A Lawyer Was Wrongly Charged With Bringing Drug-Laced Papers Into Rikers

The Correction Department said Bernardo Caceres’s papers tested positive for THC, a cannabinoid. Then officials tested the papers again.

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Public Defender Is Charged With Smuggling THC-Laced Paper Into Rikers

Bernardo Caceres was at New York City’s jail complex to meet with a client when an envelope he had drew the attention of a Correction Department dog, officials said.

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Founder of N.Y.C. Public Defender Office Is Charged With Fraud

Lori Zeno, who helped start the Queens Defenders, and her husband were accused of taking money from the organization for luxury vacations and a penthouse apartment.

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