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Police have captured convicted murderer David Sweat, who escaped from a maximum security prison in upstate New York more than three weeks ago.
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"That’s my sister," the man, identified by cops as Terrell Mitchell, 26, can be heard yelling before he sucker punches the male officer twice in the back of the head, knocking off his glasses.
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Increasing the size of the force had been a top priority of the City Council speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito, and the notion was endorsed by Mr. de Blasio’s police commissioner, William J. Bratton. But the move has been opposed by some advocates for criminal justice reform, and it is expected to add at least $100 million to the city’s budget, the New York Times reports.
Read More →An army of law enforcement officers descended on a wooded area 30 miles west of Dannemora, N.Y., Sunday after police confirmed that DNA evidence removed from a hunting camp a day earlier was linked to two murderers on the lam who escaped from prison.
Read More →The FBI has arrested a New York City college student, accusing him of plotting to carry out some kind of unspecified terror-related attack in New York.
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The man accused of killing an NYPD officer was indicted on 12 criminal counts, including aggravated murder, in Queens Thursday.
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The escapees are David Sweat, 34, and Richard Matt, 48. Sweat was serving a life sentence for murdering Broome County (N.Y.) Sheriff's Deputy Kevin Tarsia who happened upon Sweat and others after they had robbed a firearms store. Matt was imprisoned for the kidnapping, murder and dismemberment of a man who had fired him from his job at a food warehouse.
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The New York City's narcotics officers are being told to stop arresting suspects over the age of 40 — a major strategy shift designed to target younger dealers, who are more likely to carry guns and use them.
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Before the procession, a solemn quiet was only broken by the sound of bagpipes as Moore's hearse was driven to the overflowing St. James Roman Catholic Church. A sea of officers in dress uniforms from as far as California, Louisiana and Canada lined the street in salute.
Read More →Katarzyna Erario, a three-year member of the force from Manhattan’s 33rd Precinct in Washington Heights, was hiking with a male friend in Minnewaska State Park Preserve on Monday when she fell about 50 feet through a hole in the ground.
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