Tag Archives: NYPD

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating death threats against New York City mayoral candidate and Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani reportedly received multiple death threats in recent weeks, including a threat to blow up his car. At least four threats were left via voicemail in the assemblyman’s Queens office and included Islamophobic statements, …

CNN reports: Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who led the department during the September 11 terror attacks in 2001, has died at the age of 69, according to the New York Police Department and a source close to Kerik. Kerik, a Trump ally who once served three years in federal prison for charges including tax fraud and lying …

Politico reports: New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday distanced himself from a top NYPD official whom he previously promoted and defended, following new graphic sexual assault allegations. “The allegations are extremely concerning and alarming,” Adams told reporters Saturday. “The police commissioner is doing a full review of all personnel, but she’s also doing a full review of this …

The New York Daily News reports: NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey resigned abruptly Friday night amid bombshell allegations from a female NYPD lieutenant who accused him of predatory sexual harassment, the Daily News has learned. In allegations that surfaced Saturday, Quathisha Epps claims that Maddrey repeatedly demanded sex from her and then paid her back by approving massive amounts …

ABC News reports: Luigi Mangione has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week, according to an online court docket. Mangione, a 26-year-old from Maryland, was arrested by police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, for gun charges ahead of him being charged by the New York Police Department on Monday. The NYPD also charged Mangione …

The New York Times reports: The shooter’s travels to and within New York City are gradually coming into focus, a senior law enforcement official said. The man arrived in New York on an interstate bus from somewhere south of the city on Nov. 24, the official said. The shooter had been in New York City for approximately 10 days before …

The New York Times reports: The authorities released two images they said depict the suspect without a face mask in the fatal shooting of the chief executive of one of the United States’ largest health insurers outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan. During the manhunt on Wednesday, the authorities had only released an image of a suspect from surveillance videos …

Yahoo News reports: Police are said to have searched a hostel as they continue to hone in on the identity of the suspect who fatally shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday, according to a report. Officers searched a hostel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan where they believe the suspect may have been staying, according to CNN. It …

The Huffington Post reports: The wife of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson revealed to NBC News shortly after his fatal shooting that he’d been receiving threats. “Yes, there had been some threats. … I don’t know details,” his wife, Paulette Thompson, told the network after her husband was shot in New York City on Wednesday morning. “I just know that …

The New York Post reports: Chilling video shows the moments a gunman calmly shot down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson at close range on the streets of Midtown Manhattan. In the video, the unidentified assailant — clad in a black hoodie, black pants, gloves and wearing a gray backpack — can be seen methodically firing what appears to be a single-action …

Politico reports: New York Police Department Commissioner Tom Donlon is expected to step down in the coming days, according to four people with knowledge of the situation. Mayor Eric Adams tapped Donlon just last month to take over the top cop job after forcing his former commissioner, Edward Caban, to step down. Caban’s departure came days after federal investigators seized …

ABC News reports: New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban is stepping down, multiple sources told ABC News. Word of the resignation came in a letter from Caban’s attorney to City Hall. The resignation is effective Friday. His resignation comes amid a federal investigation into possible corruption in New York City government that last week saw authorities seize cellphones belonging …

Politico reports: NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban is expected to resign his post in the coming days, following news of a federal investigation involving possible corruption, four people familiar with the matter told POLITICO. Caban was scheduled to meet with police brass Monday, as he weighs a decision that is not entirely his to make, according to two people who were …

The New York Post reports:  An NYPD public-information officer shot a driver with his service pistol and then fled in an apparent road-road incident in south Jersey last month, authorities said. New York City cop Hieu Tran, 27 — whose job includes snapping photos of events for the Police Department’s social media accounts — appeared grim-faced in Manhattan court Friday, …

CNN reports: The New York City Police Department is preparing to revoke former President Donald Trump’s license to carry a gun, a senior police official told CNN. Trump’s New York concealed carry license was quietly suspended on April 1, 2023, following his indictment on criminal charges in New York, the official said. Two of the three pistols he was licensed …

The New York Daily News reports: Drones will soon be accompanying cops on 911 calls throughout the city, NYPD officials said. A new Drone as First Responder pilot program will be in effect in coming months, beginning with four NYPD police precincts and the Central Park precinct, NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry announced at a hearing before the …

Mediaite reports: A key political operative on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign was charged with assault after allegedly choking and punching a woman in New York early Saturday morning. Trent Pool, who serves as a paid consultant on the long-shot independent campaign and has been leading the effort to get Kennedy on the ballot in all 50 states, was …

 The New York Post reports: The NYPD is unleashing barnacles to battle parking pirates. The department this week said it will begin using “windshield boots” — a 17-pound device that attaches to a vehicle’s windshield like a barnacle and remains there until a scofflaw pays their tickets — on illegally parked trucks. The contraption is also known as a Barnacle …

Gothamist reports: The NYPD plans to test metal detectors equipped with artificial intelligence technology in subway stations in a move to keep guns out of New York City’s transit system, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Tuesday. “This is our Sputnik moment,” Adams said at a news conference at Fulton Transit Center in Lower Manhattan. “Like when Kennedy said we’re going …

The Huffington Post reports: The man seen tackled by members of the vigilante group Guardian Angels in a viral Fox News clip is not a “migrant” and is from New York City, a New York Police Department spokesperson told the Associated Press. The information arrives after former GOP New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa, the group’s founder, pointed out …