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3 Current and Former NYPD Cops Arrested on Corruption Charges
The FBI and NYPD arrested two current police officers and one retired officer in connection with purported corruption schemes involving everything from tow trucks to heroin trafficking. One of the cops, the feds allege, even bragged to others about how much crime he had committed while on the job, at times using racist language. All three cops — Heather Busch,…
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Feds Execute Search Warrant on Rudy Giuliani's NYC Apartment
Federal investigators executed a search warrant at the home and office of former New York City mayor and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, sources familiar with the matter told News 4 New York. Prosecutors have been probing Giuliani’s conduct in relation to Ukraine in recent years, looking into both his alleged lobbying on behalf of powerful interests there, as…
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2 Queens Men Sought Weapons Cache, Praised Anti-Semitic Attacks, Authorities Say
Two Queens men are under arrest for allegedly trying to buy high-power weapons, amid ongoing talk by one about targeting Jews — including praising last year’s Hanukkah attack in Monsey, law enforcement officials say. The U.S. Attorney, FBI and NYPD announced on Wednesday that the two men, Joseph Miner and Daniel Jou, were facing weapons charges after some racially...
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Potential Voter Fraud in Paterson, NJ on Eve of Election
Hundreds of vote-by-mail ballots in Paterson may have been improperly bundled – with those votes possibly being improper or illegal, election and postal officials said Monday. Postal authorities have informed the Passaic County Board of Elections about the potential violations involving vote-by-mail ballots – ballots they discovered by the hundreds in some mailboxes. Those votes will be reviewed by election officials…
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Brooklyn Man Accused of Stealing Stimulus Checks Out of Mailboxes
A 31-year-old Brooklyn man is accused of stealing at least nine stimulus checks, along with credit cards and other checks, out of the mailboxes of homes and apartment buildings in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn. According to the criminal complaint and statements made in court Wednesday, police officers saw Chen look inside a medical collection bin at a...
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Online Sex Predators Are Targeting Kids During Online Learning, FBI Warns
Sex predators are increasingly trying to exploit kids online with so many school children home doing online learning amid the coronavirus crisis, according to the FBI, as agents report a growing number of complaints from parents. Among the issues: children have been asked to pose naked and to send explicit photos to online predators. “We are seeing an uptick...
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Ex-DHS Police Sergeant Accused of Assaulting Man at Homeless Shelter, Stomping on His Head More Than 10 Times
A former New York City Department of Homeless Services police sergeant is accused of assaulting an individual at a men’s homeless shelter by kicking, punching and stomping on his head more than 10 times, according to prosecutors.
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Gunfire Erupts in Brooklyn Amid FBI Probe Into Violent Illegal Money Ring: Official
Police swarmed a neighborhood in Brooklyn early Friday after a man being eyed in an FBI probe appeared to have a weapon and ran inside a building, a senior law enforcement official and cops tell News 4.
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NYPD, Feds Bust 13 Alleged Gang Members in Drug and Gun Bust
Authorities arrested more than a dozen suspected gang members in a sweeping drug and gun bust Wednesday, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation tell NBC 4 New York.
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Noted Queens Music Teacher Accused of Child Sex Trafficking, Sex Contact
A noted Queens music teacher has been arrested for a litany of alleged sex crimes against young children, including trying to buy sex with girls as young as 8 and engaging in sexual contact with teenagers.
