Newark airport employee allegedly stole NYC murder victim’s identity prior to death

May 16, 2012

NEWARK — A security supervisor at Newark Liberty International Airport accused of stealing the identity of a murdered Queens man two decades ago began using the victim’s identification three weeks before he was killed, officials said today. The supervisor, Bimbo Olumuyiwa Oyewole, 55, of Elizabeth, a Nigerian immigrant living in the United States illegally, is accused [...]

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Cops to get training on un-fare searches of taxi passengers

May 16, 2012

The city will train cops so they don’t unjustly search cab passengers whose drivers give police permission to pull over their cars, a civil liberties group said Tuesday. In settling a federal lawsuit, the city agreed to pay $10,000 each to Terrence Battle, a former manager at FM radio stations Hot 97 and KISS, and Munir Pujara, [...]

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For New York Police, There’s No End to the Stops

May 16, 2012

New York City’s public advocate, Bill de Blasio, put forward a modest proposal last week. He wants the Police Department to include the number of street stop-and-frisks, which is in a state of geometric expansion, in its weekly review of precinct crime statistics. A few hours later, a cannonade sounded at City Hall. “When Bill de Blasio last [...]

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Mob boss convicted of racketeering, acquited of cop’s slay

May 16, 2012

The widow of slain cop Ralph Dols cried out in anguish Wednesday when she learned that two mobsters were acquitted in the murder of her husband. “How is that possible?” Kim Kennaugh said when reached by phone after the split verdict in the trial of Thomas (Tommy Shots) Gioeli and Dino (Little Dino) Saracino. “I [...]

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NYC complex in doghouse over strict no-pet rule

May 16, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) — A sprawling housing complex in the Bronx has been fined $85,000 for not allowing residents to keep emotional-support dogs. The Daily News reports (http://nydn.us/IXIyRF ) that the company that manages Co-op City was fined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for denying two clinically depressed residents their pets. [...]

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Crane owner cleared in deadly 2008 collapse in NYC

May 14, 2012

NEW YORK –  A construction crane owner was acquitted of manslaughter and all other charges Thursday in the May 2008 collapse of a 200-foot-tall rig that snapped apart, killed two workers and fueled concerns about crane safety. James Lomma sat expressionless and looking frozen as a judge announced his verdict in the only criminal trial [...]

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Roommates Guilty of Taking $285,000 Joyride to NYC on Stolen Check

May 14, 2012

Two roommates were convicted Thursday of stealing a check from a Newport Beach law firm, forging its value to more than $285,000 and using the cash to splurge on a luxury trip to New York for themselves and their friends, the district attorney’s office reported. Alexa Antonella Polar, 35, of Garden Grove pleaded guilty to [...]

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Judge dismisses charges against NYC’s alleged well-dressed groper

May 14, 2012

NEW YORK — The man wrongly accused of being New York City’s best-dressed groper had his name cleared Monday.  A Manhattan criminal court judge dismissed all charges against Karl Vanderwoude, who had been accused of forcible touching, unlawful surveillance and sexual abuse last month after women were attacked in some of New York’s ritziest neighborhoods.  [...]

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Former NYC Police Officer Michael Peña Sentenced to 75 Years for Brutal Sex Crime

May 14, 2012

A now-former New York City police officer will likely spend the rest of his in jail for brutally raped a woman who was on her way to work. Michael Peña, 28, has been sentenced to at least 75 years in prison – 3 consecutively running terms of 25 years to life – for raping a [...]

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Lawyer: Reputed NYC mobster quit crime family

May 14, 2012

NEW YORK — Borrowing a legal strategy that worked for John “Junior” Gotti, an accused killer for the mob is defending himself against murder charges in federal court by claiming he quit the Gambino organized crime family nearly a decade ago. One-time Gotti associate John Burke realized “his so-called friends were not that at all. [...]

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