Jury Convicts Man In 2012 Shooting Of NYPD Sergeant
A New York City jury convicted a Queens man in the 2012 shooting of an NYPD sergeant.
John Thomas was found guilty Thursday of first-degree attempted murder of a police officer, aggravated assault on a police officer and related offenses.
The 27-year-old faces up to 40 years to life in prison when he's sentenced.
Prosecutors say 47-year-old Craig Bier was on patrol when he approached Thomas in August 2012. Thomas fled and exchanged gunfire with Bier when the officer caught up with him. ...
The Latest On Prison Escape: Day 7 Of Searching For Convicts
Squads of law enforcement officers are heading out for a seventh day of searching for two murderers who escaped from a maximum-security prison in northern New York.
Armed officers in body armor started boarding New York state prison system buses soon after dawn Friday in the village of Dannemora, where David Sweat and Richard Matt used power tools to cut their way out of their neighboring cells last weekend. They remain at large.
The hundreds of state, federal and local officers ...
Flatbush: Cops Fire At Men Stripping Vehicle After Perp Pulls Knife At Officer
The NYPD says a suspect menaced a police officer with a knife as officers approached three men stripping a car in Brooklyn.
Police say it happened shortly after 4 a.m. Friday on East 19th Street between Glenwood Road and Foster Avenue.
Three officers, including a sergeant, were on patrol in the area when they came upon the trio.
Police say as they approached to arrest them one of the suspects pulled out a knife and threatened the sergeant.
The sergeant discharged his firearm once ...
NY Senate Votes To Create 'Terrorist Registry'
The New York Senate has voted to create a "terrorist registry" that would contain the names of anyone convicted of terrorism.
The idea is based on the longstanding sex offender registry, which allows the public to view the names, addresses and photos of those convicted of certain sex crimes.
The bill's sponsor, Republican Sen. Thomas Croci, says overseas terrorism as well as a growing number of incidents in the U.S. shows the need for the registry. He says the list would help local police ...
Maximum Prison Sentences for 2 Brothers in Terror Plot Against NYC Landmark
A federal judge imposed the maximum possible prison sentences Thursday on two Pakistani-born brothers who admitted trying to pull off a terrorist bomb attack against New York City landmarks and later assaulted two deputy U.S. marshals while in custody.
U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom compared the plot, which never got past the planning stages, to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings in which the two attackers used commonplace pressure cookers. In the Florida case, evidence shows the younger ...
5th Man Arrested in Brooklyn ISIS Probe
Another man is facing charges in New York City that he was involved in a plot to recruit U.S. fighters to join the Islamic State group.
Akmal Zakirov becomes the fifth defendant charged in an indictment filed in federal court in Brooklyn. The name of his attorney wasn't immediately available Thursday.
Prosecutors accused Zakirov of plotting to pay for one of his co-defendants to fly to the Middle East to join the Islamic State group. The man was intercepted at Kennedy airport in February ...
Update From NY State Police On Search For Escapees
The New York State Police continue to search for escaped Clinton Correctional Facility inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat.
The focus of the ground search Thursday is a heavily wooded area off New York State Route 374, east of Dannemora. Search teams are following up on a lead that was developed late Wednesday.
Thursday's search involves more than 500 law enforcement personnel, along with K9 and aviation units. The State Police are being assisted by the FBI, U.S. Marshals, U.S. Customs ...
Man Indicted on Murder Charges in NYPD Officer's Death
A man has been indicted on first-degree murder and other charges in last month's shooting of a New York Police Department officer.
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced the indictment of Demetrius Blackwell on Thursday in the death of Officer Brian Moore.
Moore died May 4, two days after being shot in the head while attempting to stop a man suspected of carrying a handgun.
Authorities had said Moore and his partner were in an unmarked police car when they approached ...
NYPD Officers To 'Surge' In New York's Higher Crime Neighborhoods
More than 300 police officers will surge into some of New York City's higher crime neighborhoods Thursday night.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton touted the Summer All Out program on Wednesday as a means to drive down the city's rising rate of murders and shootings.
There were 143 murders in the city through June 7, up from 121 during the same period last year.
But officials stress that they are concentrated in just a few neighborhoods.
The NYPD will move ...
Search For Escaped Killers Enters Day 6, Expands Outside NY
Authorities searching for two escaped killers who have been on the loose for the better part of a week acknowledged being in the dark about their whereabouts or doings, even as the hunt for the men expanded past state borders.
At a news conference outside the maximum-security prison on Wednesday, New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico said, "I have no information on where they are or what they're doing, to be honest with you."
Authorities expanded the search after ...
Sentencing Thursday For 2 Pakistani Brothers In Terror Plot Against NYC Landmarks
Two Pakistani-born brothers are facing lengthy prison sentences after pleading guilty in Florida to charges that they organized a terror plot against New York City landmarks.
U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom was set to sentence 32-year-old Sheheryar Alam Qazi and 22-year-old Raees Alam Qazi on Thursday. The men pleaded guilty in March to several terrorism-related charges, including conspiracy to provide material support.
The brothers also pleaded guilty to assaulting two U.S. marshals while ...
Orthodox Union, UJA-Federation, Agudath Israel Leaders Press NY Legislators to Support the Parental Choice in Education Act
With just one week until the end of the New York Legislative Session on June 17, leaders of the Orthodox Union, UJA-Federation of New York and Agudath Israel of America joined together on Tuesday in Albany to urge state lawmakers to pass the Parental Choice in Education Act.
The delegation met with State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and with 20 Members of the Assembly, including Phil Goldfeder, Michael Simanowitz, David Weprin, Sean Ryan, Anthony Brindisi, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Shelley ...
NY Health Board Votes To Consider Metzitzah B'peh Ruling
New York City's Board of Health has voted to consider the mayor's plan to resolve a dispute with the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community over a tradition known as Metzitzah B'peh.
Health officials have linked 17 cases of infant herpes since 2000 to the ancient ritual. Herpes can lead to brain damage or death.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has said circumcisers should no longer be required to obtain signed consent forms. His administration will ask hospitals, obstetricians and pediatricians to ...
NY Court: Medical Examiners Don't Have to Return All Organs
New York's highest court has ruled that medical examiners don't have to return to families all organs from autopsied bodies or even tell them parts are missing.
The case involves a New York City couple who buried their 17-year-old son after a 2005 car crash, not knowing his brain had been removed.
Two months after the funeral, Jesse Shipley's high school class saw his brain in a labeled jar during a morgue field trip.
The Shipleys got it back and had a second funeral.
A jury awarded ...
Mother Of Escaped New York Prisoner Speaks Out About Son
The mother of one of the two escapees from a maximum-security prison in northern New York says she wants "nothing to do" with her son now that he's the subject of a massive manhunt.
Pamela Sweat of Conklin told the Press & Sun-Bulletin of Binghamton on Tuesday that 34-year-old David Sweat's childhood was marked by behavioral problems and violent tendencies.
Authorities say Sweat and fellow murderer 48-year-old Richard Matt broke out of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora last ...
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