accomplice?
if a criminal gives you a call and ask you to come a film a crime he is just about to commit, and you go and film the crime, but do not let police know anything, then you go and place the video on u tube or in the internet. can you get arrested as an acomplice, even if you did not join in the crime, just recorded the whole thing. this person claims that he does it all the times and then put in on the internet for the people can be aware that crime is well and alive and to show the people who commit the crime. i think he is as guilty as the people commiting the crimes. he also claims that he is a film maker, but won't do anything to stop the crime or to let the police be aware he will go and film a crime. can someone please tell me that he can get arrested. he is not a reporter or anything like that. the criminals call him and he goes and film. then he gets money for placing it on the internet. i saw this on tv and me and my husband had a big argument. my hubby say that he has the right
been all over the news in nyc, as i am sure you know. the police are looking into charging him as an accomplice. he videotaped robberies and even a few murders and is now selling the dvds on line and on the street. the police, rightly os, are saying he encouraged them to do crime and therfore is an accomplice. 
i think this guy will see cuffs real soon.



n.y. man films 'criminals gone wild' 
by alison gendar and corky siemaszko
daily news staff writers 

tuesday, december 11th 2007, 4:00 am 

 
shocking 'criminals gone wild' video features footage of violent crimes as they take place and interviews with criminals who perpetrate them.
 
a brooklyn man, ousala (fd) aleem, is getting rich off the profits.
meet the most depraved director in new york.

ousala (fd) aleem has found a way to capitalize on violent city crime by filming felonies as they happen, slapping them on a dvd - and selling them for $26.98 apiece, shipping included. 

the 25-year-old filmmaker from crown heights, brooklyn, said he's sold several thousand copies of "criminals gone wild," and with christmas coming there's even more demand for his movie mayhem. 

"you try to make a product for the family, something that everybody can see, and nobody wants to buy it," said aleem, a self-taught filmmaker who used to host a local tv show called "fdtv." 

"the minute you come out with crime footage everybody wants to buy it. my pockets are fat now." 

aleem said he has no problem finding thugs to film - the word is out. they call him. "it's sad, but these people really don't care, they just want to be on tv," said aleem. "i get phone calls from people who say, 'come over to my part of town if you want to see some real crime.'" 

the nypd is reviewing the dvd trailer posted on youtube to see if aleem's footage is as real as he claims it is - and if there's enough to warrant an investigation of the filmmaker. 

real or not, what aleem put on the trailer is as raw as it comes. it opens with a driver being carjacked by a gunman, shows a man unloading his gun on a man lying prone on the ground, and features a closeup of yet another thug stating in a matter-of-fact way, "yeah, i killed somebody, man." 

another self-declared criminal with a blue bandanna covering the lower half of his face boasts that he has never done time, adding, "which actually means i'm good at what i do." later, that same bandanna-wearing man is filmed on the street closing in on a victim and can be heard saying, "we're about to rob this na live [on] tv." 

that piece of footage in particular outraged the flatbush, brooklyn, man who alerted the daily news about aleem's shocking dvd. the man, who asked not to be named, claims he was the victim the bandanna-wearing bandit robbed last summer - and is convinced aleem filmed the stickup on church ave. 

"i know that was the guy who robbed me," the victim said. "he showed the gun and he said, 'don't say nothing. don't say nothing. just hand it over.' across the street i seen the guy with the camera." 

the flatbush man said that after the gunman made off with his money, he chased after the cameraman. "then he starts walking fast and i said, 'excuse me.'" 

"then i thought about it and stopped because i live around here and i didn't want it to get back to me," said the man, who said he reported the robbery to cops. "i've been robbed twice before and the police didn't do anything. i just don't understand how people can do something like that, tape it and say, 'let's put it on youtube.'" 

last week, another youtube video of a gang of foulmouthed teenage girls pounding on a male subway rider outraged the city
Generally a private person cannot "file" criminal charges. You can, however, file a police report in order to begin prosecution. If she is making threats of bodily harm, take no chances. Call the police immediately. You need to hire a lawyer immediately. The police could be interrogating him and he can be confessing to serious crimes Hopefully, you called the police right when this occurred and have a police report. It will be up to the solicitor's office on whether or not to file charges. Unfortunately, this person may be judgment proof. This means that even if you were to sue them and successfully obtain a judgment, you may have no way of actually collecting against that judgment. Of course it's a felony. Have your friend hire a defense attorney. This would not be misconduct.or entrapment. Anyone, police officer or not, could have acted in the same manner. I not sure why you believe the presence of the wife and child has anything to do with anything. You may want to look up the legal definition of "entrapment.' Unfortunately, the law changed and that is now a violation. He "picked" you out of the crowd.


Plead not guilty and contact a local attorney to try and knock it down from points to no points.


Good Luck.


Joseph A. Lo Piccolo, Esq.
  
President, Criminal Courts Bar Association 11'-12'
  
Hession Bekoff & Lo Piccolo
  
1103 Stewart Ave, Suite 200
  
Garden City, NY 11530
  
516-408-3666 (o) / 516-408-3833 (f)
  
[[email protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection) The defendant can review the video with his attorney. You, as a third party, have no legal right to review it. I agree with Mr. Burdett. You are facing criminal charges and you should retain a local attorney to assist you. Good luck! What have you done on the citation? Has a conviction been reported to the DPS? If so, you may have obstacles in obtaining your driver's license. If you have not made an appearance in court yet, call a local lawyer to see what can be done to avoid a conviction. Good luck. Testify against your co-defendant, I assume you mean - yes, that is very possible.