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RYE, N.Y. – Rye Judge Joseph Latwin clarified his reasoning for sealing court documents regarding the Rye Colony bestiality case, citing civil rights protection under the law as the purpose for redacting the personal information of the victim and the victim's owner.
Under the law, the identity of any victim of any sex offense of the penal law must be confidential.
As first reported by The Daily Rye on Feb. 16, Kujtim Nicaj, the former building superintendent of Rye Colony, was arrested and charged with burglary and sexual misconduct of a dog on Feb. 8 by the Rye City Police Department. The case was first sealed by Rye Judge Joseph Latwin, and then court documents with specific information redacted were made available.
When asked if the definition of the sex offense victim pertains to animals as well as humans, Latwin said that the language does not specify or discriminate.
"The law doesn't distinguish between animal, human or anyone else," Latwin said. "Whether it's an animal, mineral or vegetable it's a victim."
Latwin also suggested that the victim's owner, a Rye Colony resident, could also be considered a victim.
"It could be, and I'm looking at the language of the state law, the identity of any victim," Latwin said. "I would suggest that the victim is the owner as well."
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A PURE CONSPIRACY AGAINST AN HONEST FAMILY AND PERSON
“ …I believe in Jesus Christ and in US Justice”, Mr. Kujtim Nicaj said. “Kujtim” means “Remembrance”, “Memory” in Albanian
- “ … We feel like died living people “ his wife stated
- By Alban Dega, Rye, New York
Everything in this dirty story is made up by a sick mind and a failure lawyer to got same money and to destroy the life and the reputation of a honest and working hard man as Mr. Kujtim Nicaj is well-known by everybody who has contact with him.
Nicaj family is a very traditional and honorable Roman catholic family from North Albania. They were brutally persecuted by former communist dictatorship in Albania. Mr. Kujtim's father Mr. Mach Nicaj was arrested, tortured and sent in a former communist prison and concentration camp for many ... many years.
He and the rest of the family were deprived from most essential human rights and were treated as slaves by former secret police, Sigurimi i Shtetit, a former communist dictatorship SS.
He have worked hard during many years here in USA realizing his American dream,
He have a very beautiful wife and kids. He didn’t needed to sexually assault neither sodomize the "girl friend" or the " wife "- the dog of a failed and sick mind lawyer without a family, in a full crises.
It’s a pure dirty invention and conspiracy to get some money at any price and to ruin a honest and honorable family.
The big noise of the local and national media is a shame and is orchestrated just to sale their sensations and dirty stories. This sensational media is killing his beautiful and innocent kids in a very similar way the former communist regime kills Mr, Kujtim Nicaj and his family during almost half century back in Albania. They lost the only fount of incomes, the job of their father. They lost the home. They would lost very soon even their schools.
Due to that noise Mr. Kujtim, Nicaj was fired from his job. He was fired from his home. He lost everything before his culpability is proved by the Court of the Law, what it’s a brutal violation of his human rights.
“Every person is presumed innocent until his culpability is proven by the the Court of Law”, it’s a sacred sentence of US Justice system.
When I have asked for a comment from Mr, Kujtim Nicaj he was very firm. “ No comment! I believe in US justice and in US law! I put my family, my kids, myself lives in the hands of this great democratic country. I am sure the US justice would clean my name, my reputation“ he said, adding “ I know I am innocent, because never ever I haven’t committed any violation of law. I was working so hard that I don’t have time to bee involved in atrocities created by sick and criminal mind people. I am convinced Jesus Christ would be with my family, with my friends and with myself. He know better than anybody what I did and who I am … I believe in Jesus Christ and in the US Justice! May God bless them… Amen !”
“Every person is presumed innocent until his culpability is proven by the Court of Law”, he stated in the same time that two tears go down his face, a very rear act by any North Albanian man even in the worse and most sad moments of his life.
I hope God would see even his tears and the pain of his two young beautiful girls and his pretty wife who looks ruined and very, very sad. They cry in a very similar way their father and her husband has passed a way.
After I asked his wife about this bad invented story she said “ A believe Kujtim is innocent. I believe Jesus Chirst and US Justice would bee with us in these hardest times of our life. Even the death is more easy for us… We are killed in the worse possible way by that Evil mind person and even more by the Media…”
” How they could forget that ’ everybody, even the worse criminal in the World is presumed innocent until his culpability is proven by the Court of Law‘… As a mother and as spouse, I couldn’t forgive the hard wounds they opened to my innocent daughters and to my honest husband. We feel like died living people.” .
This moron should not be work, and certainly not in a position that can affect others. Moron.
I would love to hear from this judge exactly how a vegetable or mineral can be a victim? Yes, your honor, I am representing the victim, Magnesioferrite, and I'm going to make sure he um I mean it will never be victimized again! Anyways, this is a ruff story. If a cat had been involved, it would have been a catastrophe.
Hahahaha +1!
Hmmmmmm