New York – Mexican drug lord and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman needs to stay in solitary confinement at a New York City lockup to keep him from trying to control his drug-trafficking empire from behind bars, a judge ruled Thursday.
A federal prosecutor on Thursday accused two people close to Gov. Andrew Cuomo of bribery and fraud relating to Cuomo’s high-profile economic development projects in a significant blow to the Democratic governor’s administration.
New York – Police in New York City say they’ve arrested a would-be mugger whose attempt to steal a Holocaust survivor’s purse was thwarted when the then-90-year-old woman fought back.
A second employee at a New York prison was arrested Wednesday following the escape of two convicted killers earlier this month.
New York, NY – A midtown jeweler reported to police on Thursday that diamonds with value of up to $10M were stolen from a safe at his business which he routinely leaves open during business hours.
New York – A senior manager at HSBC has been arrested in New York and charged along with a former foreign exchange executive for engaging in a scheme to defraud one of the bank’s clients in a $3.5 billion currency transaction.
NEW YORK — Shots were fired at two NYPD officers in Flatbush-Ditmas Park, Brooklyn late Tuesday, police said.
New York – DNA found just miles from a maximum-security prison is linked to the convicted murderers who escaped more than two weeks ago, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, as searchers using dogs and helicopters on Tuesday continued to focus intensely on a heavily wooded area in far northern New York.
New York – A former Manhattan restaurant owner, charged in a case that emerged from a federal corruption investigation of the New York Police Department, has pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme after reaching a deal with federal prosecutors.
New York – A prison employee being questioned about her suspected role in the escape of two killers provided them with contraband before they cut their way out of the maximum-security institution, a prosecutor said Friday.
