Staten Island man to spend 9 years in prison after selling AK-47s, rocket launcher overseas
A Staten Island man was sentenced for international arms trafficking and money laundering, officials announced on Thursday.
United States District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto sentenced Albert Veliu, 37, to nine years in prison after he purchased and sold an anti-tank rocket launcher and AK-47 rifles in Kosovo, according to the U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York.
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Firefighter charged with DWI after allegedly crashing, abandoning FDNY van
Police arrested and charged a New York City firefighter after he allegedly crashed and abandoned and FDNY van in Westerleigh on Friday night.
Police charged Robert Diaz, 42, with driving while intoxicated, driving while ability impaired and refusal to take breath test, according to a written statement from the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.
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Man sought for questioning in connection with Dongan Hills church burglary
Police are asking for the public’s help to locate a man sought for questioning in connection with a burglary where donation boxes were broken into at St. Ann’s R.C. Church in Dongan Hills.
Cops are searching for a white male in the break-in at the church last Nov. 24, according to a message posted on the 122nd Precinct Twitter feed.
Around 3 p.m. on that Sunday, an unidentified male used an unknown object to force open a side door where he entered the location at 101 Cromwell Ave. He remained inside and broke into locked donation boxes before fleeing, according to a spokeswoman for the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.
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A bench, a fall afternoon and a gun prove a bad combo for man
Hanging out on a bench with a loaded gun on an autumn afternoon proved to be a bad move for a New Brighton man.
Lawrence Williams, 43, faces two years in prison after pleading guilty to a weapon charge stemming from his arrest on Oct. 2, 2018.
The events unfolded around 3:45 p.m. when police responded to a 911 call of a man with a firearm sitting on a bench in front of 1075 Castleton Ave., according to an NYPD spokesman.
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Judge scolds college grad sentenced in major gun case
Saying he should have known better, a justice sentenced Anthony Clark, a Georgia resident and former New Yorker, on Friday to six years in prison for bringing a cache of guns and ammunition into the borough last Feb. 26.
Clark, 33, is licensed to buy and carry a concealed weapon in Georgia. However, he is not licensed to have a gun in New York.
The defense highlighted Clark's college education, but this might have actually worked against him.
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Dad who drove drunk with son, 7, in the car avoids jail at sentencing
A Brooklyn man whose blood alcohol content, authorities said, was more than twice the legal limit while driving in Bulls Head with his young son last year, had a felony DWI conviction vacated after completing a drug-monitoring program.
As a result, Johnny Neri, 27, avoided jail and has been sentenced to a one-year conditional discharge for misdemeanor drunken driving stemming from an incident last May 7. He was also fined $500.
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A gun in a nightstand, drugs, ammo and some time upstate
A police raid of a Concord man’s home netted guns, drugs and ammunition.
And it has also earned Jorge Gonzalez a felony conviction and a soon-to-start 42-month prison stay.
Gonzalez, 34, has pleaded guilty to a weapon charge stemming from his arrest March 20.
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NYPD responds to bank robbery on Forest Avenue; suspect flees with cash
Police are investigating a bank robbery on Forest Avenue in Port Richmond on Wednesday.
The incident was reported around 11:30 a.m. at the Northfield Bank at 1481 Forest Ave., according to police.
A man entered the branch and passed a note demanding cash, according to an NYPD spokeswoman.
He fled the location in a light-colored sedan, police said.
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Police probe robbery at Santander bank in Grasmere
A man robbed a bank in Grasmere last Saturday afternoon, police said.
Police responded to a call for a robbery at 1:45 p.m. at a Santander bank located at 1320 Hylan Blvd., an NYPD spokesman said.
The man passed a note to a cashier demanding money, according to the spokesman.
The man received an unknown amount of cash and fled the location in an unknown direction, the spokesman said.
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Cops: Man busted in alarming incident at bank on Forest Avenue
A 25-year-old man was arrested in connection with incident initially reported as an attempted bank robbery in West Brighton.
Augustin Nadreau, 25, of the 100 block of Treadwell Avenue, was apprehended for the incident that occurred on Thursday around 1:30 p.m. inside the Northfield Bank at 519 Forest Ave., according to a statement from the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.
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