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

Bernardo Caceres, a lawyer with Queens Defenders, was visiting his client, burglary defendant Luis DeJesus, at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center about 3 p.m. Wednesday when a drug-sniffing dog ...

Caceres has been working at the embattled Queens legal aid clinic since 2020. LinkedIn/Bernardo Caceres Its founder, Lori Zeno and another lawyer at the group, Rashad Ruhani, who is her husband ...

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. By Taylor Robinson June 13, 2025 ...

NEW YORK — A public defender with a Queens nonprofit mired in controversy was hauled off in handcuffs after he was caught smuggling 130 sheets of suspected THC-soaked paper into ...

Bernardo Caceres, a lawyer with Queens Defenders, was visiting his client, burglary defendant Luis DeJesus, at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center about 3 p.m. Wednesday when a drug-sniffing dog ...