Weberman, The Tznius Faker, May Have Also Impersonated A Court Employee
Thanks to a helpful friend I can provide a limited account of Nechemya Weberman’s appearance in Kings County Criminal Court on Wednesday, March 9th. The session was called for 9:00 a.m., but the doors to the courtroom were only opened at about 9:10.
He showed up alone around 9:20 and sat by himself in the third row on the right nervously glancing around, and occasionally forcing himself to smile.
Weberman is a burly, middle-aged Hasid with a round face and a curly beard. His chlothes were standard issue for a Satmar hasid or a Malach, but nicely tailored and in tiptop condition.
He came with a lot of emotional baggage but no seforim. He left his hat in a red Hyundai Santa Fe SUV with ordinary New York State plates (FFT-6277). It was parked on 96 Schermerhorn Street less than a block from the courthouse. He managed to break two laws; the back of his SUV was within 15 feet of a fire hydrant and the front was in a stretch reserved for court personnel on official business. The sign said “no standing except court authorized vehicles.” I suppose he had one of those cards on his dashboard. It wonder if he is guilty of misrepresenting himself as being on official business, in addition to impersonating an orthodox Jew. I can’t say for sure. But odds are excellent that he would have been ticketed or even towed if he did not have such a placard. I find it hard to imagine that he would have risked being towed just to save a few dollars parking unless he had the confidence that grows out of owning one of those magical placards.
His lawyer sat on the other side of the aisle. According to CBS News that would have been George Farkas, a respected Brooklyn criminal defense lawyer and no stranger to ultra orthodox molesters. According to the Brooklyn Eagle, in July 2010, Farkas negotiated a two-year prison sentence for Moshe Spitzer of Borough Park who pleaded guilty to 16 counts of sodomy in the second degree. “Spitzer was reportedly 20 years old when he began engaging in oral and/or anal sex with his victim, then 14 years old.”
The same article has Farkas, saying these were “statutory charges that “don’t require coercion or force.” Farkas was doing his job for his defendant in the courts and the secular press. His comments suggesting the sexual acts were consensual will not help Spitzer’s reputation in the orthodox community. There is no reason to fault Farkas. Even a talented lawyer cannot turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse, or a chazer into an erliche yid.
Farkas and Weberman stayed across the aisle from each other. About a dozen cases were moved through the docket in the first 30 minutes. It was almost impossible to hear what was going on between the judge, the attorneys and the court personnel.
Weberman’s case was called up about 9:40. There was a very brief exchange between the judge and Weberman’s lawyer; it was inaudible to my courtroom watcher. The judge set a date for a next appearance which one observer heard as July 25th. Bail remained ($15,000 cash) and the order of protection were continued. However, the new date in criminal court was moot. One day earlier, on March 8th , an indictment was unsealed for multiple felony counts which kicked his case into the Supreme Court where he is scheduled to appear before Judge Patricia DiMango on Friday, March 25th, the same day that Meir Dascalowitz is also scheduled to appear.
Weberman walked out with his natty lawyer and headed straight to his SUV. He got in and let his lawyer talk to him for about ten minutes through the driver side window. It seemed like his lawyer was struggling to get his attention. It was a cold day and if I were Weberman I would have offered him the passenger-side seat in the SUV. Finally, Weberman pulled away.
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Seems the courts don’t see this case as so terrible.Oy vey.
Where did you see him “impersonating” a court employee?
Just because he took his chances parking there?And btw, why should court employees get free parking?Let them do whatever everyone else does, or better still take public transportation
Not to be ticketed he would have had to have been VERY lucky or to have had a good placard for his dashboard. I bet the latter. The courts have no view of this case because he was not ticketed. If he were he could be charged and certainly should have been towed.
But I will concede this to you. We are agreed that this is not nearly as terrible a crime as the one of which he is accused, sexually assaulting a twelve year old.
You don’t know how he parked there, yet you already “accuse” him of impersonation??
Please..
Oh,btw, 15k bail??
I”m betting he beats the rap
Lastly, if he did the deed he deserves to be punished.I don’t know whether he did and neither do you.I”m underwhelmed by the evidence.Let’s see what the court says
Obviously, it was enough evidence to arrest him. I’m betting the most damning evidence is yet to come – at the trial. Duh.
