Echoes of My Soul (22 page)

Mel Glass (right) enjoys a soda with John Keenan in the backyard of Glass's home in Queens.

A celebration of Mel Glass's tenure in the DA's office and his appointment to the bench, effective April 1973.

Richard Robles is returned to the Twenty-Third Precinct police station on East 104th Street.
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New York Daily News
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Richard Robles, convicted murderer.
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Mel Glass served as a criminal court judge and a justice of the New York State Supreme Court.

Mel Glass's grandchildren. Back row: Steven Zayas, Alec Glass, James Fryer, Tessa Fryer, Olivia Glass, Geoffrey Fryer. Middle row: Samantha Zayas, Patrick Glass, Peter Glass, Michael Fryer. Front: Sabrina Zayas.
(Photo by Paul Glass)