Episode 40 - The Trial of Judah Karkowsky: Part 1

About this episode

The episode discusses the case of Judah Karkowsky, a criminal who attempted to exploit a legal technicality after being accused of sexual assault.

Judah Karkowsky is perhaps the dumbest criminal we've ever covered on this podcast. After getting off on a technicality for the alleged sexual assault of a child while responding to an EMS call at the Young Israel of Woodmere, Judah Karkowsky decided to test his luck even further. Karkowsky used a forged copy of the transcript of the hearing where his charges were dismissed to try and scam his way back into the Young Israel of Woodmere, and also tried using the same transcript to try and scam...

People in this episode

Hosts: Asher Lovy, Ariella Goldberg-Kay

Topics covered

• true crime
• criminal behavior
• forgery
• legal system
• sexual assault

Keywords

• Judah Karkowsky
• Young Israel of Woodmere
• forged transcript
• sexual assault
• EMS call

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Young Israel of Woodmere

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