George;
It is patently obvious that Weberman has the gumption to park anywhere he pleases, is this action an indication of his guilt in the rape charge. I would say no, but this gives us a ringside view to his understanding of “being a light unto other nations”. Finally how can you be, under or overwhelmed, by the evidence? Did you partake in the investigation or are you working for the DA, you do not know anything if and what evidence there is. So as usual you show your true colors you are trying to pass off as a know it, all but you failed miserably.
He parked like any other chassidish guy out there. Theyre road manners are despicable even to New York standards
“So as usual you you show your true colors you are trying to pass off as a know it,
“As usual”?
I hardly post here.
And where did I claim to be a know-it-all??
All I “know” is that the judge who apparently saw the evidence allowed him bail of 15k and let him go home.That “underwhelms” me
Sorry, the word “you” is sometimes used as a general pronoun.
See dictionary (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/you) item 2,
“one; anyone; people in general: a tiny animal you can’t even see”.
Again, you fail to recognize that bail is set based on the persons ties to his family and the community and law requires that it should not be used a punitive measure but to make sure that the defendant shows in court for the trial. In this case, if the judge had set, a million dollar bond you would argue that he is Anti-Semitic, and when the trial is done, and Weberman is found guilty, you will use the high bond as prove that he Weberman never had a changes with this Judge. Nevertheless, now what would you say if he is found guilty, if was the African American jury who hates Jews. The bottom line is people with your sense of justices will always take the side of the aggressor.
This is a Jewish representative that raped a child and somehow some way its turned into a parking issue. Simply unbelievable. And he forgot his hat too! Anything else you can pull out of your matkes?
Of course, the rape is the big issue. But my correspondent shared what he could know and see that day. The parking shtick conveys the new culture of askanim and machers who are wheeler dealer fakers and use their best energies in the political system to get favors for themselves. When the court sessions get down to the particulars of the charges you can be sure my reporting will focus on the big stuff.
BTW, the correspondent was not trying to dwell on the question of whether he left his hat in his car. He was just trying to provide a limited physical image in lieu of either a photograph or a sketch. As soon as I get a picture I will post it.
Sorry Melgibstein; but I need to challenge your assertion; you are right that the case itself is far more important than a parking spot. However, this opens a window to us who do not live in the Chasidic community and do not know personally Weberman, to understand his view about simple things like paying for your parking, In particular that he on his way to a hearing about his rape charge. This story is akin to if someone drives while intoxicated and gets a DUI, and while appearing to fight the charges, he drives up to the court hearing again under the influence and parks illegally, right in front of the courthouse, and the same police officer noticed his new transgression and arrest him again.
I just check out the charges on Weberman here is the link. (http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcrim_attorney/Detail?which=case&docketNumber=rVMxt3C6QfS5ukNcdUiVZQ==&countyId=Mx3NDQ8QLq7VMaHuMnNJWw==&docketId=GsYa76MJ4HlMSj9rP2MozA==&docketDseq=wJ2/4du1NximNDMJ8ADcTA==&defendantName=Weberman,+Nechemya&court=Kings+Supreme+Court+-+Criminal+Term&courtType=S&recordType=C&recordNum=N1Yb_PLUS_iT/rosnhD9zRe0f1A==#Defendant) Can someone explain to me why is he using legal aid, my understanding he is a businessperson?
I am told he has plenty of money but also spends it quickly. But he does have a private lawyer. According to CBS News, that is George Farkas.
However, at booking, a Legal Aid lawyer is assigned unless you already have a lawyer. I doubt he had the foresight to have on hand the name of a lawyer ideal for his sort of case. So Legal Aid got entered into the system. These things get updated as a byproduct of that information being entered into the records during a court session. He last appeared before the Criminal Court and the entry for the Criminal Court has been superseded by the Supreme Court where he has not yet appeared. I fully expect that after he appears before Judge Patricia DiMango in the Supreme Court he will be listed with a private lawyer.
Incidentally, every time I followed a molesting charge against a chasid, a private lawyer with a good reputation was hired. This happens even for defendants without much money, like Meir Dascalowitz.
OMG,
The reason the bail is so low is that Weberman is not considered a flight risk, partially because of family ties and likely because the case against him is not that strong, leaving him no good reason to flee
I received an email with ur story from a friend, so I went in to see what the story is, and from there on I did my research. Didn’t take long for me to see that u r not reporting u r on a mission, to destroy, without proof.
Yerachmiel, let’s see how u post this verbatim; as I write it. I want to see it word for word.
