Colleen Long

February 10, 2012 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - The father of an admitted terrorist was sentenced to 4 years in prison Friday after his conviction on charges that he destroyed evidence and lied to investigators to cover up his son's plot to attack the New York City subways in 2009 as one of a trio of suicide bombers.Mohammed Wali Zazi, 55, could have faced up to 40 years.

By Colleen Long

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October 12, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A father pleaded guilty Friday to strangling his 14-year-old daughter, who was 12 weeks pregnant with his child, then stuffing her body into his apartment building's boiler and partially burning it.Miguel Matias told investigators he strangled his daughter Ana with an electrical cord after he found her writing "sex things" on a computer in February 2008.

By COLLEEN LONG

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February 05, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A woman distraught over losing custody of her 4-year-old daughter plotted with a relative to lure her estranged husband to a playground, where he was shot to death in front of the little girl by a gunman with a makeshift silencer, a prosecutor said Wednesday.The prosecutor made the statement at the start of the murder and conspiracy trial of Dr.

By COLLEEN LONG

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July 15, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - A 17-year-old mimicking Brad Pitt's "Fight Club" character, who plans attacks on corporate America, was arrested for masterminding a pre-dawn blast outside a Starbucks Coffee shop on Memorial Day, police said Wednesday.Kyle Shaw was arrested Tuesday night on charges of arson, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal mischief, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

By COLLEEN LONG

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March 30, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Attorneys for New York's police watchdog agency will now prosecute all misconduct cases that stem from complaints it receives and investigates, an unprecedented move that hands over some of the New York Police Department's control of how it handles allegations of bad behavior.

By Colleen Long

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February 22, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By COLLEEN LONG

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June 28, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Lawmakers voted earlier Thursday to create an outside watchdog and make it easier to bring racial profiling claims against the nation's largest police force.

By Colleen Long and Jennifer Peltz

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April 18, 2008 | National Law Journal

Chief Justice John Roberts grilled the counselors on their oral arguments, pushed for answers on policy questions and interrupted speeches for clarification on law. But this was no regular appeals hearing; it was a moot court competition at Columbia University School of Law on Thursday. The event was in an auditorium packed with students and faculty eager to catch a glimpse of Roberts, who was hard on the competitors but also cracked jokes and offered insight and advice to the budding lawyers.

By Colleen Long

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January 26, 2010 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - The man who accused New York City police officers of sodomizing him with a baton in a subway station is a pot-smoking thief and a gang member who has a Crips tattoo across his stomach to prove it.Michael Mineo admits as much. But he says that doesn't mean the three officers on trial in the case are innocent.

By COLLEEN LONG

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March 06, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - In 1995, two detectives staking out a Bronx apartment unleashed a deadly barrage of 28 bullets on a pair of young robbery suspects, setting off angry protests against then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani and the NYPD.The victims were face-down on the ground when they were killed, one shot eight times in the back and the second hit with 14 bullets, mostly in the back.

By COLLEEN LONG

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