Robert Morgenthau news stories on Newser

DA Under Fire in Flailing Case of Strauss-Kahn

Mark Russell — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:05:08 CDT

The meltdown of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case is shining a spotlight on Cyrus Vance Jr, the Manhattan district attorney, and the results aren't pretty. In the 18 months Vance has been DA, the Manhattan office has gone from being the pre-eminent DA's office in the country to being ridden with...

On His Way Out, Manhattan DA Zings Bloomberg

M. Morris — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:10:00 CST

In 35 years as Manhattan DA, Robert Morgenthau has gotten along with every mayor of New York—except the current one. Mike Bloomberg, says Morgenthau, "doesn't want anybody around who doesn't kiss his ring, or other parts of his body." In a wide-ranging interview with the Wall Street Journal , the...

Burress Indicted, Faces 15 Years

Harry Kimball — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:48:46 CDT

Former New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress was indicted on gun charges today in New York, where he accidentally shot himself in the leg with an unlicensed handgun in November, the Post reports. Burress is charged with two felony counts of criminal possession and one count of reckless endangerment, a...