This proves ur track record of sloppy reporting and taking side of imagined molested victims (guess u have some baggage to get rid of) Now to get arraigned and arrested any of your cockeyed young relatives can do it and pull u into central booking as well, u don’t need proof as long as she can show she was in ur house. And the papers will pick it up. So ur basing it on an arrest proves little.
Sara, you can take note of this. Are you a victim? Go for counseling. But dont look for someone to do the same as your friend did to Weberman.
We therefore did our own checking and found out the truth
U titled it Court Impersonator, without true backup. But what do u care as long as u were able to spill ur guts.
That the Red Hundai u mention is not Nechemias and wasn’t driven by him, is nothing, as long as u found a good bold title and ur protege Nuchem Rosenberg already knows that his sister got him a permit to park. Never occurred that he got a ride and the driver waited? So now cook up a story on how he gets rides. Why not?
Also ur dumb court spy is hard of hearing. March 25th sorry, court doesn’t know of it, fabricated by your spy? Cause he got to bring something back. Or is it ur own?
Let the audience that reads this now know how true the rest of your story is. This is a trap so people call police even if u have no story, as long as u have anything against Weberman. Yerachmiel wants u to cook up a dirty story and call police and the DA, Support for the story , not important. First he can write that X amount of people are calling in.
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is exactly what’s happening. Yes calls come in but proof? Zilch. And Yerachmiel and Nuchem are having a heyday and they can expand their dirty minds.
OMG, you also seem to know alot, but this time we did alot of checking through on how the bail was set and we were told that $15,000 bail was not set with family ties at all this time. Based on the proof the judge had at the time, and only one claiming victim (fabricated we know)
No need to reply, I won’t be checking in. I don’t read ur garbage therefore u don’t see my comments
Naftali, My roving observer tells me there was no one in the SUV when Weberman approached or during the ten minutes he talked to his lawyer or while he drove away. Are you claiming he hid the body in the trunk. The roving reporter drew no conclusions about who owned the SUV. It makes no difference who owned it. The car was not used for OFFICIAL court business. There are no such parking privileges for defendants.
Actually, I don’t want liars contacting the police. I don’t want them wasting their time investigating false allegations. They can accomplish more with truthful allegations.
If you want me to reply to the rest of your nonsense, write it coherently, and when you have a fact provide it and its source. When you have a question phrase it that way.
Naftali you wrote,
“We therefore did our own checking and found out the truth…. OMG, you also seem to know alot [sic], but this time we did alot [sic]of checking through on how the bail was set and we were told that $15,000 bail was not set with family ties at all this time. Based on the proof the judge had at the time, and only one claiming victim (fabricated we know)”
Above I cited real statistics from the US Government; you have checked the statistics of pedophiles that shadow the Mikvah’s.
@Naftali – I didn’t have the patience to read through your ramblings in support of your buddy, but I will address that which was directed specifically to me.
One needn’t be a victim of sexual abuse to realize the travesty that it brings to those who are abused. One also needn’t to be a victim of sexual abuse to recognize the arrogance that Weberman (and his bff’s who comment here) display. You guys are running scared. It’s cute. Pass the popcorn.
Oh, and I don’t know Weberman’s (alleged) victim, but I wish her all the luck and support in the world. She’s very brave to have come forward. Hopefully her actions will convince other victims to do the same, since I’m betting she’s not the only one.
Naftali, you are (and write like) the world’s biggest shmuck.
You write no proofs for yourself. Who here is on a mission – Yerachmiel or you? The entire post you write is all opinions, and based on your opinions, you Passelled Yerachmiel, Nuchem rosenberg, Weberman victims (and I could probably assume you also Passel every other victim of Jewish molestors out there). i shudder to think what you would do if your children are C”V molested by a rebbe.
George,
Again, you show your lack of knowledge, during a bail hearing the particulars of the evidence, which he was, charge on, is not the topic of discussion; it is based on what the charges are, and his ties to the area. You watched too much Law & Order. Additionally see government statistics at
(http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/html/fdluc/2004/fdluc04st.pdf)
See page six it states that the rapes is the statistics are for forcible rape, not statutory rape were a minor could not consent. Afterward, see page 30 this are government statistics for rape defendants and their bail amounts for year 2004 in the largest 75 counties. For 7 percent of defendants, bail was set under $5,000.00, 6 percent of the defendants bail was set between $5,000.00, and 9,999.00 and 11 percent between $10,000.00 and $24,999.00. Therefore, you see you do not know what you are talking.
lol @ “you watched too much Law & Order”
Yerachmiel:
Your headline is misleading and false. Parking a car in space reserved for court employees does not mean that you are impersonating a court employee. It simply means you parked illegally. According to your logic, if i parked my car in a space reserved for a police officer then that would mean i am impersonating a police officer. But you and i know that cannot be true. Impersonating a police officer requires one to represent himself as a police officer. Parking a car in a space reserved for a police officer, without more, in no way represents that i am a police officer.
