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Serial NJ Phony Fire Inspector Has Yet To Learn His Lesson, Police In DC Say Serial NJ Phony Fire Inspector Has Yet To Learn His Lesson, Police In DC Say
Serial NJ Phony Fire Inspector Has Yet To Learn His Lesson, Police In DC Say He's a little bit older and a little bit grayer, but Michael Carrion is the same phony fire inspector now that he was in 2018, authorities in Washington DC say. Carrion, who was being held at Riker's Island for a parole violation when he was being sought out of various New Jersey towns in 2018, is now wanted out of the nation's capital for pulling the same stunt that landed him in trouble with the law back then. CarrionMUGSHOT: Courtesy WAYNE PD This time, 56-year-old Carrion posed as a fire inspector at a DC bagel shop on April 21, and left with nearly $1,000 in cash, according to DC N…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Former NJ Pain Doctor Dies By Suicide In NY Jail: AP Former NJ Pain Doctor Dies By Suicide In NY Jail: AP
Former NJ Pain Doctor Dies By Suicide In NY Jail: AP Drexel University's former chairman of the neurology department convicted of sexually assaulting patients died by suicide in a New York City jail, sources tell the Associated Press. Dr. Ricardo Cruciani was found unresponsive in a shower area of the Eric M. Taylor Center on Rikers Island Monday, Aug. 18, the AP reports. The 68-year-old doctor's attorney confirmed that he died but not the manner of death. Cruciani, who was facing life in prison, allegedly got dozens of female patients hooked on painkillers he prescribed before sexually abusing them over the course of 15 years at area h…

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by Nicole Acosta & Cecilia Levine
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NY Man Charged With Attempted Murder In NJ Shooting Where Child Was Present NY Man Charged With Attempted Murder In NJ Shooting Where Child Was Present
NY Man Charged With Attempted Murder In NJ Shooting Where Child Was Present Englewood detectives have charged an accused gunman and three other people in connection with a city shooting last month. A 2-year-old child was at the Forest Park Gardens apartment when the 27-year-old victim was shot in the leg on Feb. 3, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The man was treated at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center before being released. Police initially arrested Dasia Bethea, 27, who lives in the apartment, and Dana Proctor, 44, of McDonough, GA on child endangerment charges the following day. They also charged both of them and Tierney Thompson, 48, of West H…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Corrections Officer Honored For Saving Baby On NJ Turnpike Strangles Estranged Wife: Report Corrections Officer Honored For Saving Baby On NJ Turnpike Strangles Estranged Wife: Report
Corrections Officer Honored For Saving Baby On NJ Turnpike Strangles Estranged Wife: Report A Manhattan prison corrections officer once honored by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for saving a baby's life on the NJ Turnpike was arrested for beating and strangling his estranged wife on New Year's, the New York Post reports. Shon Brown slashed his wife's car tires then followed her ride home to Yonkers demanding to know where she had been, before screaming at her and throwing her into a glass wall, the outlet says citing a criminal complaint filed in Westchester County, NY. Brown then choked the woman until she passed out and yelled "I'm going to kill you," before leavin…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Professor Accused Of Attempted St. Patrick's Arson Dies In Verrazano Leap Professor Accused Of Attempted St. Patrick's Arson Dies In Verrazano Leap
Professor Accused Of Attempted St. Patrick's Arson Dies In Verrazano Leap A philosophy professor from Hasbrouck Heights who authorities said planned to burn down St. Patrick's Cathedral died by suicide last week, nearly a month after being released from Rikers Island amid the coronavirus outbreak. A judge ordered Marc Lamparello, 38, to participate in an outpatient program at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center after releasing him on March 20 as part of an effort to stem the rapid spread of COVID-19 through the city jail system. Lamparello jumped from Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge last Friday, a week after police prevented a similar suicide try at the George Washington …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Rikers Island Reports First Inmate Coronavirus Death Rikers Island Reports First Inmate Coronavirus Death
Rikers Island Reports First Inmate Coronavirus Death Rikers Island, which has been hit hard by COVID-19, had its first coronavirus-related inmate death, that of a 53-year-old ex-con who’d been transferred to Bellevue Hospital 10 days earlier. Michael Tyson, who reportedly was arrested on a parole violation on Feb. 28, was one of 273 inmates at Rikers who tested positive for the virus, according to the New York City Department of Corrections. A total of 321 correctional staff members – including four officers who died -- and 53 health professionals in the New York City jail system have died from COVID-19, the department reported. Tyson was r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Imprisoned Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For Coronavirus Imprisoned Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Imprisoned Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For Coronavirus Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the coronavirus, the head of the New York State corrections officers union confirmed on Sunday. Weinstein, the 68-year-old former movie producer serving a prison sentence for sexual assault and rape, was placed in isolation at Wende Correctional Facility, said Michael Powers, president of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association. Weinstein was transferred to the maximum security prison east of Buffalo from Rikers Island on Wednesday, authorities said. Rikers reportedly has one of the country's highe…

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by Jerry DeMarco