3 NYPD Officers, 2 Civilian Employees Arrested Since Friday
Five NYPD employees, including two sworn officers, have been arrested on various charges since Friday.
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Five NYPD employees, including two sworn officers, have been arrested on various charges since Friday.
According to police, a 23-year-old man standing outside 765 East 175th Street in the Bronx was shot in the leg on Thursday evening.
Police say 18-year-old Luis Camarillo, of the Bronx, was working in the back of the truck when the truck's compactor came down and struck him in the torso. He was pronounced dead at Long Island College Hospital.
The New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association does not want speed cameras set up in the city.
A New York City police officer was arrested this week and charged with unlawful surveillance.
Protesters clashed with police during a candlelight vigil Wednesday night for 16-year-old Kimani "Kiki" Gray, who was shot and killed by police Saturday night after they said he pulled a .38 caliber gun on officers.
Police said the suspect attacked a 70-year-old woman as she entered her apartment building in Baychester shortly after 7 p.m. on Feb. 7.
Officer Gilberto Valle was found guilty of kidnapping conspiracy and accessing a federal government computer database to learn personal information about potential targets.
The jury has had the case since Thursday. If convicted on the most serious charge, Gilberto Valle could face a possible life sentence.
Previously, crash investigators were summoned only when at least one victim had died or was "likely to die.''
Residents of Staten Island on Sunday paid tribute to two New York City police detectives who were killed in a notorious shooting 10 years ago to the day.
When the plainclothes officers saw the gun, they both fired. The teen was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital a short time later, police said.
When the plainclothes officers displayed their badges, police said Clinto James tried to flee. In doing so, James pinned an officer between his car and another car, police said.
The suspect took a picture of himself exhaling smoke on the victim's cellphone. The woman had her phone set to automatically post pictures to her Facebook page.
Jabbar Campbell's attorney said what happened to his client was a violation of the Fourth Amendment – illegal search and seizure. The NYPD's Internal Affairs is investigating.
Jurors deliberated nearly a full day Friday without reaching a verdict in the case of 28-year-old officer Gilberto Valle. They were to return to court on Monday.
An adult female pit bull and four puppies were already dead when they were placed in bags and set on fire last Saturday in Brooklyn, the ASPCA said in a statement.
Juan Acevedo surrendered to police in a Pennsylvania convenience store parking lot on Wednesday.
The defendant, wearing a dark suit and yellow tie, wept as his lawyer described how the case had "cost him everything,'' including his wife and "adorable baby.''
The body found stuffed in a barrel inside a Harlem apartment over the weekend has been identified as 19-year-old Francis Angelica Alfonso Pellerano.
It happened around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday on Jamaica Avenue. Police said a man in his 30s and a 17-year-old boy were walking down the street when they were attacked.
The campaign by the NYPD started last October to focus on cracking down on loosely affiliated teen gangs that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said hang out around public housing.
The animals' charred remains were found inside a bag on 91st Street near Ditmas Avenue near a beverage distribution warehouse in Canarsie.
Defense attorneys began Tuesday with the showing of a videotaped deposition of a Russian man who runs a fetish website.
The incidents happened in the Clason Point and Castle Hill sections of the Bronx.
