A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty Thursday to being a black-market kidney broker – buying organs on the cheap in Israel and selling them to desperate Americans at a tremendous markup.
At least 16 cops indicted in the Bronx ticket-fixing scandal will finally face a judge Friday when they’re arraigned on charges including bribery and misconduct, prosecutors said.
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Bronx prosecutors tried to keep information about a ticket-fixing cop sealed, but a judge said their attempts at secrecy in such cases was futile.
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A $1 billion disability scam pioneered by a one-time MTA board member helped hundreds of retired LIRR workers enjoy their golden years with an illegal gold mine.
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Cops are hunting for a man who tried to rape a 77-year-old woman in Brooklyn Wednesday. The suspect walked into a Bedford-Stuyvesant building where the victim worked and attacked her shortly after noon.
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A violent ex-con was arrested Thursday for tying up and suffocating a 73-year-old East Harlem grandmother inside her home.
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There were 22,365 people stopped, questioned and frisked in the Bronx between April 1 and June 30. Ninety-one percent of the people stopped in the Bronx were male, and 92% of those stopped were black or Hispanic.
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An NYPD cop who fired three rounds at Sean Bell’s car testified Thursday he used his weapon because he thought a fellow Finest was being targeted by gunfire coming from inside the ride.
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They are some of New York’s most active retirees.
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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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