Cops & Courts

Ex-coach intimidated Dublin teen, judge rules (Feb. 6, 2007) -- A high profile case ends when a judge convicts a former lacrosse coach with intimidating a player who accused the coach's son of sexual assaulting him

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Father of 2 young girls killed in carjacking (Jan. 23, 2006) -- Father, who worked hard to improve his life and support young family, is carjacked and killed

Read the transcript of my appearance on CNN Headline News' Nancy Grace show

Violence in Bayview came around the corner (Oct. 1, 2003) -- Neighbors react to the murder of 7-week-old "Baby G," who was killed by a stray bullet

In home, a scene of brutality (Nov. 16, 2004) -- After a prominent attorney is found dead and his wife beaten in their home, police go after their son Chirstopher Porco.

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Editor Rex Smith gives details of my first encounter with Christopher Porco (I am the unnamed Times Union reporter) in this column

Father sues school district over harrassment of his son (Apr. 16, 2004) -- A father says classmates of his ballroom-dancer son ridiculed him because they thought he was gay