New York jewelry stores beware: a pair of neatly dressed thieves may be targeting your store to pull off a heist, reports DNAInfo. According to NYPD, a slender African-American man entered a Madison Avenue jeweler’s main floor last Friday (September 28th) posing as a customer. Sharply dressed to the nines in a business suit and brimmed hat, […]
As social media continues to be the centerpiece and pulse of the digital age, the medium serves as a window into the daily happenings of anonymous characters content to reveal every nuance of their personal lives. This foolhardy notion has been playing itself out as of late, especially in the gang-riddled streets of Chicago and […]
The NYPD is doing its part to clear the wrongfully accused via a $1.25 million grant which will help those unlawfully convicted of crimes. The police unit announced Monday (Sept. 23), that the Innocence Project would spearhead the fight to exonerate inmates and ex-cons found innocent of wrongdoing, by collecting evidence for their cases.
Last month, the NYPD owned up to striking several innocent victims in pursuit of a shooter at the Empire State Building, and it appears that a new slip-up has taken another life. Reynaldo Cuevas, a worker, at the Aneurys Deli Grocery in the Bronx, was shot by police as he tried to get away from gunmen […]
Members of the NYPD spied on Muslim residents in the New York and New Jersey, but the inquiries have come to a partial end. Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa held a private meeting in Newark, N.J. Wednesday (Sept. 4) informing attendees that the surveillance—which the department claimed it started to thwart potential terrorist attacks—is no more. […]
Commissioner Ray Kelly confirmed Saturday (Aug. 25) what Mayor Michael Bloomberg inferred one day earlier: NYPD officers were responsible for wounding nine at the Empire State Building. Kelly made the announcement in a press conference over the weekend, explaining that two officers unloaded a troth of bullets in an attempt to shoot assailant Jeffery Johnson […]
A disgruntled ex-employee killed his boss outside New York’s Empire State Building Friday (Aug. 24), and while it was reported that as many as 10 others were injured, the NYPD is to blame for those wounded. Two officers shot nearly a dozen people in pursuit of gunman, Jeffrey Johnson, who showed up at the building dressed […]
More than a dozen NYPD officers were the recipients of disciplinary actions after posting racist comments about West Indians on Facebook.In total 17 officers were singled out for the offensive remarks made in reference to last year’s West Indian Day Parade. Although it took the department a year, officials revealed Thursday (Aug. 23) that the […]
Muslims around the world marked the end of the Ramadan holiday over the weekend, but one ceremony was tainted by the presence of none other than bacon. The NYPD is investigating the incident, which occurred at an event Sunday (Aug. 19) in New Dorp Beach on Staten Island, N.Y., where strips of bacon—consumption of which is […]
The NYPD is ready to fess up. The department has admitted that spying on Muslims in New York City and surrounding areas, was an epic waste of money, resources, and time. The investigation helmed by the Demographics Unit was not only a form of discrimination, but provided no leads into potential terrorist activity. With the […]
The NYPD has found itself back in the line of fire, under new claims of use of excessive force. The family of Darruis Kennedy is seeking out answers as to why he was shot a dozen times when he pulled out a knife in Times Square, Saturday (Aug. 11). Kennedy, 51,was shot and killed after […]
Devon Daniels was indicted on charges that he illegally leaked information to a drug trafficking organization, Friday (Aug. 10). The NYPD officer was arrested on several charges, by the Drug Enforcement Agency back in May. According to Brooklyn federal prosecutors, Daniels broke several rules, when he gave out internal information to the traffickers. The 31-year-old […]
