3 current and former NYPD officers arrested in kickback scheme

The officers arrested by federal agents and will appear in federal court in Downtown Brooklyn Tuesday afternoon.

Recommended Stories

  • Video shows NYPD officer rushing to injured child

    A New York City police officer is being hailed a hero for rushing a wounded 4-year-old girl to safety after the child was shot in the leg in Times Square Saturday. (May 10)

  • Wait a tick, is this woman the voice of Alexa?

    Perhaps one of the most recognizable (and accidentally triggered) voices in America, Amazon’s Alexa sounds like an A.I. With its broken phrasing, eerie calm, and uncanny approximation of gentle consumerism, Alexa can be heard in households from sea to shining sea, ordering toilet paper, agreeing to play the new Maroon 5, and laughing at inappropriate times.

  • Is Microsoft Stock A Buy As Software Giant Gains Cloud Market Share?

    Software giant Microsoft has earned plaudits for its successful pivot from desktop computing to cloud computing. Many investors may be wondering: Is Microsoft stock a buy right now?

  • Tesla owner arrested after being caught ‘backseat driving’

    Param Sharma, 25, has been charged with reckless driving after video footage showed him riding alone in the backseat of his car in the California Bay Area on Saturday.

  • Regina King Will Direct BITTER ROOT Comic Book Adaptation

    The Harlem Renaissance-set monster hunting comic Bitter Root is coming to the big screen from Legendary Pictures and director Regina King The post Regina King Will Direct BITTER ROOT Comic Book Adaptation appeared first on Nerdist.

  • J. Lo and Ben Affleck were spotted together in Montana, which is set to gain a new House seat in redistricting

    The two A-listers, now reportedly rekindling their romance, first met two redistricting cycles ago in 2001.

  • I swear, these cozy mop slippers make cleaning fun — and they’re on sale for less than $2 a pair at Amazon

    Spring cleaning has never been so cozy — and colorful.

  • Mother Of American Sentenced To Life In Italy Fears Her Son Won't Survive Prison

    The mother of the young American man found guilty by an Italian jury last week of murdering an Italian police officer during a botched drug deal has said that she doesn’t know if he will survive spending the rest of his life in prison — a sentence she said he feels is a fate worse than death. “He was utterly devastated by the verdict, just devastated. It was completely unexpected for him,” Leah Elder told “Good Morning America” in an interview that aired Monday. “He feels like he has been sentenced to something worse than the death penalty.” After a three-month trial, Finnegan Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, 20, were found guilty last week of homicide and four other charges for the July 26, 2019 stabbing death by Elder of 35-year-old Vice Brigadier Mario Cerciello Rega. The verdict and maximum possible sentence were delivered to a shocked courtroom by a jury of six civilians and two judges, who deliberated for 12 hours. Finnegan Lee Elder, left, crosses his fingers as he talks with his father Ethan Elder, before a jury began deliberating the fates of Elder and his co-defendant Gabriel Natale-Hjorth, on trial for the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer on a street near the hotel where they were staying while on vacation in Rome in summer 2019, in Rome, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Photo: AP Elder and Natale-Hjorth, then teenagers, were on vacation in Italy when they spent 80 euro on what turned out to be fake cocaine. In an attempt to get their money back, Elder had snatched a bag and phone belonging to the man who’d duped them. They arranged for the dealer to meet them and it was agreed he would give them their money in exchange for his phone and bag. When Cerciello Rega and another officer, tipped off about an extortion attempt, arrived at the scene of the anticipated exchange, a tussle ensued with the young men that ended with Elder stabbing the officer 11 times and the teens escaping to stash the weapon in their hotel room. During the trial in Rome, Leah Elder testified about her son’s struggles with mental health and a previous attempt on his own life as a teen. The defense argued that the teens thought the officers, who were in plain clothes, were gangsters. Speaking alongside her husband, Leah Elder detailed her son's mental health struggles to “GMA.” “He has a noted history of attempted suicide, and we’re really worried and really concerned,” she said. “He struggles with anxiety and depression, and his current situation is really perilous.” She pointed out that her son has not changed his version of events leading to Cerciello Rega’s death, and said that at times he “vomits the truth,” adding that her son is “incredibly kind, he’s incredibly sensitive.” “I understand that a man’s life was lost that night. I understand that Finnegan should serve some time,” she said.“I would like Finnegan to have some sort of sentence that’s proportionate and something that helps at least acknowledge his mental health issues,” “We just want Finn to be able to survive this,” she told producers. Defense Attorney Craig Peters told the show that he believed that the Italian jury gave the young men a sentence befitting a mob boss. “How could these two boys possibly be in that same league?” he asked. In addition to the homicide charge, the young men were found guilty of attempted extortion, assault, resisting a public official, and carrying an attack-style knife without just cause. The legal teams for both young men plan to appeal last week’s verdict. As per Italian law, the jury now has 90 days to detail its reasoning for its decisions; this forms the basis for a potential appeal.

  • Is a ‘Great Resignation’ Coming When Workers Go Back to the Office?

    Experts foresee a "great resignation" as more people start heading back into the office. Anthony Klotz, an associate professor of organizational management at Texas A&M University, told Bloomberg...

  • UFC welterweight Alan Jouban announces MMA retirement

    Alan Jouban has announced his retirement from MMA after 13 UFC appearances.

  • Army of fake fans online boosts China’s global messaging

    China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media. Liu Xiaoming, who recently stepped down as China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, is one of the party’s most successful foot soldiers on this evolving online battlefield.

  • Hero NYPD officer runs shot 4-year-old to ambulance in Times Square

    A quick-thinking NYPD officer first wrapped a tourniquet around the tiny leg of the shot girl to stop her bleeding before instinctively sprinting through Times Square to a waiting ambulance.

  • Inside the swanky private club in Montana where Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck reportedly had a romantic getaway

    The 13,600-acre private club near Big Sky, Montana, where Ben Affleck is said to have a home has counted Bill and Melinda Gates among its members.

  • Kinzinger rips GOP colleagues for push to oust Cheney: 'This is lies versus truth'

    With House Republicans poised to strip Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., from her leadership position, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., tore into his GOP colleagues for coddling former President Donald Trump and his false election claims.

  • Who’s Replacing Giuliana Rancic as Red Carpet Host? We Have Answers

    It’s the end of an era for Giuliana Rancic , who is officially getting replaced by—drumroll, please—Laverne...

  • Suspect identified in Times Square shooting that left 4-year-old, two others injured

    The girl, identified as Skye Martinez, was shopping for toys with her family when she was shot in the leg, the NYPD said.

  • All but one Republican lawmaker left the floor during Liz Cheney's speech against Trump, CNN reports

    Rep. Liz Cheney gave a speech on the House floor blasting Trump and Republican lawmakers over false election claims.

  • Bill Gates is reportedly hiding out in his mansion at a billionaires' golf club in California that costs $250,000 to join

    Bill Gates has been at his $12.5 million mansion at The Vintage Club for about three months, a source told Page Six. Membership costs $250,000.

  • More than 120 retired generals and admirals wrote to Biden suggesting he wasn't legitimately elected and questioning his mental health

    The letter published by "Flag Officers 4 America" appeared to advance a false conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was illegitimate.

  • Alex Rodriguez says 'go Yankees' in response to question about Jennifer Lopez dating Red Sox fan Ben Affleck

    Rodriguez is a former Yankees star. And Affleck once shut down the production of "Gone Girl" for four days because he refused to wear a Yankees cap.