Man who ‘killed’ wife took control of life-insurance payout for kids The man being sued for allegedly murdering his Upper West Side wife surreptitiously took control of the $1.6 million life-insurance-policy payout she’d left behind for their two kids, The Post has learned. Rod Covlin, 39, filed papers in Westchester County Surrogate’s Court in April seeking [...]
Thugs out for Blue blood Two sharp-eyed Brooklyn cops yesterday thwarted a drug-and-cash heist by nine heavily armed robbers dead-set on blowing away any cops who showed up — just as in the drug-related home invasion that killed Officer Peter Figoski, The Post has learned. The robbery crew was targeting a heroin dealer in East [...]
Man shot in Queens while sitting in car, then drives it into house in Jamaica A 50-year-old man was shot while he was sitting in his car Monday and then drove it into a Queens house three blocks away, cops said. The man, whose name was not released, was in the driver’s seat of a Nissan [...]
War in Iraq officially over After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq — a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the price in blood and money, as it set Iraq on a path to democracy. Panetta stepped [...]
Queens’ Morning Roundup – 10/12/2011 Suspicious donations for New York City comptroller John C. Liu The New York Times reports that city comptroller, John C. Liu’s campaign donators seem to be nonexistent. Liu, who boasted about receiving $1 million dollars in financing in donations, seemed to be shocked when informed that a majority of [...]
