In the wake of the Sept. 11, terrorist attacks, both local and federal law enforcement have frequently employed the use of informants and undercover officers in terror investigations. Some people decry law enforcement’s actions as blatant acts of entrapment.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Bob Diamond, who discovered a 19th century railroad tunnel hidden under Atlantic Avenue, had threatened to pack up and move to a different city, due to his frustration with the city’s Department of Transportation. Diamond [...]
Friday, September 10, 2010
Jacqueline Wesley-Rosa, 49, was arrested and charged with murdering her tenant, 55-year-old Patricia Wilson. According to neighbors, the two had a longstanding dispute over rent payments, which which Wilson claimed Wesley-Rosa wasn’t entitled to collect.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Brooklyn police captain, Alex Perez, was caught on tape demanding that officers from the 81st precinct write more tickets. Perez was recorded saying, “I really don’t have a problem firing people,” regarding policemen who didn’t [...]
Thursday, September 9, 2010
By: Danielle Hester Marva Braithwaite, 37, cupped the New International Version of the Bible in the palm of her petite maple-brown hands. She thumbed through the pages to the Book of Isaiah and began to [...]
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Roger Clemens appeared in a Brooklyn courthouse on Wednesday, in conjunction with a defamation lawsuit brought against him by his former trainer, Brian McNamee. Clemens’ lawyer asked the judge to dismiss the case, but no [...]
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Former NYPD officer, Andrew Kelly, pled guilty to drunk driving and subsequently causing the death of 32-year-old Vionique Valnord. As part of a plea arrangement, approved by Valnord’s family, Kelly will be sentenced to 90 [...]
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Parents in Brooklyn are angered by the city’s decision to begin the first day of school on the Wednesday before Rosh Hashanah. Most would have preferred if school started next Monday, giving their kids a [...]
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
By Sharyn Jackson Inside the Karlsburg synagogue on 53rd Street in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, one light always burns through the evening. Congregants say that Rabbi Yechezkel Roth spends most nights in his [...]
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Police now suspect three gunmen are responsible for the sniper-style killing of delivery man, Jorge Martinez. Eight people were arrested for outstanding warrants and are being questioned in connection with the case.
Friday, September 10, 2010
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