Items From Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark

BRONX LAWYER REPAYS $34,600 AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO FAILING TO FILE TAXES FOR THREE YEARS

Defendant Also Did Not Secure Workers’ Compensation for Employees

  Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx attorney who practices real estate law has repaid nearly $35,000 to New York State after pleading guilty to failing to file income taxes and failing to secure Workers’ Compensation for her employees. 

  District Attorney Clark said “The defendant showed a complete lack of respect for the law – a betrayal to her profession as an attorney and a slap in the face of hardworking taxpayers. We will not tolerate financial misbehavior from anyone.” 

  District Attorney Clark said that the defendant, Kathleen Bradshaw, 53, of Ardsley, N.Y., pleaded guilty to the misdemeanors of fourth-degree Tax Fraud and Failure to Secure Workers Compensation on January 31, 2018 before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Robert A. Neary. Today, after paying back $34,600 in back taxes, penalties and interest to the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance, she received a conditional discharge. 

  According to the investigation, Bradshaw allegedly failed to file New York State taxes from 2009 to 2011. She also allegedly falsely reported information on a 2014 NYS-45 form. Furthermore, Bradshaw allegedly violated the Workers’ Compensation Law, failing to provide coverage for her employees from 2012 to 2015.

  District Attorney Clark thanked the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance’s Criminal Investigations Division for their valuable assistance in this investigation.

BRONX PARENTS INDICTED ON ENDANGERMENT CHARGES; LEFT 5-YEAR-OLD SON ALONE IN HOME RIDDLED WITH VERMIN AND FECES

  Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx couple has been indicted on Endangerment charges for leaving their child alone in their apartment which was infested by rodents and spattered with blood and feces. 

 District Attorney Clark said, “This was a deplorable situation; a 5-year-old boy and his three siblings were living in such squalor. The parents had a duty to protect their children from these dangerously unhealthy conditions.” 

 District Attorney Clark said the defendants, Charlotte Lewis, 48, and Wilfred Lewis, 59, both of 3054 Kingsbridge Avenue, were indicted on first and second-degree Endangering the Welfare of an Incompetent or Physically Disabled Person and four counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child. The defendants were arraigned today before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas. Bail was continued at $15,000 and they are due back in court on May 31, 2018. 

 According to the investigation, on January 26, 2018, authorities were called to the family’s apartment where they found a neglected 5-year-old boy. The child was found with insects on his body and the apartment was infested with dead and live rodents and insects, and walls were stained with blood and feces.

 District Attorney Clark thanked Assistant District Attorney Nick Lastella for his assistance in the case.

An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.

BRONX MAN INDICTED ON ASSAULT CHARGES FOR BEATING 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WITH ALUMINUM BASEBALL BAT 

Child Allegedly Hit During Parental Argument; Suffered Liver Damage

  Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been indicted on first-degree Assault and other charges for repeatedly striking his daughter with a baseball bat and seriously injuring her. 

 District Attorney Clark said, “Allegations of abuse against a helpless, innocent child are more horrific and disturbing when they are against a family member meant to protect the child. This little girl was left alone with serious injuries until her mother found her. We will work hard to find a measure of justice and safety for both of them. ” 

 District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Noel Morales, 32, of 1145 Morrison Avenue, was indicted on first-degree Assault, three counts of second-degree Assault, third-degree Assault, fourth-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon and Endangering the Welfare of a Child. He was arraigned today before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas. Bail was continued and he is due back on May 29, 2018. 

 According to the investigation, on January 14, 2018, inside an apartment shared by Morales, his daughter and the girl’s mother, Morales struck his four-year-old daughter three times with a baseball bat following an argument with the girl’s mother. The child’s mother, who was at work, later found the girl and rushed her to a hospital. The girl suffered severe injuries including contusions to the liver, bruising on her stomach and back and a broken arm.

 An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.