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Alleged Bradley Incidents Said to Have Violated Original Order of Protection.

Posted on April 8, 2010 by John Bailey

WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. April 8, 2010 UPDATED 5:50 P.M. with detail from District Attorney’s Complaint: In the complaint filed against Mayor Adam Bradley today in City Court at approximately 3 P.M., the Mayor is accused by Criminal Investigator Aldo Nastasi of the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office of two misdemeanors and one violation based on Mr. Bradley’s alleged actions on March 5, when a temporary restraining order was in effect preventing him from having any contact with his wife, Fumiko; March 10, March 11, March 25 and April 2.

The new charges filed are CONTEMPT IN THE SECOND DEGREE (Misdemeanor); TAMPERING WITH A WITNESS IN THE FOURTH DEGREE (Misdemeanor) and HARASSMENT IN THE SECOND DEGREE (Violation)

Investigator Nastasi alleges, “Defendent’s course of conduct as described herein was in violation of a duly served temporary order of protection issued by Honorable Susan M. Capeci…on March 5, 2010 to remain in effect March 5, 2011, while the defendent was present in court and which he did acknowledge and sign. Said order of protection requires defendent, amongst other things, to refrain from harassment, aggravated harassment, menacing, reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct, intimidation, threats on any criminal offense or interference with the victiom of the alleged offense, Fumiko Bradley.”

The complaint details the dates of the alleged incidents, spelled out in a new signed statement by Fumiko Bradley, taken Monday, April 5, hours after Mr. Bradley appeared in court Monday morning and refused to accept the District Attorney’s indicated willingness to dismiss the charges if Mr. Bradley would volunteer to undergo counseling. M

Mr. Bradley appeared in court on the original Third Degree Assault Charge April 1, several additional charges were added at that time.

The complaint alleges that Mr. Bradley visited Mrs. Bradley in Scarsdale where she was staying on March 5. He is said to have approached Mrs. Bradley, accusing her of lying in the pending criminal action against him. Mr. Bradley is alleged to have claimed Mrs. Bradley was the one who attacked him, that he was defending himself and that the criminal case was going to result in him losing his career. He was said to have spoken in a loud voice that became increasingly louder. Mr. Bradley is alleged to have said Mrs. Bradley should “check herself into a mental hospital for five days.” When Mrs. Bradley asked why, Mr. Bradley is alleged to have said in order to save him and his career she had to either go to a mental hospital and say she was crazy or say that she lied in her statement to the police and go to jail. The complaint says, “defendent’s physical confrontation and verbal barrage did wrongfully attempt to induce the victim from providing testimony in the criminal case and did violate the above referenced temporary order of protection.”

On March 10, the complaint continues, Mr. Bradley is said to have come to 3 Fernwood Road in White Plains where Mrs. Bradley was sleeping. He, the complaint says entered her bedroom, approached her and said “you did it. You lied. It’s all your fault.” He continued to yell, and indicated that if she did not admit she had lied to the police they would “have no future together.” When Mrs. Bradley asked him to stop, he, the complaint says, “See you’re crazy, you’re emotional.” The complaint concludes the defendant’s actions caused the victim, Mrs. Bradley, “to become fearful and to start shaking.”

On March 11, the next morning, Mayor Bradley attem[pted to speak with Mrs. Bradley again. At 5:30 that evening, the complaint says the defendent “started yelling at her and blaming her for the criminal charges pending against him. Again, the complaint says this caused the victim to become upset and cry.

On March 25, when Mrs. Bradley was taking a shower at their home, Mr. Bradley is alleged to have entered the bathroom “shouting he had received a telephone call that more e-mails had come out. The defendent screamed, the complaint says, “It’s over. It’s over, you should hang yourself!” Bradley then left, slamming the door.

On April 2, the day after the defendent appeared in court for a pre-trial conference, one week ago, the complaint reads that Mr. Bradley entered Mrs. Bradley’s residence at 3 Fernwood Road holding The Journal News. Mr. Bradley, the complaint alleges, then strode over and “hit the victim’s hand that she had been resting on the table several times and said loudly ‘you have to read it. you have to read it.” The victim, Mrs. Bradley then, the complaint narrates, ran upstairs to her bedroom. The victim, to “get away” (the complaint’s wording) from Mr. Bradley then went into the bedroom bathroom. Bradley, the complaint says, followed her into the bathroom and stood in the doorway of the bathroom so Mrs. Bradley was unable to leave. The victim’s mother observed this the complaint says.

