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Charges dropped against Long Island nurse who appeared to slam baby in NICU bassinet
Charges were dropped against a Long Island nurse who appeared to slam a baby down in a bassinet inside a hospital’s NICU. It comes nearly a year after Amanda Burke was charged and fired from her job, but the district attorney’s office said Monday she “did not act with gross negligence.” NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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LI nurse seen slamming newborn in NICU ‘grateful' to have charges dropped
A 29-year-old nurse from Long Island, fired after a now-viral video showed her roughly picking up a newborn baby and slamming it face down into a bassinet, has been cleared by a state agency of misconduct.
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LI nurse seen slamming newborn in NICU likely to see charges dropped
A 29-year-old nurse from Long Island, fired after a now-viral video showed her roughly picking up a newborn baby and slamming it face down into a bassinet, has been cleared by a state agency of misconduct.
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State clears fired NICU nurse of gross negligence
A Long Island neo-natal nurse has been fired after getting caught on video slamming a newborn into a bassinet. Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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LI nurse seen slamming newborn in NICU cleared of misconduct, still facing charges
A 29-year-old nurse from Long Island, fired after a now-viral video showed her roughly picking up a newborn baby and slamming it face down into a bassinet, has been cleared by a state agency of misconduct — but is still set to be charged criminally
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Parents wheeled dead baby girl out of shelter in stroller, dumped near Yankee Stadium: Prosecutors
The parents of a 3-month-old girl found dead in a trash bag in a wooded area off the Major Deegan Expressway have been indicted in the infant’s killing. Damion Comager, accused of shaking the baby to death, and Ivana Paolozzi placed her inside a stroller and wheeled her out of the Bronx homeless shelter they were staying in before...
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Long Island Dance Pro Who Performed With Grande Faces New Federal Child Sex Charge
A Long Island dance professional who has taught for nearly two decades and performed with the likes of Ariana Grande now faces a federal charge in connection with the sex crimes case that got him arrested earlier this month, according to court papers. Jordan Viscomi, a former instructor at David Sanders Dance Dynamics on Sunrise Highway in Oakdale, was charged…
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New Details Emerge in Case of Dead Baby Girl Found in Bag Off Major Deegan
The parents of a 3-month-old girl found dead in a trash bag in a wooded area off the Major Deegan over the weekend have both been arrested, authorities say — and the medical examiner’s office has ruled the case a homicide. Damion Comager, a 23-year-old who had been staying at a Bronx shelter, was arrested Monday night on charges of…
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Baby Found Dead Near Major Deegan Expressway
A 3-month-old girl was found unconscious near the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. The investigation is ongoing.
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Long Island Dance Instructor Charged With Child Sex Crimes
A Long Island dance instructor is facing charges for using two of his teen students for sexually explicit video calls and text messages. Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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Long Island Dance Teacher Accused of Sex Crimes Involving Teen Students
A 30-year-old Long Island dance teacher has been arrested on child sex crimes that involve two teenage students at his school, police said Thursday. Jordan Viscomi, an instructor at David Sanders Dance Dynamics on Sunrise Highway in Oakdale, befriended 15- and 16-year-old girls who were taking classes at the school, Suffolk County cops say. Over a period of three days…
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Girl Badly Hurt in Fall Out Moving Party Bus
A 14-year-old girl was badly hurt after falling out of a moving party bus on a Queens highway Wednesday night, officials say.
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NYC House of Horrors: Starved, Abused Kids Held at Gunpoint, Police Say
A 34-year-old Bronx man was arrested on a bevy of charges when two children — a 14-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy — were found badly bruised inside his apartment earlier this week, authorities say, after they were allegedly held captive for months while being starved and even pistol whipped. The circumstances of the case, which unfolded at the Eastchester…
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News 4 Now 4/20
These are the top stories on April 20, 2023.
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Mom in 11-Year-Old Son Slay Nabbed in NJ After Driving SUV Into Ocean, Walking Off: Official
A mother has been charged with murder in the death of her 11-year-old son in southeastern Pennsylvania and is awaiting extradition from New Jersey, where she was arrested after her SUV was found in the surf on a beach. Ruth DiRienzo-Whitehead, 50, of Horsham, is charged in Montgomery County with first- and third-degree murder as well as possession of an…
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11-Year-Old Boy Found Dead in Horsham Home, Mother Found at Jersey Shore
A mother is in custody after her son was found dead inside their Horsham home by his father. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle has the latest on the investigation.
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Stepmother Sentenced to 25 to Life in Valva Freezing Death
There was grim applause after a judge delivered a scathing rebuke and hard time to Angela Pollina for causing the cruel, painful death of 8-year-old stepson Thomas Valva. Prosecutors called her crime a “horror movie,” while the judge called Pollina “evil” before sentencing her to 25 years to life. Greg Cergol reports.
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Stepmom Gets Maximum Sentence in Boy's Freezing Death
Angela Pollina was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Tuesday in the January 2020 freezing death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva.
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‘Wicked Stepmother' Gets 25 to Life in Prison for Long Island Boy's Freezing Murder
The “wanton, evil and cruel” Long Island stepmother, as prosecutors portrayed her, convicted by a jury last month of murder in the death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva received a maximum sentence Tuesday of 25 years to life in prison “My only regret is they don’t have a garage there, with no heat, no mattress and no blankets…where you could...
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Massachusetts Family Doctor Had Hidden Cameras, Thousands of Child Sex Abuse Images, Feds Say
A Massachusetts family doctor was arrested for allegedly recording and possessing child sex abuse images, including on a hidden camera designed to look like a bracelet, prosecutors said Tuesday.