Entries Tagged as 'General News'
Brooklyn, New York Teenager Shot Dead
July 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment
A 17 year old Brooklyn, New York teenager was shot dead while he was sitting on a bench with a friend. The shooting incident was reported outside Bedford-Stuyvesant housing project on Friday.
The victim Bertrand Jocelyn, was shot in the head and died. He was sitting along with his friend who escaped unhurt. The shooter fled [...]
Tags: Brooklyn · Crime and Assault Injuries · General News · New York
New York Police Detective Pleads Guilty To Kidnapping, Promoting Prostitution
July 17th, 2008 · No Comments
A Veteran Police Detective from Queens, New York, pleaded guilty to the kidnapping and prostitution charges against a teenage girl.
Wayne Taylor along with his wife Zelika Brown, both entered guilty pleas to the kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl who lived in Brooklyn, NY.
As per the Queens, New York District Attorney, Taylor kidnapped and presented her [...]
Tags: Crime and Assault Injuries · General News · New York · Queens
Police Officer With Fatal Shooting Acquited by Manhattan Jury
July 11th, 2008 · No Comments
A Manhattan jury decided on Thursday not to accuse a city police officer involved in fatal shooting after a traffic dispute last year.
It all started when Officer Sean Sawyer got involved in an argument with Jayson Tirado, in East Harlem in October.
The argument finally ended with Jayson Tirado being shot to death.
Tirado’s mother Irene is [...]
Tags: General News · Legal News · Manhattan · Wrongful Death
South Bronx Residents Sue City Over Local Waste Treatment Stench
July 10th, 2008 · No Comments
The residents of Hunts Point in South Bronx have filed lawsuit against the city for smells from a waste treatment plant which has plagued their community.
The community had previously filed complaints and held protests about the sickening smell from local waste treatment plants.
The noxious smells come from the waste water treatment plant in Hunts Point [...]
Tags: Bronx · General News · Lawsuits · Legal News · New York
Police Makes Arrest in Queens, New York Shooting
July 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Police has arrested 19-year-old man in connection with the shooting death of a Queens teenager, Brandon Bethea who was shot on May, 08.
Police are also searching for searching for his accomplices involved in the crime.
Brandon Bethea, aged 15, was shot in the head by a stray bullet on May 17, while he was partying with [...]
Tags: Crime and Assault Injuries · General News · Queens
Several Injured as Fire Sweeps Brooklyn, New York Home
July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
More than a dozen people were injured, one of them critically, in an apartment fire which engulfed a Brooklyn home on Tuesday. Firefighters managed to rescue six people, and two small children from a second-floor apartment, according to fire officials and witnesses.
The fire broke out around 2 a.m at the corner of Newkirk and Ocean [...]
Tags: Brooklyn · General News · New York · Personal Injury
Truck Driver's Strike in New York City
July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
The redevelopment work of World Trade Center came to a halt after more than 400 cement truck drivers went on strike
The Union held strike due to their disagreement over wages and working conditions with the Association of New York City Concrete Producers.
According to the Associated Press, a teamsters’ spokesperson said that the union could not [...]
Tags: General News · Manhattan · New York
Former New York City Police Detective Arrested
July 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
A former New York City detective was arrested for allegedly issuing phony police badges to dozens of convicted felons.
Mr. Neves, 49, who is a resident of Staten Island and a former city detective, appeared on Tuesday before Federal District Court in Manhattan, New York and was released on $55,000 bail.
The police reported that Mr.Neves [...]
Tags: Crime and Assault Injuries · General News · New York
Anthrax Lawsuit Settled for $5.8 Million
June 30th, 2008 · No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Crime and Assault Injuries · General News · Lawsuits · Legal News
Former shock jock indicted in New York
June 29th, 2008 · No Comments
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 [...]
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