Tears and anger. High drama in court as jury convicts political operative in sex case.
Updated May 06, 2021;
Posted May 06, 2021
Naflan Doole, a one-time political operative, was convicted of subjecting the victim to sexual contact without her consent in July 2018.
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On Thursday, Naflan Doole, 25, lost his freedom.
Doole, lowered his head onto the defense table and wept as a jury convicted him of one felony count and three misdemeanor charges stemming from the attack on the 19-year-old victim on July 25, 2018, in his car in a parking lot at the College of Staten Island.
The Graniteville resident, however, was acquitted of the most serious charges against him first-degree criminal sexual act (formerly classified as sodomy) and attempted first-degree rape.
Political operative’s sex-assault trial headed to jury
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Posted Apr 28, 2021
Naflan Doole, a one-time political operative, is accused of sodomizing and trying to rape a woman on July 25, 2018.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Closing arguments are scheduled for Thursday morning in the trial of a political operative accused of sexually assaulting a woman three years ago in a Willowbrook parking lot.
Jury deliberations are expected to start in the afternoon after state Supreme Court Justice Alexander Jeong charges the panel.
Defense lawyer Mario Romano rested Naflan Doole’s case on Wednesday following prosecutors’ lengthy cross-examination of the defendant.
‘You thought I was stupid, but you were wrong’: Victim’s explosive phone call with alleged sexual attacker played at trial
Updated 10:52 AM;
Today 5:29 AM
Naflan Doole, a one-time political operative, is accused of sodomizing and trying to rape a woman on July 25, 2018.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. She said she had been sexually assaulted, and she was angry. Very angry.
And the woman didn’t hold back when she phoned Naflan Doole, a political operative, several hours after she alleged he tried to rape and sodomize her in his car in a Willowbrook parking lot on July 25, 2018.
“I’m going to f - you up. I’m going to f - your life up. No one’s ever going to hire you,” the woman said, according to her recorded phone call with Doole which prosecutors played for the jury Monday at Doole’s criminal trial. “… Do you think you’re slick with this s -? I’m going to f destroy your life. … You thought I was stupid. But you were wrong at the end of t
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Mental exam ordered for Annadale man whose 2010 murder conviction was reversed
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
Posted Mar 01, 2021
Eric Bellucci had been convicted of brutally stabbing Arthur Bellucci, 61, left, and Marion Bellucci, 56 in their Annadale home in October 2010.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A justice on Monday ordered a psychiatric exam to determine the trial fitness of Eric Belucci, the Annadale man whose murder conviction in the 2010 deaths of his parents was overturned late last year.
The test will determine whether Bellucci, 40, understands the charges against him and can aid in his defense.
State Supreme Court Justice Alexander Jeong ordered the exam during a remote conference which Bellucci attended.