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Trump Defamation Case: E. Jean Carroll Awarded $83.3M In Damages Trump Defamation Case: E. Jean Carroll Awarded $83.3M In Damages
Trump Defamation Case: E. Jean Carroll Awarded $83.3M In Damages For the second time in less than a year, a Manhattan federal jury has ordered former President Donald Trump to pay columnist E. Jean Carroll, a longtime Hudson Valley resident, millions of dollars in damages for repeatedly defaming her. The seven men and two women – including Hudson Valley residents from Westchester, Putnam, and Rockland counties – awarded Carroll a combined $83.3 million after deliberating for three hours on Friday, Jan. 26. The other jurors were from New York County (Manhattan) and the Bronx. Specifically, jurors decided that Trump should pay Carroll $11 million to fund a…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Fake Hooker Pulls Real Knife To Rob John Of Hundreds Of Dollars In Boston Fake Hooker Pulls Real Knife To Rob John Of Hundreds Of Dollars In Boston
Fake Hooker Pulls Real Knife To Rob John Of Hundreds Of Dollars In Boston A Lawrence man and a New York City woman are accused of luring a man to a downtown Boston hotel for sex and then robbing him at knifepoint, authorities said.  Robert Santana, 28, of Lawrence, and Danine Simpson, 27, of the Bronx, contacted the man about sex in exchange for cash on a website and set up a meeting on the 23rd floor of the Hilton Hotel at 40 Dalton St. on Thursday, Dec. 21. Related: Woman Nabbed After Stabbing 4 At Boston Hotel When Simpson called the man into her room, police said she pulled out a knife and demanded he hand over $200. The man then reported the i…

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by Khier Casino
Police & Fire
Lawrence Fugitive Had 30 Pounds Of Fentanyl In Home Next To Daycare: DEA Lawrence Fugitive Had 30 Pounds Of Fentanyl In Home Next To Daycare: DEA
Lawrence Fugitive Had 30 Pounds Of Fentanyl In Home Next To Daycare: DEA Federal agents arrested a 44-year-old Massachusetts fugitive from Lawrence this week in New York, where they say he was trafficking large amounts of cocaine and fentanyl.  Benito Bello, who also went by the name Zuriel Ayala Rodriguez, was arrested in the Bronx on Wednesday, Aug. 10, the DEA said. Agents said Bello had a kilo of cocaine and 14 kilos of the synthetic opioid inside the home where a minor child also lived. Next to his house was a daycare that watched children as young as six weeks old, federal agents said.  For context, 14 kilos is more than 30 pounds of th…

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by Josh Lanier