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Tekashi 69: Can He Disappear After Testifying Against the Bloods?
NEW YORK — For three short days in September, the rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was back in his element: blowing up the internet. Abandoning his brand as a professional agitator, the Instagram celebrity became a star witness for the federal government, and testified at length about fellow rappers and his former crew, the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods.
Jeffrey Epstein Suicide: Barr Criticizes 'Serious Irregularities' at Jail
Attorney General William Barr said Monday that there were “serious irregularities” at the federal jail in New York City where Jeffrey Epstein, the financier who was long dogged by accusations of sexual abuse of girls, was found dead on Saturday morning after he had apparently hanged himself.
He Wasn't Seeking to Kill a Mob Boss. He Was Trying to Help Trump, His Lawyer Says.
NEW YORK — As his pickup truck roared toward the Todt Hill section of Staten Island, Anthony Comello had no intention of killing a mob boss.He Wasn't Seeking to Kill a Mob Boss. He Was Trying to Help Trump, His Lawyer Says.
NEW YORK — As his pickup truck roared toward the Todt Hill section of Staten Island, Anthony Comello had no intention of killing a mob boss.Cache of lewd photos raises questions about financier's plea deal
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Epstein on Monday with sex trafficking, dealing an implicit rebuke to that plea agreement, which was overseen by Alexander Acosta, then the U.S. attorney in Miami and now President Donald Trump’s labor secretary.
2,500 reports of police bias, but not one was deemed valid by the NYPD
Often, allegations were listed as unsubstantiated or unfounded, and closed, according to the report by the city’s Department of Investigation.
Cuba Gooding Jr. is accused of groping woman at a Manhattan bar
On the footage, the official said, Gooding is seen forcibly touching the woman, who is a student at New York University.
Police director in New Jersey used racist and sexist slurs, inquiry finds
The top law enforcement official in Elizabeth, one of New Jersey’s largest and most diverse cities, routinely referred to police officers in his department using racist and sexist slurs, according to an inquiry, and is now rebuffing calls for his resignation.
Man Arrested With Gas Cans and Lighters at St. Patrick's Cathedral Is a Philosophy Teacher
NEW YORK — Marc Lamparello’s story seemed off from the start.
Man Arrested With Gas Cans and Lighters at St. Patrick's Cathedral Is a Philosophy Teacher
NEW YORK — Marc Lamparello’s story seemed off from the start.
Killings spike in Brooklyn, the police point to gangs
NEW YORK — For years, city officials have worked to promote New York as the safest large city in America.
Anthony Comello, accused in Gambino killing: How do you keep him safe in jail?
NEW YORK — Court officers took no chances Monday as a judge arraigned a 24-year-old man accused of gunning down a Gambino crime family boss on a murder charge in Staten Island.
A Conspiracy Theorist, a Murdered Gambino Boss and a Mystery Motive
NEW YORK — Anthony Comello was known as an aimless young man on his family’s block in Staten Island, where he lived in his parents’ house. He could be helpful, offering during snowstorms to plow the streets with his pickup and to clear snow from neighbors’ driveways. But he also believed in far-right conspiracy theories, had an OxyContin habit and could be aggressive when he was high, people who knew him said.A gotti was released from prison, then the Gambino boss was killed. Is there a connection?
NEW YORK — While Gene Gotti was in prison in the 1990s, he hatched a plan with a Gambino family associate: They would keep up a strict workout routine at the prison gym, federal agents learned.
A Gotti Was Released From Prison, Then the Gambino Boss Was Killed. Is There a Connection?
NEW YORK — While Gene Gotti was in prison in the 1990s, he hatched a plan with a Gambino family associate: They would keep up a strict workout routine at the prison gym, federal agents learned. They had to stay in shape, Gotti reportedly said, because once they got out, he was going to retake control of the Gambino enterprise.
A tip leads to the discovery of a mystery body buried in a Queens Backyard
“We’d really like to put a collar on it,” said Patrick Conry, the director of the Police Department’s public information unit.
Rape kits in limbo no more: 64 convictions so far from backlogged cases
In February, Loebe was convicted of sexually assaulting seven women. Sudbeck testified against him at trial.
A manifest said the shipping container held dried fruit, but inside was 3,200 pounds of cocaine
The bundles turned out to be 3,200 pounds of cocaine, the largest drug shipment to be intercepted at Port Newark in a quarter-century, a bounty worth $77 million on the street, authorities said Monday.
A Brooklyn man got into a fistfight and two hours later, his little brother was shot dead
Amilcar was arrested Monday night in Queens and was being questioned by Brooklyn detectives at the 70th Precinct station house.
A police funeral in a quiet harbor town brings a sea of blue
The officers stretched from the Church of St. Rosalie in Hampton Bays as far east as the eye could see, stacked 10-deep in some places along Montauk Highway.
