A former Army scientist will receive $5.8 million in order to settle his lawsuit against the Justice Department.

Steven Hatfill claimed that the Justice Department has violated his privacy rights by speaking with reporters about the case.

The Justice Department will pay $2.825 million up front along with a $3 million annuity which will pay him $150,000 each year for 20 years.

Hatfill contracted infectious disease while working in laboratory from 1997 to 1999. Five people were killed and 17 sickened by anthrax on 2001, when anthrax was mailed to lawmakers on Capitol Hill and members of the news media in New York [...]

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A Muttontown millionaire has been convicted along with his wife for enslaving two Indonesian domestic workers. He was sentenced on Friday to 3 years and 4 months in federal prison.

U.S. District Judge Arthur Spatt said that husband of Varsha Sabhani, Mr.Mahender Sabhnani did not inflict any physical injury on the two enslaved women, “but he permitted all of these things to go on — these dreadful things — he had to know.”

Doing nothing to stop his wife’s brutality towards their women housekeepers will cost him 40 months in federal prison along with he was also slapped [...]

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A former washed-up shock jock was working as a counterfeiter in Manhattan, New York.

Bruce Bond, 49, whose radio career started to plummet in 2001 when he was fired from a Pennsylvania station for attacking co-workers on air, was charged with creating counterfeit checks worth millions from a stolen bank account. He had created several thousand bogus checks while operating from his Wall Street, New York apartment, prosecutor Gary Snitow told Justice Marcy Kahn in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Bond, used to forge checks on regular basis, and in the past 15 months. Manhattan, New York prosecutor allege that Bond, used to mail counterfeit [...]

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The mastermind behind a human corpse stealing racket was sentenced to 18-54 years in prison.

Michael Mastromarino, 44, was pleaded guilty in March to dozens of felony counts which includes grand larceny and enterprise corruption.

Legal prosecutors say that Michael was previously working as a head of Biomedical Tissue Services. He has reportedly made several million dollars by looting dead human corpses from city funeral homes and selling them as transplants illegally. His three accomplices were also charged with felony counts for their alleged involvement.

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Police are searching for a Bronx man who is said to be behind the shooting in an upper Manhattan nightclub 2 weeks ago.

Police told that Richard Bahamonte, 22, got involved in an altercation with another man inside the Zha Vu Lounge which is located on Amsterdam Avenue in the morning of June 10th.

Shortly after the argument, the accused began shooting – hitting and injuring a 25-year old woman in the thigh. The injured woman was admitted to a local hospital, and had no connection with the dispute.

Anyone who has information about the suspect should call the Crime Stoppers hotline [...]

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A vigilant neighbor helped cops to nab a suspect who raped a woman while disguising himself in a police uniform on Thursday.

The Queens district Attorney says Anthony Lane (35) disguised himself as a policeman to gain entry inside a Flushing woman’s home. He also flashed fake a fake officer’s badge.

When the woman opened the door, Lane assaulted the woman and forced her inside where he repeatedly raped her.

However a vigilant neighbor heard the woman’s screams and nabbed the suspect who also stole money from the victim.

The accused was charged with 10 felony counts which includes first-degree rape, secondary

Lane was [...]

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The New York City Council on Thursday unveiled bill No.721 which would make things difficult for death-defying climbers who scale New York City’s skyscrapers. The Bill would make it illegal to scale or jump from a building 25 feet or taller.

These skyscraper climbers used to receive handshakes on the roof of New York City Skyscrapers, are receiving hand-wringing in the past few weeks, after two men climbed to the top of the New York Times Building with no ropes or safety nets.

These climbers used to receive mild punishments under the current New York City laws, which prompted the Council [...]

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A 31-year-old, who was mother of 2 children, was shot dead at the Y.M.C.A. pool located at Montclair, New Jersey, on Thursday night. The accused is said to be the father of her two children who shot her in front of dozens of other children and parents who were watching from a few feet away. The woman has been identified as Monical Paul, and mother of her children is identified as Kenneth Duckett, 37, who was residing in Orange, New Jersey. The accused was sought by the police on Thursday night along with an accomplice who they say drove a getaway [...]

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Police is seeking public’s help to locate a missing man who is an Alzheimer patient.

Police reported that Lewis McCaron, aged 65, went missing yesterday. He was last spotted leaving his home located at Waverly Place in Greenwich Village. McCaron is 5 feet 8 inches tall, and weighs 120 pounds. He was wearing a tan cap, a short-sleeved checked polo shirt, khaki pants, and white, red, and black sneakers.

Anybody who has information about the missing person should immediately contact Crime Stoppers Hotline number at 1-800-577-TIPS (MANHATTAN, NEW YORK)

Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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A three-year-old girl was hospitalized in Brooklyn following an assault by her mother’s boyfriend.

Three-year-old Eleacha Oliver Ragoo was admitted to East Flatbush’s Brookdale Hospital after she received serious injuries by her mother’s 24-year-old boyfriend, Anthony Merritt..

Police said Ragoo was admitted to hospital, after Anthony Merritt shook her and threw her around violently which resulted in a fractures skull, broken ribs and a spinal injury.

Ragoo also has one-year old brother who has been in custody of their grandparents since Wednesday.

ABS said, “The matter is still under investigation”.

The family is praying for their three-year-old to recover from the [...]

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