Lawyer for (NY) state charged with hate crimes

Copyright © 2011, The Daily Record. ^ | Posted: 6:28 pm Wed, February 23, 2011 | By Daily Record Staff

[Behind Liberal Lines]

ALBANY — A lawyer for New York’s Department of Civil Service has been indicted on hate crime charges that he made harassing and threatening racist phone calls to neighbors and others.

Albany County District Attorney David Soares says 58-year-old James Hennessey used an online service in an effort to disguise the origin of the calls. The targets included African Americans, people with black spouses or other relatives and people renting to blacks.

Hennessey faces 11 felony counts of second-degree aggravated harassment as a hate crime, which carries a possible sentence of 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison on each count.

Soares’ office says Albany police and FBI investigators used phone and computer records to trace Hennessey.

Defense attorney Terence Kindlon says Wednesday that Hennessey will plead not guilty. He’s scheduled to be arraigned Friday.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

First appointed in 1993? Cuomo the first was governor then. Smart money makes this guy a democrat.

[WaterBoard]

He is accused of using a website — www.bluffmycall.com — to hide the origin of his phone calls. The calls were made between last May and July. He was arrested in October.

Hennessey allegedly phoned a black woman on South Pine Avenue at 10:30 p.m. on July 19, used racial slurs and told her he would kill her. Court papers said the woman was targeted because of her race.

Investigators traced calls to Hennessey through Verizon Wireless documents and a Time Warner Cable account. It identified the attorney as the subscriber of the Internet account that services the Internet Protocol address of the computers that accessed the site from where the phone calls were placed.

[Islander7]

On October 26, 1969, P. David Soares was born in Brava, Cape Verde, an island off the coast of West Africa. He is the youngest of five children born to Lucas and Lidia Soares. When David was six years old, his family moved to the United States and settled in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where his father found a vocation as a carpenter, and his mother worked at the local mill.

At an early age, David's parents instilled in him the value of family, education, hard work, and active participation within a strong community. Although David grew up in a rough neighborhood, loving friends and a strong community surrounded him. Neighbors kept an eye on one another's children and were quick to lend a hand. This upbringing encouraged David to believe in the goodness and potential of all people if given the proper guidance. His parents' emphasis on education provided a solid motivation for David's future goals in life.

David worked his way through Cornell University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications. After Cornell, David attended Albany Law School and received his law degree in 1999. As he had at Cornell University, David worked his way through Albany Law School. He interned and worked for the Albany County Airport Authority and also served as an intern at the District Attorney's Office, where he eventually became an Assistant District Attorney.

As an Assistant District Attorney in Albany County, David was Albany's first community prosecutor. He established a Community Accountability Board, which successfully involved community members in turning youth away from crime and drugs.

David was elected Albany County District Attorney on November 2, 2004 and re-elected to a second term on November 4, 2008.

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As a frequent Public Speaker, DA Soares continues to speak at events both locally and nationally such as:

* Albany County Young Democrats
* New York State Crime Victim’s Memorial Dedication
* The Harvard Black Law Students Association
* The Women’s Bar Association
* Institute of the Greater Somos El Futuro
* Black & Latino Achievers Program
* The International Harm Reduction Association
* Albany Law Muslim Law Student's Association
* New York State University at Albany
* Several local middle schools, high schools and universities

District Attorney Office

You may be on to something. Surprise, surprise, surprise....

[ReverendJames]

Some where there’s a movie in there. Some guy living in a basement can sniff out where this and that came from. Oh, wait, been done, several times.

[Titus-Maximus]

Now they will bury the story once your brought that up.

[dsc]

“Investigators traced calls to Hennessey through Verizon Wireless documents and a Time Warner Cable account. It identified the attorney as the subscriber of the Internet account that services the Internet Protocol address of the computers that accessed the site from where the phone calls were placed.”

Good work, McGee.

[HEM]

What? Is he a black guy?
And what does the Department of Civil Service do?
Anything related to racial equality or hate crimes?

Was he instigating problems his department would later “solve?”

[Mr. K]

This dumbass was calling and pretending to be republican and making racist comments to blacks

it was a huge deal when it was happening, but now that it turns out to be another filthy democrap dirty trick it barely gets mentioned

[Mr. K]

Hey Rus- did you see this?

[Behind Liberal Lines]

And what does the Department of Civil Service do?

Administers hiring, firing and promotion for NYS government and local government workers.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

This dumbass was calling and pretending to be republican and making racist comments to blacks

it was a huge deal when it was happening, but now that it turns out to be another filthy democrap dirty trick it barely gets mentioned

Really? Link? I'd love to read about that.

[The Mayor]

I did now, Thanks!

[decimon]

Hennessey is the perp, not Soares.

[Tainan]

Uhh...wait one...

Albany County District Attorney David Soares says 58-year-old James Hennessey used an online service in an effort to disguise the origin of the calls.
Hennessey faces 11 felony counts of second-degree aggravated harassment as a hate crime, which carries a possible sentence of 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison on each count.
Soares’ office says Albany police and FBI investigators used phone and computer records to trace Hennessey.

James Hennessey is the 'alleged perpetrator.'

[Islander7]

Oops.

[George Jenkins]

Hennessey is not the Perp; he was exonerated. They obviously got this all wrong.

[George Jenkins]

STUPID People; he was exonerated. He must have been set up. I don’t believe it at all!

[George Jenkins]

They guy was EXONERATED! Smarter money is that DA SOARES did it or the poor guy was SET UP. His case DISMISSED and this silly thing doesn’t even belong on here. This is an ignorant Liberal DA and a NATIVE African. Someone used the poor guy’s computer but they did not use his phones; they hid their own phone numbers. Something is wrong. We look STUPID for having this story on here!

[George Jenkins]

Tainan, SOARES must be the alleged perpetrator because James Hennessey’s case was totally DISMISSED!!!

[George Jenkins]

Tainan, SOARES must be the alleged perpetrator because James Hennessey’s case was totally DISMISSED!!!