October 28, 2011
Accused LIRR scammers lived active lives
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They are some of New York’s most active retirees.
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October 28, 2011
Shooting victim: I was the NYPD’s hostage!
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Takesha Griffin, 35, said she was handcuffed to a bench in the squad room or locked in a filthy holding cell at the 73rd Precinct stationhouse during a spirit-shattering stretch last month. Cops asked her repeatedly if she was ready to cough up the real story..
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October 27, 2011
Detective who fired first at Sean Bell breaks silence
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The detective who fired the first shot in the barrage that killed Sean Bell testified Wednesday he used his gun because he thought a pal of the groom-to-be was primed to strike first. “All I saw was his arm coming up,” Det. Gescard Isnora said of Joseph Guzman, a passenger in Bell’s car during the fateful moments immediately before the highly controversial 2006 police shooting.
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October 27, 2011
Woman, 73, found tied up, dead
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A 73-year-old woman was found dead inside her East Harlem apartment Tuesday – her feet bound and her head wrapped in plastic, police sources said.
October 27, 2011
Ex-Goldman Sachs boss faces charges
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A prominent financial exec surrender to authorities in Manhattan Wednesday to face federal charges in a massive insider-trading scheme.
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October 27, 2011
Bernie Madoff & wife attempted suicide
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Bernie Madoff’s wife claims she and the Ponzi schemer tried to kill themselves with a Christmas Eve pill overdose – and she’s glad they failed.
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October 27, 2011
Cleared of rape, ex-cop’s eying X-ray school
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Kenneth Moreno, 43, whose sensational trial on charges of raping a fashion exec ended with an official misconduct conviction, is trying to get into radiology school, he said Tuesday in Brooklyn Family Court.
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October 27, 2011
First cop to fire at Sean Bell to talk
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An NYPD detective will for the first time publicly explain Wednesday why he shot at Sean Bell’s car – sparking a 50-shot police barrage that killed the bridegroom on his wedding day.
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October 27, 2011
Stole tractors, tried to sell them on craigslist
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A Housing Authority employee and his pal were busted Tuesday on charges of stealing two city-owned tractors and trying to sell them on craigslist, authorities said.
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October 26, 2011
Cops question man in granny’s suffocation
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Police have released a photo of a suspect in the murder of an elderly East Harlem woman who was tied up and suffocated inside her home.
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