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☆ Interstate 95 Reopens After Damaged Bridge Is Demolished
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Chelsia Rose Marcius | More About Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A section of Interstate 95 in Connecticut reopened on Sunday morning after a fiery accident last week damaged an overpass and shut down the highway, a major artery along the East Coast. In the accident, fuel from a fuel tanker carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline ignited the Fairfield Avenue Bridge in Norwalk, Conn., which stretched over the highway. Workers spent 80 hours repairing the road and demolishing the damaged bridge said Ned Lamont, the governor of Connecticut, in a statement on Sunday. There were no serious injuries in the crash, but the damage caused by the intense heat from the burning fuel was so significant that Governor Lamont declared a state of emergency. Repairing the roadway “is vital to the security, well-being and health of the residents of Connecticut, as well as the residents of the states along the Eastern Seaboard,” he wrote.

Persons: Ned Lamont, Lamont, ” Organizations: Workers, Eastern Seaboard Locations: Connecticut, East Coast, Fairfield, Norwalk, Conn

The protesters occupying Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University seemed ready to stay a while. They had a microwave, an electric teakettle and sleeping bags, images distributed by the police show. In another classroom, they made a chart for security duties in two-hour shifts, and listed three Maoist revolutionary slogans as inspiration, according to the police videos. For two weeks, Columbia’s campus had been the focal point of a growing crisis on college campuses around the country. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators set up tent encampments, held rallies and otherwise attempted to disrupt academic activities in an attempt to force universities to meet several demands.

Organizations: Columbia University, Palestine Locations: Hamilton

A police officer died on Monday after being shot during a traffic stop in Queens, the police and city officials said. The suspected gunman, who was also wounded, was the first to fire his gun on Monday evening during the car stop in Far Rockaway, striking the officer in the torso below his protective vest, Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban said at a news conference at Jamaica Hospital, where the officer was taken. Another officer returned fire, striking the man, who was also taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he is being treated for his injuries, officials said at the news conference. “This is a devastating moment,” said Mayor Eric Adams, who also spoke at the news conference. “We have to bury another cop,” he added.

Persons: Edward A, Caban, ”, Eric Adams Organizations: Jamaica Hospital Locations: Queens, Far Rockaway, Jamaica

☆ After Woman Loses Feet in Subway Shoving, Her Boyfriend Is Charged
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Chelsia Rose Marcius | More About Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A woman was struck by a subway train in Manhattan and had both feet amputated after her boyfriend shoved her onto the tracks during a dispute, the police said. The man, Christian Valdez, 35, was charged with attempted murder and felony assault for pushing the 29-year-old woman at the Fulton Street station, where she was struck by a southbound No. Officers responding to a 911 call just before 10:30 a.m. found the woman on the tracks, conscious and responsive. The woman, whom the police have not named, was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where her feet were amputated, according to the police and a law enforcement official. Mr. Valdez had previously served time in prison for slashing a woman and her child.

Persons: Christian Valdez, Valdez, Kathy Hochul Organizations: Fulton, Bellevue Hospital, Gov, Democrat, National Guard, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Locations: Manhattan, Bellevue, New

☆ Man Arrested Twice in 3 Days Outside Taylor Swift’s TriBeCa Home
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Chelsia Rose Marcius | More About Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A 33-year-old man has been arrested twice in roughly 48 hours after stalking Taylor Swift outside her Manhattan home, the police said on Tuesday. The man, David Crowe, of Seattle, was charged by the police on Monday with two counts of harassment and two counts of stalking. A neighbor and a security guard at the pop star’s building in TriBeCa had spotted Mr. Crowe, who was first arrested near Ms. Swift’s residence over the weekend. Around 1:30 p.m. Saturday, security personnel called 911 to report that Mr. Crowe had tried to enter the residence, the police said. A judge had issued the warrants after Mr. Crowe failed to show up to court to answer those summonses.

Persons: Taylor Swift, David Crowe, Crowe Locations: Manhattan, Seattle, TriBeCa, Greenpoint, Brooklyn

A gunman shot a 17-year-old boy and a man in his 40s inside a moving subway car as it approached a station in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood during the evening rush hour on Tuesday, the police said. The shooting occurred just after 5:30 p.m. on a northbound C train as it pulled into the Ralph Avenue station, the police said. The 17-year-old sustained an injury to his right hand and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, the police said. The man was shot in the left ankle and was taken to Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, the police said. It was unclear whether the gunman, who fled the scene, and the victims knew one another.

