NYPD officer faces disciplinary trial over man’s chokehold death
Breath Test Refusal
An NYPD officer will face a departmental disciplinary trial in May 2019 for alleged use of excessive force that led to the death of an unarmed black man. Officer Daniel Pantaleo was accused of recklessly and intentionally placing 43-year-old Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold during a 2014 confrontation over untaxed cigarette sales. Garner could…
Police say child stalking case was a misunderstanding
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Police have stopped searching for a man who was suspected of stalking an 11-year-old girl in Brooklyn, New York. An NYPD investigation revealed the accusations were the result of a misunderstanding. Police said the man who was initially described as stalking the girl was not following her on purpose. He had a mental disability and…
Members of Staten Island drug ring plead guilty to oxycodone distribution charges
Breath Test Refusal
Three Staten Island residents pleaded guilty to various drug charges involving oxycodone and heroin. They were among nine people arrested last February and charged for their roles in a drug ring that operated in the New York borough. Husband and wife duo Glenn and Maria DePaolo pleaded guilty to acquiring oxycodone by fraud in Brooklyn…
Representative Kirsten Sinema’s stalker arrested
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A man suspected of stalking was arrested outside the office of a representative from Arizona. As reported by NBC6, U.S. Capitol police apprehended Amos Olagunju at the office of Representative Krysten Sinema. An affidavit of a special agent stated that Olagunju had threatened Sinema since 2014, in spite of an admonition from U.S. Capitol Police…