Please correct the headline. Otherwise your journalistic credibility will forever be tainted and taken with a (large) grain of salt.
Don’t get so hot under the collar. My journalistic integrity will not be forever tainted except with someone determined to not deal with the subtance of the facts or the much more important detail: he is legally charged with multiple sexual assaults of a girl starting when she was twelve.
Getting back to your legalism, yes, he is guilty of passing himself off as a court employee on official business. Using such a card implies that you are using it truthfully. Yes, there is the violation of parking illegally. But there is also the crime of faking what he is and what he is doing. Your point only stands if he does not use such a placard. Then he is only violating parking law.
And your “roving observer” observed a “court employee” placard on his windshield?
He did not, and i quote from your post “I suppose he had one of those cards on his dashboard”.
So you have no evidence whatsoever, even through hearsay, that Weberman had a court employee placard in his car.
So how in the world did Weberman impersonate a court employee????
I take no issue with any of the charges against him and, if true, he should be thrown in jail and the keys thrown away.
What I have since confirmed from observer is that there were other ticketed cars on the block within the hour and there was some sort of placard on the dash but he could not get close enough to read it. I realize this does not meet a strict legal standard,
Sammy, just out of curiosity, if you had to set betting odds that it was a court placard how would you set them? I would be willing to assume odds well over 95% that it was a court employee placard. Would you even take an even bet that it was not?
Just to avoid distractions, I will allow you to assert you never bet and am just asking you if a rational ordinary bettor would gamble on his not using a court placard (bearing in mind, that according to the signs that is the only thing that can keep you from being towed, and assuming you are aware of how onerous and costly it is to be towed in NYC).
I am willing to concede the point that a better headline wording would subtly suggest that the circumstances suggest that he may very well have illegally used a placard implying that he was a court employee thus deceptively insinuating, in violation of the law, a status he did not possess at that moment for the purposes of parking there.
I am open to snappy alternatives to my wording.
I still still feel the tone of your first criticism was overheated given the situation, the detail that followed and the bigger picture of the very grave charges involved. This is a question of perspective and balance, not literal accuracy. I aim for both, but I question your lopsided focus on one at the expense of the other.
What if the parking placard was one for a disability, which i believe (though i may be wrong) is legally sufficient to park in a space reserved for court personnel. There are many other possibilities. But, regardless, for you to reach that conclusion, and to make a headline out of it, while knowing full well that you do not know that for a fact, to me borders on negligent reporting (if that term even makes any sense).
To put matters in perspective, what if you were sued by Weberman for defamation. Assuming Weberman can manage to satisfy all other elements of defamation (which i doubt), do you think you can prove that you did not post this headline in a grossly irresponsible manner without due consideration for the standards of information gathering and dissemination ordinarily followed by responsible parties (which i believe is the standard for news reports by media organizations)? Do you think your “roving observer” who observed a placard (though not sure if a court employee placard) and observed this car not getting ticketed while others were ticketed, would shield you from liability?
I don’t. That, in and of by itself, should prompt you to be more accurate in your reporting. Aside from your moral obligations such as Midvar Sheker Tirchak.
To reiterate, i take the toughest stance on child sexual abuse, and by criticizing you for posting an inaccurate headline, i did not in any way “question your lopsided focus on one, at the expense of the other.”
Yerachmiel:
Thank you for modifying the headline on this post. I hope in the future you will post and report honestly and in good faith.
I do report honest and in good faith. We quibbled, I graciously conceded a minor point because not only do I try and get it right the first time, but when I goof, I fess up and adjust. I am not convinced you were right, just that I wanted to eliminate needless doubt.
I am very offended by your inference from a disagreement about a few interpretations of facts to an accusation of lying or bad faith. You seem to have conceded the accuracy of my facts and were arguing about a matter of interpretation.
Please concede me the same courtesy of acknowledging that your language was over the top and implicitly accused me of things well beyond the question in dispute.