Organizations: Bellevue Hospital, Kings County Hospital Locations: Brooklyn’s Bedford, Stuyvesant, Bellevue, Manhattan, Kings, Brooklyn

But on Monday, Mr. Banks said there had been “many rumors and misinformation” about what happened. “Violence, hate and disorder have no place in our schools,” Mr. Banks, who himself attended Hillcrest in the 1970s, said at a news conference. “They feel a kindred spirit with the folks of the Palestinian community,” Mr. Banks said, adding that the “notion that these kids are radicalized” was irresponsible. On Monday, Mr. Banks and other city leaders attempted to quell the mounting online backlash against students at the school. Some Hillcrest students had openly discussed their plans in the lead-up to Nov. 20, the two teachers said.

Persons: David C, Banks, “, ”, Eric Adams, ” Melinda Katz, councilwoman, Queens —, “ What’s, Eric Dinowitz, Mr, Adams, Donovan Richards, Muhammad Ghazali Organizations: Queens, Hillcrest High, Israel, New York Post, Hillcrest, Twitter, City, Jewish, of Education, ”, Department of Education Locations: York City, Israel, Queens, Hillcrest, borough’s, “, San Francisco, “ Palestine, New York City, Jamaica, ”

A 5-year-old boy and his mother were found fatally stabbed in their Bronx apartment on Sunday, and the boy’s father was found stabbed to death in the hallway. Authorities have not released the name of the suspect in the case, but officers are questioning a close relative, according to a police official familiar with the investigation. On Monday, Mr. Rivera’s father, Miguel Angel Rivera, 60, stood outside his son’s building. He rested his head on a news van and began to sob. “I want to see you, I want to see you,” he said, crying.

Persons: Jonathan Rivera, Hanoi Peralta, Kayden —, Rivera’s, Miguel Angel Rivera, “, ” Organizations: Authorities Locations: Cypress, Mott Haven

☆ The N.Y.P.D. Is Upgrading Its Radios. The Public Won’t Be Able to Tune In.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Chelsia Rose Marcius | More About Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

John Roca cruised through Midtown Manhattan on a recent night just as the streetlights flicked on, his camera in the back seat of his sedan. It had been a slow day for Mr. Roca, a photojournalist who has chased breaking news in New York City for a half-century. “This one might have legs,” Mr. Roca said, and he punched the car’s accelerator. But a new $500 million radio system the New York Police Department introduced this past summer encrypts officers’ communications, meaning the public, including members of the press, will no longer be able to listen in. The project will take at least five years to complete, though some frequencies have already gone dark.

Persons: John Roca, Roca, Mr Organizations: New York Police Department Locations: Midtown Manhattan, New York City

A landlord was arrested and charged with murdering his tenants on Tuesday after three people were found stabbed to death in the bedrooms of a Queens home. The man, David Daniel, 54, turned himself in at a police station Tuesday morning and confessed, said Joseph Kenny, the New York City Police Department’s chief of detectives. Mr. Daniel told the police that two of the victims were his tenants and that they had not paid the rent. Mr. Daniel was “very matter-of-fact” when he approached officers at the precinct, Chief Kenny said. He was charged with murder and is in custody.

Persons: David Daniel, Joseph Kenny, Daniel, Daniel’s, Kenny Organizations: Queens, New York City Police Department’s Locations: St, Albans

The law is more burdensome than “red flag” laws in other states, which do not require taking people into custody and evaluating them. When the Sheriff’s Office received the Army report in mid-September, Sgt. Aaron Skolfield went to do a welfare check but did not find Mr. Card. Instead, Sergeant Skolfield worked with Ryan Card, who said he and his father had come up with a way to secure Mr. Card’s weapons. But Robert Card, it said, still “had access to his firearms prior to the shootings.”John Ismay and Dave Philipps contributed reporting.

Persons: Aaron Skolfield, Sergeant Skolfield, Ryan Card, Ryan, Robert Card, “, ” John Ismay, Dave Philipps, Kirsten Noyes Organizations: Sheriff’s, Army Locations: Sagadahoc

Six weeks before an Army reservist fatally shot 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, the police received alarming warnings that the reservist had grown increasingly paranoid, had punched a friend and had said he was going to carry out a shooting spree. But no law enforcement officials ever made contact with him, according to records released on Monday. The warnings about the reservist, Robert R. Card II, 40, were far more explicit than Maine officials have publicly acknowledged in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting, America’s deadliest mass shooting this year. They came from Mr. Card’s family members and his Army Reserve unit in Saco, Maine, and were investigated by the Sheriff’s Office in Sagadahoc County, where he lived. The Reserve also told the Sheriff’s Office that Mr. Card had been treated at a psychiatric hospital for two weeks in July before being released.

