The Leandra Rosado tragedy ended with a poignant reconciliation Friday when the family of the Bronx woman who killed the 11-year-old joined her father’s crusade against drunken drivers.
Former top Bonanno gangster Salvatore (Good Looking Sal) Vitale, who admitted to 11 gangland murders, was sprung from prison Friday as a reward for helping the feds jail 51 mobsters.
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A Staten Island teen was collared for brutally attacking elderly women and snatching their purses, prosecutors said.
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Read about our Top Ten news stories of the week, including the arrest of a Virginia man for plotting attacks on D.C.-area Metro stations with people he believed to be members of al Qaeda; charges against a Hawaii man for making false statements in a matter involving international terrorism; and the superseding indictment filed against a Detroit Public Schools executive and several other individuals.
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Melvin Morton, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced to 31 years in prison for conspiracy to commit robbery, attempted armed robbery, possession of a gun by a felon, and brandishing a gun in connection with an attempted armed robbery of a Loomis Armored car in Baltimore. Morton’s sentence was enhanced due to the fact that he is a career offender, with four previous convictions for armed robberies.
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Brian M. Phillips, of Edgewood, New Mexico, pled guilty to receiving child pornography after originally being indicted on charges of distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography.
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Dayon Pinder, of Chester, Pennsylvania, was indicted on five counts of Hobbs Act robbery and four counts of carrying or using a firearm during or in relation to a crime of violence. He faces a mandatory 82-year prison sentence, with the possibility of life.
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A Brooklyn firefighter investigated in a deadly hit-and-run has a record – he was allegedly part of a gang that beat another man nearly 20 years ago, court records show.
Leandra Rosado’s dad will ask a judge Friday to sentence the drunken driver who killed his 11-year-old daughter to a year in jail for every year she graced the Earth.
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A crazed Bronx man holding a woman hostage with a fake gun was subdued by police this morning.
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