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In latest twist to ‘Colonial Case,’ Leor Kweller files federal lawsuit against local officials, alleging false arrest and malicious prosecution

Summary

With a court filing last month, all three men from a criminal case that shook Binghamton three years ago have initiated legal proceedings in federal district court against the public officials and lawyers who charged and prosecuted them. The legal developments in the investigation, colloquially termed the “Colonial Case” for one of the restaurants partially owned by the men that has since closed, saw three individuals initially charged with an array of crimes: Yaron Kweller, his brother Leor, and Jordan Rindgen. The three civil lawsuits have been brought independently in federal district court against the city of Binghamton; Broome County; Michael Korchak, the district attorney who oversaw the prosecutions; two assistant district attorneys and one of the office’s investigators; the police chief, Joseph Zikuski and several of his officers; and the two women who originally accused both Kwellers and Rindgen.

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