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Woman shot in face with crossbow in northern New Jersey: BCPO
Authorities are investigating what they are calling “an attempted homicide” after a woman was shot in the face with a crossbow in northern New Jersey Monday afternoon. Shortly before 6 p.m. the Saddle Brook Police Department responded to a 911 call reporting a woman who was seriously injured at her job, a business on Route 46 East, the Bergen County…
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Suspect sought in two separate UES slashings that took place minutes apart: NYPD
Police say the same suspect is responsible for two separate slashings that occurred minutes apart on the Upper East Side in Manhattan last week — and the search for the suspect is still ongoing. Wearing a nylon stocking over his face and Ugg boots, the alleged slasher attacked the first victim underground at the subway station at 86th Street and…
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16-year-old boy arrested for fatally shooting teen girl in head: NYPD
A 16-year-old teenage boy was arrested in connection to a shooting on Saturday that left a 17-year-old girl dead in Queens, police said. Police said the 911 call came in just after 5 p.m. Saturday that a 17-year-old girl was shot in the head inside a residence on Clover Place. The young victim, later identified as Deaza Barkley, from Brooklyn,…
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Estranged husband of slain NYC art dealer indicted in murder-for-hire plot in Brazil
Prosecutors in Manhattan have charged the husband of a slain New York City art dealer in a murder-for-hire plot in Brazil.
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Suspect in Tupac death seeks to delay trial as defense identifies new witnesses
The motion also suggests that someone else may have orchestrated the shooting and that witnesses who could testify on the matter are being interviewed.
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UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect thanks people for mail on new website
The suspect in the ambush killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson thanked people who have written to him as he is jailed in a New York City detention facility.
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Man who allegedly threatened to kill Jewish people arrested near NYC after driving from Utah
A man who allegedly threatened no social media to kill Jewish people was arrested just outside New York City after driving across the country from Utah, according to NYPD officials.
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Department of Justice moves to dismiss corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams
Federal prosecutors have formally asked a judge to drop the federal corruption and bribery charges against Mayor Eric Adams. It comes after a number of high-ranking officials and prosecutors resigned because they refused to have the charges dropped. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
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DOJ moves to dismiss federal corruption case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams
The U.S. Department of Justice formally filed court paperwork to dismiss federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, after two days of resignations from prosecutors who refused to do so.
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Lead prosecutor in Eric Adams corruption case resigns in sharply-worded letter
Another prosecutor who worked on Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case quit after refusing to drop criminal charges and follow an order from the U.S. Department of Justice. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
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Homeowner pleads guilty to shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl, who rang the wrong doorbell
An 86-year-old Kansas City man has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the man’s doorbell by mistake.
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AUSA, who worked on Adams case, resigns in sharply worded letter to DOJ
The AUSA’s resignation follows his boss, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and other DOJ officials who stepped down this week
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Tennessee man sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their Fiji honeymoon
A man from Memphis, Tennessee, has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife during their honeymoon in Fiji in 2022.
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9 indicted in child sex trafficking case involving teen found on docked Long Island yacht
Nine people have been indicted in a child sex trafficking case involving a teen girl found on a boat docked at a Long Island marina following a nearly monthlong disappearance.
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Prosecutor who quit after refusing to drop Adams case is confident he ‘committed the crimes'
The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan resigned after refusing a DOJ order to drop corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Before quitting, Danielle Sassoon told President Trump’s new attorney general that she was “confident” Adams had committed the crimes.
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U.S. Attorney in Manhattan resigns amid DOJ order to drop corruption case against Adams
The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan stepped down amid orders to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Danielle Sassoon, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, quit Thursday afternoon, after the Trump Justice Department ordered prosecutors in the SDNY to drop the case. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
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Texas principal, educators arrested in child abuse investigation at charter school
Three staffers at an Arlington charter school are facing felony charges in an ongoing investigation into allegations of child grooming and an improper relationship with a student.
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Thousands of counterfeit stamps from China seized by customs agents in Chicago
More than 160,000 counterfeit stamps were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection last weekend at the Chicago International Mail Branch.
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Former NYC Board of Corrections member charged in alleged bribe scheme
A former NYC Board of Corrections member Julio Medina, who was also CEO of a firm called Exodus, has been indicted for allegedly taking large bribes to help two others rip off millions from a city’s emergency housing program amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Medina, 64, is accused of “steering approximately $51 million in public funds” to a couple of businesspeople…
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Michael Madigan found guilty on 10 counts in split verdict
A jury has delivered a split verdict against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, finding him guilty on 11 of 23 criminal counts in his case.