66th Precinct Lieutenant Stripped of Badge, Gun Over NYPD Scandal
A high-ranking Brooklyn cop has been stripped of his badge and gun over ties to a key figure in an alleged $1 million NYPD bribery scheme.
NYPD Probing Bogus Police Stop For Orthodox Couple In Marriage Proposal
The NYPD is investigating a bogus police traffic stop staged in Queens to help a Shomrim volunteer whose friend wanted to pop the question to his fiancée.
Body of Yanki Kraus Found, 24 Hours After Disappearing
The body of a 21-year-old haredi man from Brooklyn was found on Wednesday, one day after he told his wife he would be late coming to meet her.
‘Shomrim’ Are Quasi-Police Services For Orthodox Jewish Communities
The word Shomrim translates from Hebrew as “watchers” and “guards,” and broadly means all Orthodox Jewish security patrols groups typically made up of volunteers who perform quasi-police services within their insular communities.
Shomrim, Hookers and Guns Take Spotlight As NYPD Corruption Probe Widens
Three New York City police commanders and a business consultant were arrested on Monday as part of a wide-ranging federal corruption probe that has also been examining Mayor Bill de Blasio’s fundraising.
4 NYPD Officers, 2 Others Charged In Corruption Probe
Three members of the NYPD were busted Monday morning for taking payoffs including a free hooker — in exchange for doing favors for a deep-pocketed fund-raiser for Mayor de Blasio.
Brooklyn’s Private Jewish Patrols Wield Power
The call went out as a Code 100, a sex crime: A man was masturbating in a gray Hyundai near some children on a street in Borough Park.
NYC Grants $35,000 To Borough Park Shmira Civilian Patrol Group
A civilian patrol group that had its funding frozen over ties to the NYPD corruption scandal is getting $35,000 more in taxpayer grants from City Council members, budget documents released Monday show.
Borough Park Shomrim Organized By Shaya Lichtenstein Indicted In NYPD Gun Permit Scandal, Delayed In Notifying NYPD of Boy’s 2011 Kidnapping
In the hours after 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky disappeared in Borough Park, Brooklyn, a key figure in the heavily Jewish neighborhood’s security patrol coordinated the effort to find him.
Shaya Lichtenstein Pleads Not Guilty To Bribing NYPD Cops For Gun Permits
NEW YORK – This is one of those stories you feel like you’ve seen play out in any number of police shows or movie: someone knows a guy who is close with some police officers and for the right price you can get what you need.