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NYC 'Prophet Of Doom' Subway Shooter Sentenced To 10 Life Terms Plus 10 Years NYC 'Prophet Of Doom' Subway Shooter Sentenced To 10 Life Terms Plus 10 Years
NYC 'Prophet Of Doom' Subway Shooter Sentenced To 10 Life Terms Plus 10 Years UPDATE: A man who admitted that he intended to cause mass harm when he opened fire on a packed New York City subway train last year was sentenced to 10 life sentences -- one for each victim -- plus 10 years in prison. No one was killed in the horrific attack by Frank James, 62, which left the victims strewn across a smoky 36th Street platform in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn while igniting underground terror at the height of the morning rush on April 12, 2022. James took a deal from federal prosecutors rather than risk the consequences of a guilty verdict at a jury trial. The heavyse…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Two Firefighters Die Battling Huge Port Newark Ship Blaze Two Firefighters Die Battling Huge Port Newark Ship Blaze
Two Firefighters Die Battling Huge Port Newark Ship Blaze Two Newark firefighters died battling a blaze that tore through a car-carrying ship at Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal late Wednesday, officials confirmed. UPDATE: 'Hearts Are Broken': IDs Of Newark Firefighters Killed In Line Of Duty Released The firefighters had “made an attempt to extinguish the fire and, because of the intense heat, they got pushed back out of the area where the initial fire was,” Newark Fire Department Chief Rufus Jackson at a morning news conference on July 6. The Grande Costa D'Avorio apparently was headed to Brooklyn after leaving Baltimore on Sunday with mo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
DWI: Wrong-Way Route 17 Motorist Slams SUV Into Family Minivan DWI: Wrong-Way Route 17 Motorist Slams SUV Into Family Minivan
DWI: Wrong-Way Route 17 Motorist Slams SUV Into Family Minivan A Garfield woman was drunk when she drove the wrong way on Route 17 and crashed her SUV into a minivan carrying a family of six before dawn Tuesday in Rochelle Park, authorities said. The 23-year-old motorist was headed north in the southbound lane near Grove Street when her Lexus slammed into the minivan carrying two adults and six juveniles from Brooklyn shortly after 2 a.m., Lt. James DePreta said. Airbags in both vehicles deployed, he said, and no one in either required hospitalization after being checked out by EMS. Saddle Brook, Maywood and Paramus assisted with traffic control, DePr…

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by Jerry DeMarco