Brooklyn, NY – The NYPD officer who took his own life on Friday afternoon had reportedly taken steps to distance himself from some members of Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community.
Crooked gun license broker Shaya Lichtenstein’s access to police was so good that his applicants didn’t even have to come to headquarters for a mandated interview before they got their permits.
New York, NY – Just hours after a high ranking NYPD officer questioned by police in connection with the widening corruption probe was found dead yesterday on Long Island, a close friend and colleague surrendered his badge and gun.
NYPD Inspector Michael Ameri shot himself Friday in a Department car hours after the FBI reportedly questioned him for a second time about a series of alleged payoffs made by members of New York’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community—including several big donors to Mayor de Blasio—to high-ranking officials in the NYPD.
An NYPD inspector who had been questioned in the ongoing corruption probe of the department fatally shot himself in the head on Long Island on Friday.
An NYPD community-affairs officer who is the target of a federal corruption probe was hit with departmental charges for failing to cooperate, police said Thursday.
New York, NY – In response to the alleged bribery scheme which has rocked the NYPD Firearms License Division, law enforcement officials have announced they are making it even more difficult to obtain a gun permit in New York.
An NYPD sergeant was stripped of his gun and badge for refusing to talk to federal investigators without a lawyer present, sources said Saturday.
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration has contracted with two high-powered law firms to help it deal with a maelstrom of state and federal investigations.
New York, NY – More than 200 gun permits issued by three NYPD officers who are accused of taking bribes in exchange for gun licenses have come under scrutiny, with gun owners instructed to surrender any firearms in their possession to police while the investigation continues.