Glendale Man Arrested For Hit And Run That Killed A Pedestrian In Forest Hills
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The victim was crossing Continental Avenue when the car struck him and threw his body to the pavement.
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LISTEN: Off-Duty Cop's 'Suspicious Male' with 'Hood Up' 911 Call Key to Vetrano Murder Case
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John Russo, the NYPD lieutenant commander of detectives overseeing all active investigations in the city, called 911 on Memorial Day 2016 to report that a “dark-skinned” “single male” was walking through a “100 percent residential” portion of Howard Beach “looking at houses.”
Read MoreNYPD Announces Release of ‘Behind The Scenes’ Photo Book
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The photo book, entitled “NYPD: Behind the Scenes,” features images taken over the course of the past two years of some of the department’s 36,000 officers
Read MoreTwo Women Killed In Separate Motor Vehicle Accidents
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A Fort Greene woman died from her injuries sustained by a hit-and-run driver just days after a Kew Gardens Hills woman was killed by a separate motorist while crossing the street.
Read MoreVIDEO: Chanel Lewis Gives Confession, Then Asks Who Prosecutors Are
/By David Brand
In these videos, obtained from the Queens DA, Chanel Lewis gives a statement to Queens prosecutors confessing to the murder of Howard Beach resident Karina Vetrano.
After the confession, Lewis asked who prosecutors Assistant District Attorneys Peter McCormack and Michael Curtis were:
“Anything you want to say to us before we wrap this up?” Curtis asked.
“Where do we go from here?” Lewis said.
“I don’t know,” McCormack said.
“You’re the attorney right?” Lewis said.
“I’m the Assistant DA, yes,” McCormack said.
“The attorney is somewhere else right,” Lewis said.
“Later on,” McCormack said.
“What’s gonna happen from here,” Lewis said.
“We’ll see. We’ll see,” McCormack said.
“Restitution or a program?” Lewis said.
“I can’t say,” McCormack said.
Ed. Note: Separating the videos was not an editorial decision. The Queens District Attorney’s office provided the two videos as different files.
Queens DA Withholds 911 Tape That Cracked Vetrano Trial Case
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The tape, which was introduced into the public record on Thursday, remains locked away in evidence.
Read MorePart I: Diverse Immigrant Communities Unite to Preserve TPS
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Her family’s future is at stake in the United States.
Read MoreCourt Hears Recorded Confessions in Vetrano Murder Trial
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Lewis told detectives he “just lost it” during the random encounter.
Read MoreQueens Judge Honored by Tribune Society
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The Tribune Society is a fraternal organization of African Americans and other minority personnel within the court system
Read MoreUnlicensed Driver Couldn't See Elderly Woman Before Mowing Her Down
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A Queens judge set $10,000 bail for a motorist accused of leaving the scene of an accident that left a 90-year-old woman dead.
Read MoreJudge Rules that Mexican Drug Lord El Chapo Cannot Hug his Wife at Trial
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A letter from the defense attorney argued that, “an embrace with the railing between them would not pose a threat to security.”
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Third Deadly Home Invasion Suspect Identified, Not Yet Arrested, Sources Say
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The defense team representing a teenager who grew up on Rikers Island after allegedly taking part in a deadly 2014 home invasion says it’s “troubled” that a third suspect is getting away with murder.
Read MoreProsecutors Play 911 Call of ‘Suspicious Male’ with ‘Hood Up’ That Led to Vetrano Murder Arrest 8 Months Later
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For the first time, prosecutors played the 911 call.
Read More‘Purple Was Her Color’: Vetrano Dad Sobs On Stand Recalling Daughter’s Final Run
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Vetrano broke down again and collapsed against the wall behind him when confronted by photos of Karina lying face-first and mostly naked in the dense brush of Spring Creek Park — near the family’s Howard Beach home.
Read MoreNYC Votes Yes, Yes, Yes
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For the first time since 1989, New York City’s governing document will undergo significant changes after voters approved three charter revision ballot proposals on Tuesday.
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