign of the country’s increasingly jaundiced view of the judiciary, a number of judges in Maryland faced tough election campaigns in 2004. The most contentious was in St. Mary’s County, where newly appointed jurist Karen Abrams faced off against the popular county prosecutor, Richard Fritz. It was the most expensive race for judge in state history. read article …
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Five People Are Shot in a Newark Home, and Two Teenagers Are Among the Three Killed — Sept. 3, 2006, p. B2
Just after a new mayor promised to crack down on crime, there’s another grizzly murder in Newark. read article …
Arson Is Blamed in Blaze That Killed Man in Queens — July 20, 2006 p. B1
An 83-year-old man was killed and several were injured in a suspicious fire in Jamiaca. Police were investigating whether a disgruntled tenant in a house next-door was responsible. read article …
Youth Is Being Questioned In Fatal Shooting of Girl, 11 — July 19, 2006 p. B3
Genesis Regalado, 11, was playing with her brother in front of their apartment complex, unleashing a fire hydrant to cool down on a hot night. However, a hail of bullets came from a passing car and she died in the arms of her brother. Police investigated whether a teenage friend was the intended target. read article …
