Rockaway Man Gets 50-Year Sentence For Rape of Ex-Girlfriend and Her Lover
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Throughout the violent sexual assault, Gillespie attempted to use a Jamaican accent to disguise his identity.
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Police Looking For Three Suspects In Two Separate Robberies At Train Stations
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Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline.
Read MoreGlendale Man Arrested For Hit And Run That Killed A Pedestrian In Forest Hills
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The defendant, of Glendale, kept driving and did not stop, police said.
Read MoreProsecutors Use Phone Data, Call Logs To Build Case — But Defense Pushes Back
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Prosecutors used data gleaned from Chanel Lewis’ cellphone and T-Mobile cell tower records to portray Lewis as fascinated with the Karina Vetrano murder and in the vicinity of the murder scene at the time of the crime. The defense team pushed back, engaging in their most assertive cross-examination of the trial to poke holes in the tech-based evidence.
Read MoreGlendale Man Arrested For Hit And Run That Killed A Pedestrian In Forest Hills
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The victim was crossing Continental Avenue when the car struck him and threw his body to the pavement.
Read MoreLISTEN: Off-Duty Cop's 'Suspicious Male' with 'Hood Up' 911 Call Key to Vetrano Murder Case
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John Russo, the NYPD lieutenant commander of detectives overseeing all active investigations in the city, called 911 on Memorial Day 2016 to report that a “dark-skinned” “single male” was walking through a “100 percent residential” portion of Howard Beach “looking at houses.”
Read MoreTwo Women Killed In Separate Motor Vehicle Accidents
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A Fort Greene woman died from her injuries sustained by a hit-and-run driver just days after a Kew Gardens Hills woman was killed by a separate motorist while crossing the street.
Read MoreVIDEO: Chanel Lewis Gives Confession, Then Asks Who Prosecutors Are
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In these videos, obtained from the Queens DA, Chanel Lewis gives a statement to Queens prosecutors confessing to the murder of Howard Beach resident Karina Vetrano.
After the confession, Lewis asked who prosecutors Assistant District Attorneys Peter McCormack and Michael Curtis were:
“Anything you want to say to us before we wrap this up?” Curtis asked.
“Where do we go from here?” Lewis said.
“I don’t know,” McCormack said.
“You’re the attorney right?” Lewis said.
“I’m the Assistant DA, yes,” McCormack said.
“The attorney is somewhere else right,” Lewis said.
“Later on,” McCormack said.
“What’s gonna happen from here,” Lewis said.
“We’ll see. We’ll see,” McCormack said.
“Restitution or a program?” Lewis said.
“I can’t say,” McCormack said.
Ed. Note: Separating the videos was not an editorial decision. The Queens District Attorney’s office provided the two videos as different files.
Queens DA Withholds 911 Tape That Cracked Vetrano Trial Case
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The tape, which was introduced into the public record on Thursday, remains locked away in evidence.
Read MoreCourt Hears Recorded Confessions in Vetrano Murder Trial
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Lewis told detectives he “just lost it” during the random encounter.
Read MoreUnlicensed Driver Couldn't See Elderly Woman Before Mowing Her Down
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A Queens judge set $10,000 bail for a motorist accused of leaving the scene of an accident that left a 90-year-old woman dead.
Read MoreJudge Rules that Mexican Drug Lord El Chapo Cannot Hug his Wife at Trial
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A letter from the defense attorney argued that, “an embrace with the railing between them would not pose a threat to security.”
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Third Deadly Home Invasion Suspect Identified, Not Yet Arrested, Sources Say
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The defense team representing a teenager who grew up on Rikers Island after allegedly taking part in a deadly 2014 home invasion says it’s “troubled” that a third suspect is getting away with murder.
Read MoreProsecutors Play 911 Call of ‘Suspicious Male’ with ‘Hood Up’ That Led to Vetrano Murder Arrest 8 Months Later
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For the first time, prosecutors played the 911 call.
Read More‘Purple Was Her Color’: Vetrano Dad Sobs On Stand Recalling Daughter’s Final Run
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Vetrano broke down again and collapsed against the wall behind him when confronted by photos of Karina lying face-first and mostly naked in the dense brush of Spring Creek Park — near the family’s Howard Beach home.
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