Brooklyn DA seeks to toss 378 convictions tied to dirty cops
September 7, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn’s district attorney moved Wednesday to throw out nearly 400 convictions tied to 13 former police officers convicted of a variety of crimes committed while on duty.
In a statement, prosecutor Eric Gonzalez said that though an investigation didn’t uncover specific instances of officers fabricating evidence, their conduct cast doubt on the testimony they gave to secure the convictions.
Man convicted in retrial that eyed ex-star sleuth’s conduct
August 31, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A man was convicted again Wednesday in the first retrial stemming from scrutiny of a once-lauded New York City homicide detective who was later accused of framing suspects.
Driver arrested in 2020 crash that killed 3 youths in NYC
June 8, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — An 18-year-old driver has been arrested nearly two years after a crash that killed two teens and an 11-year-old during what prosecutors described as drag racing at a decommissioned airfield in Brooklyn.
NYC gun buyback program nets dozens of weapons
May 22, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A gun buyback program has netted dozens of weapons in New York City, where authorities are battling a wave of gun violence.
Police and prosecutors said 69 guns were turned in anonymously on Saturday at the event at a Brooklyn church, no questions asked.
Man pleads guilty in 2020 attack on NYC police officers
March 17, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A man who stabbed a New York City police officer and wounded two other officers in 2020, during the time of the George Floyd protests, pleaded guilty in state court Wednesday to aggravated assault and other charges.
NYC man charged with hate crimes in attack on Asian woman
February 18, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A Brooklyn man punched an Asian American woman in the face in an unprovoked attack and later told police that “Chinese people are not supposed to be in this country,” prosecutors said.
Prosecutors challenge Barr’s bid to change immigration rules
August 2, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — More than 40 elected state and local prosecutors on Friday challenged Attorney General William Barr's bid to give himself more authority in deciding whether to deport immigrants with criminal convictions...