D.A. Office Accuses Bradley of Witness Tampering, Harassment, Contempt

Posted on April 8, 2010 by John Bailey

WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. By John F. Bailey. April 8, 2010: The District Attorney’s Office today confirmed it has charged Mayor Adam Bradley of White Plains with three new charges relating to the Mayor’s ongoing court matter with his wife, Fumiko:

The charges are Contempt in the Second Degree, Tampering with a Witness in the Fourth Degree, and Harassment in the Second Degree based on alleged actions Mr. Bradley was reported to have participated in between March 5, and April 2 in interaction with his wife, Fumiko, at Mr. Bradley’s home, 3 Fernwood Road, and other locations.

The Mayor was reported arrested at City Hall by investigators from the District Attorney’s Office. He was arraigned at 3 P.M. in city court and released in his own recognisance, the District Attorney’s Office reported.

A spokesperson for the D.A.’s Office, Lucian Chalfen said it had not been determined yet whether Mr. Bradley would be tried separately on these new charges.

District Attorney’s Office Arrests Mayor Adam Bradley on New Charges

Posted on April 8, 2010 by John Bailey

WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. From the District Attorney’s Office. April 8,2010: Mayor Adam Bradley was arrested today on new charges stemming from his ongoing domestic violence case. The District Attorney’s Office is sending a description of the charges. No other information is available at this time.

Castelli Bill Brings 1/4% More Sales Tax $$ for City Wouldn’t Raise Sales Tax

Posted on April 8, 2010 by John Bailey

WPCNR ALBANY ROUNDS. From Assemblyman Robert Castelli’s Office. (EDITED) April 8, 2010: Instead of raising the sales tax to 8-1/2% in White Plains in the midst of an economic downturn, Assemblyman Castelli has sponsored Assembly bill 10185, which would transfer approximately one-quarter of one percent of the state’s sales tax share directly to the city of White Plains, increasing the city’s share to two-and-a-half percent, and placing it on par with other large cities in southern Westchester County, without raising the sales tax in White Plains.

Castelli said his plan ends after two years, preventing the need to increase the sales tax while providing needed revenue to the city, and would add to the cities revenue at least $4.3 million for each of the two years it would apply.

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, Castelli told WPCNR is sponsoring a similar bill which does raise the sales tax perpetually. Castelli said he offered his bill as an alternative to raising taxes on persons living in White Plains and his district. Asked by WPCNR if that was not setting a precedent, (the state dedicating its share of sales tax receipts to a municipality on request), Castelli said he admitted that might be a reason not to support the bill, but he saw it as a way of not raising taxes, and not being perpetual.

Castelli said both his and Ms. Paulin’s bills were going to committee. He said he did not think, being a Republican, that his bill would be reported out of committee, but it was an alternative. He said Ms. Paulin had “graciously invited me to join-sponsor her home rule measure for White Plains, but I thought this was an out of the box alternative.”

The Mayor’s Office in White Plains was contacted to see if they supported Mr. Castelli’s measure and have not returned the query as yet.
      “This legislation is the type of out-of-the box thinking New York taxpayers need. My plan does not use regressive sales tax to help balance the budget or place an additional burden on homeowners. What it does is change share of sales tax percentage to ensure that White Plains gets its fair share of funding from the State,” Castelli said. “It’s a win-win situation.”

            “During these troubling economic times, local governments should not be seeking to increase the property tax levy or the sales tax levy, especially in one of the state’s most populous and economically important cities,” Castelli said. “Instead, the state should help absorb the financial shortfall during these challenging economic times.”

           The legislation would not affect the state budget deficit because it’s generated from revenues that have not been collected on sales that have not taken place, Castelli added.

            “It is critical to the vitality of the downstate economy that the state does its part to further assist the city of White Plains during the fiscal crisis,” Castelli said. “By slightly altering the sales tax formula, we can avoid a painful tax increase and provide needed revenue to our local governments.”