Persons: Robert R, Card’s, Card Organizations: Mr, Army Reserve, Sheriff’s Locations: Lewiston , Maine, Maine, Saco , Maine, Sagadahoc County, Saco, ”

☆ Maine Gunman Disclosed He Had Mental Health Issues, Gun Shop Owner Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Chelsia Rose Marcius | More About Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During a recent visit to a National Guard training facility outside Peekskill, N.Y., Mr. Card, an Army reservist, had a run-in with officials and was later evaluated at a mental health facility, according to a senior law enforcement official. But the Maine commissioner of public safety said on Saturday that he had no information to suggest that Mr. Card had ever been forcibly committed for mental health treatment. It is unclear whether he had admitted to his mental health issues in previous forms that are typically required at the time of purchasing the weapons. The staff at the gun shop waited until Mr. Card signed the document before declining to give him the silencer. Mr. Card, in response, “was very cordial, very polite,” Mr. LaChapelle said.

Persons: Card, “, LaChapelle, Mr Organizations: National Guard, Army Locations: Peekskill, N.Y, Maine, Lewiston

Sheriff Merry declined to comment in detail about the reported threats, and it was unclear whether any other departments that received the sheriff’s alert had tried to locate Mr. Card. It was not immediately clear how often such alerts are issued; two law enforcement leaders in Maine said on Saturday that they receive many and did not recall receiving the alert about Mr. Card. Mr. Card enlisted in the Reserve in 2002 and was trained as a petroleum supply specialist, whose work involved shipping and storing fuel; he did not serve on any combat deployments. Earlier on Saturday, the commissioner of the public safety department said that Mr. Card had been paranoid and may have been hearing voices. Mr. Sauschuck said he had no information to suggest that Mr. Card had ever been forcibly committed for mental health treatment.

Persons: Sheriff Merry, Card, Michael J, Sauschuck, ”, Mr Organizations: Maine Department of Public, Associated Press, Sheriff, Pentagon, Card, National Guard Locations: Maine, Peekskill, N.Y

The unprovoked attack has unnerved a city deeply reliant on the subway as its lifeline. On Wednesday, the woman was on the platform of the Fifth Avenue-53rd Street station waiting for an E train. Mr. Jones approached and shoved her against a departing train, sending her onto the subway tracks after her head hit a car, Chief Kemper said. He saw Mr. Jones screaming and was quickly walking away when Mr. Jones came up from behind, he said. Mr. Jones punched him in the left side of his face and fractured his jaw before fleeing, the man said.

Persons: Jones, Kemper Organizations: Street, Queens

☆ Fourth Suspect in Fentanyl Day Care Death Arrested in Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Chelsia Rose Marcius | More About Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A man wanted in connection with the fatal fentanyl poisoning of a 1-year-old boy at a Bronx day care this month was arrested in Mexico on Tuesday by federal agents, local and federal law enforcement officials said. Earlier on Tuesday, New York Police Department Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said that Mr. Herrera had been on the run for nearly two weeks after fleeing the home-based day care on Sept. 15. Mr. Herrera, who has not yet been charged, is the fourth person to be arrested in connection with the death of the boy, Nicholas Feliz Dominici. The police worked with federal and Mexican officials to capture Mr. Herrera, officials said. Officials had expected Mr. Herrera to attempt to return to the Dominican Republic, where he is from.

Persons: Felix Herrera, Joseph Kenny, Mr, Herrera, Nicholas Feliz Dominici, Kenny Organizations: New York Police Department, Police, , New York Police Department Chief Locations: Mexico, ,, Texas, Dominican Republic

A woman and a 14-year-old girl were found dead inside a Brooklyn apartment on Monday, the authorities said, prompting an investigation into the killings that are the latest to unsettle New York City. The woman, 37, was found dead in the living room with multiple stab wounds, including on her face, according to a law enforcement official who was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the case. The teenager was found beside the woman, and a dead dog was found beside them with a bag over its head, the official said. The killings occurred in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, according to a spokesman for the New York Police Department.

Organizations: unsettle New, New York Police Department Locations: Brooklyn, unsettle New York City, East Flatbush

☆ Third Suspect Arrested in Death at Day Care Where Fentanyl Was Found
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Chelsia Rose Marcius | More About Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A third person has been charged in the death of a 1-year-old boy who died after being exposed to fentanyl at a home-based Bronx day care, federal prosecutors said on Monday. The man, Renny Antonio Parra Paredes, was charged in Federal District Court in Manhattan on Monday with conspiracy to distribute narcotics that resulted in the boy’s death, according to a news release from the Southern District of New York. The charges also relate to the poisoning of three other children exposed to fentanyl at the day care, which was run out of an apartment where Mr. Paredes was living, prosecutors said. He remains in custody pending his next court appearance. Grei Mendez, 36, who ran the day care, and Carlisto Acevedo Brito, a 41-year-old man who lived in the apartment, also were charged with murder after the death of Nicholas Feliz Dominici this month.

