NEW YORK — Three people were in the bar that night — the bartender, an off-duty police officer he was chatting with over the polished wood, and, in the back of the place, a man in a phone booth.
NEW YORK — James P. O’Neill, the New York City police commissioner, could have dispensed with a decision five years in the making with a terse official statement.
NEW YORK — It was a teeming summer night typical in Times Square, with tourists strolling beneath the glowing screens over Broadway, vendors hawking souvenirs and audiences sitting in theaters as performances neared their end. Celia Keenan-Bolger, who plays Scout Finch in “To Kill a Mockingbird” at the Shubert Theater, was giving her final speech of the night.
NEW YORK — Even on a night of surprises for Blanche Wright, the man in the suit stood out. She had headed across the Bronx to visit her sick aunt, but when she entered the apartment she found a roomful of people waiting for her: “Happy Birthday!” Then she was introduced to a friend of her aunt’s, an impeccably dressed lawyer from Philadelphia.
NEW YORK — The call came in just after dark Tuesday — a man with a gun was robbing a T-Mobile store in Queens. A bystander outside the store said two employees had been taken to the back of the store.
A former boyfriend of a young bookstore clerk whose body was stuffed into a suitcase and dumped in a wooded lot in Greenwich, Connecticut, was arrested Tuesday in connection with her death, police said.
It was late on Jan. 28 when Valerie Reyes, 24, called her mother in a panic from her nearby apartment in New Rochelle, New York, where she lived alone.
It was late on Jan. 28 when Valerie Reyes, 24, called her mother in a panic from her nearby apartment in New Rochelle, New York, where she lived alone.
NEW YORK — Candles, flowers and handwritten tributes flow onto the sidewalk like surf filling a void in the sand, replacing the body just taken away. Memorials in Chinatown this week marked the spots where four homeless men were killed Saturday, their heads smashed while they slept by an attacker wielding a metal bar.
The young Army paratrooper had barely set foot in the club for noncommissioned officers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, when he was confronted by a sergeant.
NEW YORK — A man and woman walked out of a subway car at the 51st Street station in Manhattan and darted into the next one on the same train. A plainclothes police officer noticed.
Anthony Zottola, 41, of Larchmont, New York, hired a member of the Bloods gang, Bushawn Shelton, 35, to kill his father and his older brother, Salvatore, prosecutors said.
NEW YORK — It has long been common wisdom in certain parts of the Bronx that the muscular, tattooed man named John Rezaj should be referred to as “John” or “J.R.,” or maybe, if speaking with admiration about his approach to night life, “the Albanian Keith Richards.” One should not under any circumstances call him “an Albanian gangster.”
The Police Department’s Patrol Guide dictates that detectives must wear the vest when performing enforcement duty, such as making an arrest. Other times, it is up to the detective.
That question came up after Tuesday evening’s police fusillade in Queens that claimed the life of a veteran detective and wounded a sergeant. Seven officers fired 42 rounds in 11 seconds.
The response was instantaneous, according to a recording of police dispatch calls. Officers spoke over one another on their radios, announcing they were en route: “Show me going,” each said in rapid succession.
The man, Javier da Silva, was taken into custody at his home in Queens on Monday night after he used an ATM card that belonged to the victim, Valerie Reyes, 24, of New Rochelle, New York, authorities said.
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