Claims filed against New York’s finest spiked 35 percent in the last fiscal year, leading the city to shell out nearly $186 million in settlement costs, according to a report issued by Comptroller John Liu. The NYPD was responsible for more claims during the 2011 fiscal year than any other city agency. “The surge [in [...]
The woman behind the wheel of a car that flipped into a shallow marsh off of Jamaica Bay leaving a pregnant Queens woman dead has been charged with driving under the influence and without a license, according to the NYPD and media reports. Denise Finley 32, of Arverne, was heading southbound on Brookville Boulevard in the [...]
A man was killed after being pushed in front of an approaching No. 7 train in Sunnyside last night, the second incident of its kind in New York City this month. Sunando Sen was pushed as the Flushing-bound train approached the 40th Street station at approximately 8 p.m. As the train pulled into the station, the [...]
A man working behind the counter in a Ridgewood deli was shot and killed during an apparent robbery last night. Ishak Ghali, 26, was killed at approximately 6 p.m. while at his job at All Friends Deli on Onderdonk Avenue, according to police. A cousin of Ghali told NY1 that he was killed by one shot to the [...]
Police are searching for a man wanted for snatching five electronic devices over the past month on trains in Queens and Brooklyn. Four cell phones and an iPad were stolen in the incidents that all occurred E, F, or R trains as they entered the station, according to police. The five victims were all women between the [...]
Police arrested and charged a Queens woman for allegedly providing butt enhancement injections without a proper license. Liliana Coello, 39, allegedly injected an unidentified 40-year-old woman who was later hospitalized with a serious infection, according to authorities. It is unclear if the infection stemmed from the syringe or the injection. Coello is charged with assault, reckless endangerment [...]
Police are searching for a suspect wanted in connection with five bank robberies in Queens since July. The most recent robbery took place on Wednesday, December 12 at the Chase Bank on 31st Avenue in East Elmhurst. The suspect passes a demand note to the teller while also displaying a gun from inside a newspaper or [...]
A three-year undercover operation into an illegal gun trafficking ring in southeast Queens netted four indictments and a fifth arrest, according to officials. The investigation began in August 2009 after the DA’s office received a tip of the illegal operation. Over the next three years agents conducted several undercover transactions with the defendants. Twenty firearms [...]
A cold case is heating up. A Long Island City nurse and former exotic dancer was arrested in connection with the nearly three-decade-old murder of a Baton Rouge, Louisiana businessman. Leila Mulla, 47, was arrested and charged with the crime by New York City police last week. She presently awaits arraignment and faces extradition back [...]
A Queens man was arrested after he allegedly shipped military-grade items to China and Taiwan illegally, according to the FBI. Mark Henry, 49, was arrested and charged on December 6 with shipping defense goods with military applications to customers in Asia from his New York City export company without the required licenses. He is accused [...]