Persons: Renny Antonio Parra Paredes, Paredes, Grei Mendez, Carlisto Acevedo Brito, Nicholas Feliz Organizations: Court, Southern, of Locations: Manhattan, of New York

☆ 4 Are Found Dead in Upper West Side Apartment, Including 2 Children
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Chelsia Rose Marcius | More About Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Two adults, a toddler and a baby were found dead on Monday in an Upper West Side apartment in Manhattan, according to police officials. The man, 41, and the woman, 40, were both discovered with fatal injuries to their necks at the small co-op building on West 86th Street near West End Avenue, the police said. A 3-year-old boy and a 1-year-old boy also suffered fatal injuries. Officers found three knives near the victims, according to an internal police report. One knife was found lying on the bed next to the man, the report said.

Locations: Upper, Manhattan, West

☆ Man Dies After N.Y.P.D. Sergeant Uses Cooler to Knock Him From Motorbike
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Chelsia Rose Marcius | More About Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During the operation, Mr. Duprey sold narcotics to one of the officers. A man, who the police did not identify, then wheeled a motorbike over to Mr. Duprey. Mr. Duprey got on the bike and sped off down Aqueduct Avenue, driving one way then another, the police said. It was then that Sergeant Duran grabbed a white plastic cooler from the table and threw it at Mr. Duprey, the 18-second video clip shows. The cooler struck Mr. Duprey, and the motorbike skidded.

Persons: Duprey, Sergeant Duran Organizations: The New York Times, Cherokee, New York Fire Department

Three children who had been left home alone were in “extremely critical condition” and 10 firefighters were injured after two fires tore through an apartment building and several businesses in Brooklyn on Sunday, officials said. All 13 patients were in stable condition on Sunday afternoon, but the three children — ages 4, 5 and 8 — were hospitalized with severe injuries. One firefighter’s condition was considered critical but he responded well to treatment and was alert on Sunday afternoon, Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said during a news conference. The three children were injured when fire broke out in an 11th-floor apartment just after 11 a.m. in a 14-floor building in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, said the Fire Department chief of department, John Hodgens, during the news conference. Firefighters responded to the scene quickly, but Chief Hodgens said the apartment was locked, and they had to force open the door before they could crawl in.

Persons: —, Laura Kavanagh, John Hodgens, Kavanaugh, Firefighters, Hodgens Organizations: Fire Department Locations: Brooklyn, Brownsville

About 12:30 p.m. Friday, the New York Police Department’s entertainment unit saw that Kai Cenat, a social-media streamer who has more than six million followers, had said that he would be in Manhattan’s Union Square that day, ready to give away free PlayStation 5 consoles and other prizes to fans who showed up. The local precinct sent a few officers and supervisors. By 1:30 p.m., there were about 300 fans in Union Square. “Not a big crowd,” Jeffrey Maddrey, the chief of the department, said at a news conference on Friday. “Something we’d expect for a social media event like this.”

Persons: Kai Cenat, ” Jeffrey Maddrey, ” Organizations: New York Police Locations: Union

☆ At N.Y.C. Police Union, Will the New Leader Be a Lot Like the Old One?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Chelsia Rose Marcius | More About Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Patrick Hendry, the new head of New York City’s police officers’ union, has much in common with his predecessor: Their mothers are from Ireland. They grew up in Queens, the sons of union men. And they believe a police union must defend officers, even those accused of wrongdoing. For nearly a quarter century, the booming voice of Mr. Lynch, who stepped down June 30, made the union a key player in New York politics. Now Mr. Hendry, 51, who is untested as a public figure, must decide whether he will deviate from that path.

Persons: Patrick Hendry, Hendry, Patrick J, Lynch, Rudolph W, Giuliani, Bill de Blasio, Donald J, Trump, watchdogs Organizations: Police Benevolent Association, Department Locations: York, Ireland, Queens, New York

A federal monitor overseeing New York City’s violent and dangerous jails asked a judge on Monday to consider holding the Department of Correction and its commissioner in contempt for disobeying court orders, opening the possibility that officials could be punished for failing to improve conditions. Conditions on Rikers Island have only worsened since the Correction Department developed an improvement plan a year ago, Mr. Martin wrote. Doors are still not properly secured, correction officers continue to abandon posts and detainees often gather in high-security areas, he said. During routine searches, officers miss weapons, which have later been used in violent episodes, Mr. Martin said. Last year, 19 people died in city jails or at hospitals soon after release — the deadliest year in nearly a decade.

Persons: Steve J, Martin Organizations: York, of Correction, Correction Department Locations: Manhattan, Rikers

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