Some employees interviewed have told investigators about heroin use among prisoners, and the role of employees in the drug trade.
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A three-week manhunt for two escaped prisoners, called a "nightmare" by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, came to a violent end this weekend when one inmate was shot and killed Friday and another was shot and apprehended Sunday.
Read More →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.
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The 36-second cellphone video starts off with a man pushing an officer from the 32nd Precinct trying to handcuff his sister near 144th Street and 8th Avenue around 11:30 p.m. The sister, Asia Banks, was being arrested for interfering with and pushing officers after they stopped her brother for having an open bottle of cognac. More Here.
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 man accused of gunning down NYPD Officer Brian Moore was indicted on 12 criminal counts, including aggravated murder, in Queens Thursday. He pleaded not guilty. More Here.
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