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☆ 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

☆ 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

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

☆ 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

☆ Fatal Shooting of a Teenager Shocks an Urban Oasis
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Katherine Rosman | Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“His eyes were rolled up and he was gasping,” Mr. Peña said. “He was at the start of his life, this young man.” The boy was only 15. State Police officers arrived and raced to aid the boy, who had been shot in the chest and in the leg, Mr. Peña said. It was unclear on Sunday whether the teenager was targeted, or if he had been caught in crossfire. Riverbank Park, a long stretch of green space along the Hudson River from around West 137th to West 145th Streets, is an urban oasis.

Persons: Mr, Peña, “, Brian P, Webster Organizations: State Police, New York State Police, Police, 145th Locations: West, Upper Manhattan

☆ What a Commissioner’s Abrupt Exit Says About the N.Y.P.D. Under Adams
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Maria Cramer | Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Sewell, 51, is walking away from a department of 36,000 uniformed officers that saw the rate of major crimes like murders and shootings fall during her tenure. She added about 30 detectives to a sex-crimes unit that for years had been understaffed and overworked. Now, officers, department watchdogs and community leaders are trying to figure out what comes next. Perhaps the most daunting task will be serving a mayor — himself a former police captain — whose administration is believed to have meddled so much that Ms. Sewell felt she had to quit. While previous commissioners said they had to deal with some level of micromanagement, they said they were typically allowed to pick their own teams and rarely had to get approval for discretionary promotions.

Persons: Sewell, Caban, —

Around the same time, she was told she could not make discretionary promotions even at the lower levels of the department without getting clearance from the Adams administration, said Kenneth Corey, the former chief of the department, who worked under Ms. Sewell until he retired in November. “She was gradually being stripped of power,” he said. “They wonder what’s next,” he said. Ms. Sewell has not provided a reason for her decision to leave the job, which paid about $243,000 a year. On Tuesday afternoon, her office released a statement in which she thanked Mr. Adams — whom she had not mentioned in the internal email announcing her resignation — for the opportunity to lead the department.

Persons: Adams, Kenneth Corey, Sewell, “, ”, Corey, Ms, Mr, Sewell’s, what’s, Adams —, — Locations: ”

☆ N.Y.P.D. Commissioner Keechant Sewell to Resign
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Maria Cramer | Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Keechant Sewell, commissioner of the New York Police Department, said Monday she would resign after less than 18 months, giving no reason for the abrupt end to a tenure during which she won over many in the rank and file even as she jockeyed for position against other appointees and top officers. Ms. Sewell, who was appointed to her position by Mayor Eric Adams and started in 2022, was the first woman to head the nation’s largest police force. He had promised as a candidate to name a woman to lead the public safety agency where he was an officer for 22 years, giving her the power to rethink policing after bitter protests against police brutality and racism. The mayor said in a statement on Monday that Ms. Sewell had worked tirelessly and that “New Yorkers owe her a debt of gratitude.” But Ms. Sewell, in an email to the department announcing her resignation, did not mention the mayor at all. She did not say when she would be leaving, and the mayor did not say when a replacement would be chosen.

Persons: Keechant Sewell, Sewell, Eric Adams Organizations: New York Police Department

☆ A Firefighter Drowns After Rushing into the Sea to Save His Daughter
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The day began with a dip into the cool Atlantic waters along the New Jersey shore near Avon-by-the-Sea. Soon after, his daughter made a beeline toward the waves, splashing as she waded deeper into the dark blue. The narrow, fast-moving stream swept her farther and farther away from the shore. Mr. Batista rushed in to rescue her, friends and authorities said. But the ocean, in all its cruelty, pulled him under.

Persons: Mark Batista, Batista Organizations: New York Fire Department Locations: New Jersey, Avon

☆ They Watched Jordan Neely Die. Did They Have a Duty to Intervene?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As Jordan Neely struggled to free himself from a chokehold in the New York City subway earlier this month, there were the passengers who pinned him down and the passengers who watched. Around 10 passengers observed the three holding down Mr. Neely, 30, who slipped into unconsciousness. A woman tried to walk around the cluster of people on the floor, but seeing Mr. Neely flail his legs, she bit her lip and stepped back, the video shows. Another woman typed on her phone, looked at Mr. Neely then glanced out the subway doors. One man stepped into the train and told Mr. Penny, “You’re going to kill him.” He was not seen to physically intervene.

The rider who choked Mr. Neely was interviewed by the police and released, and a person familiar with the matter said the rider is not viewed by the authorities as a flight risk. If he is charged by the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, the man who applied the chokehold would most likely argue that the force he used against Mr. Neely was justified. Prosecutors would have to prove that he used deadly force without having believed that Mr. Neely was also using deadly force or was about to. And in order to show those things in court, prosecutors would need to have interviewed every one of the many witnesses to the encounter, to make sure that none of them would say something that would hurt the prosecutors’ case. Prosecutors do not typically bring cases unless they believe they can win them.

☆ In Deadly Subway Encounter, Questions of Mental Illness and Use of Force
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Maria Cramer | Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Most frequent riders of the New York City subway have seen people acting erratically on trains. Usually, they ignore them, move away from them or switch to another car. On Monday, one rider went up to Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old Michael Jackson impersonator who had been homeless for several years and was screaming that he was hungry and ready to die. Kathy Hochul said she needed to review the incident more closely but called the man’s death troubling. The incident comes as the city grapples with how to reduce both crime and the number of people with mental illness living on the streets, while also respecting the rights of its most vulnerable residents.

☆ Will the Police Commissioner Punish a Top Officer Defended by Adams?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Maria Cramer | Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The officer, Tabatha Foster, has filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Queens in which she said that in the 2015 incident, Chief Maddrey had choked her and thrown her to the ground. Chief Maddrey has denied the allegations. If Chief Maddrey “gets a light punishment or no punishment at all, it is demoralizing to the hundreds of cops who have been given 25 days or 30 days for doing lesser things,” he said. “It shows the police are not held to a higher standard when they’re in the upper echelons of the Police Department.”An internal affairs investigation cleared Chief Maddrey, said his lawyer, Lambros Y. Lambrou. Mr. Lambrou called the police review board’s decision “complete nonsense” and said the chief wants the case heard in a department trial.

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