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| Exec. transferred to Federal detention |
| By harnesslink.com |
| Published: 02/01/2010 |
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Accused corporate swindler and harness racing owner David Brooks has been transferred from the Nassau County jail to a federal detention facility in Queens after correction officers found he was attempting to smuggle prescription tranquilizers into the East Meadow facility, according to several sources familiar with the situation. Brooks' lead attorney, Kenneth Ravenell, said that he was aware that his client was transferred to the Federal Detention Center in Springfield Gardens and that a situation had arisen over his alleged possession of drugs. But Ravenell declined to comment further. Brooks is on trial in federal court in Central Islip for allegedly looting $190 million from his former Westbury-based body-armor manufacturing company, DHB Industries, and its shareholders. Eugene Corcoran, the chief U.S. marshal for the Eastern District, and jail spokeswoman Elizabeth Loconsolo both said the transfer occurred but declined to elaborate. Nassau correction officers at the jail found that Brooks had a number of Ativan pills in his possession when he was searched after returning Wednesday from trial in the federal court, the sources said. Ativan is a tranquilizer similar to Valium. Read More. |
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