Five men with alleged ties to the mob were arrested Tuesday for stealing $2 million worth of jewelry at gunpoint in New York City, federal prosecutors <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/five-defendants-arrested-daytime-armed-robberies-manhattan-jewelry-stores" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a>.
Frank DiPietro, Vincent Cerchio, Vincent Spagnuolo, Michael Sellick, and Samuel Sorce are associates of the Lucchese and Genovese crime families, the NYPD said.
The five men were charged for two robberies at gunpoint in broad daylight, one in January in Midtown and the second in lower Manhattan in May.
They are charged with conspiracy, robbery, and brandishing a firearm in connection with a violent crime. The conspiracy and robbery charges carry 20-year prison sentences, while the firearm charge carries a seven-year sentence.
During the January 3 robbery, four of the men <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/06/five-men-busted-for-stealing-2m-in-jewelry-in-gunpoint-heists/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stole</a> three diamond pieces, including a 73-carat necklace, a six-carat ring, and a 17-carat pair of earrings at a Madison Avenue jewelry store, prosecutors said.
Two of the men, DiPietro, 65, and Sellick, 67, were disguised in orange and yellow construction clothes, according to prosecutors.
They entered Bayco Jewels on Madison Avenue near East 61st Street through a connected deli entrance just as workers placed jewelry in the display window case, prosecutors said.
Bayco Jewels is located in a penthouse and <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/alleged-mafia-robbery-crew-posing-as-construction-workers-targeted-nyc-jewelers-to-the-stars/4399409/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">caters</a> to customers like Beyoncé and Rihanna. Customers must pass a credit check before getting an appointment at the high-end shop.
DiPietro, also known as “Frankie the Fish,” allegedly pointed his gun at a worker and said, &#8220;Give it to me,&#8221; while Sellick, also <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/alleged-mafia-robbery-crew-posing-as-construction-workers-targeted-nyc-jewelers-to-the-stars/4399409/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">known</a> as &#8220;Skip,&#8221; allegedly told the worker to “turn around and get in the closet.”
The men used a stolen getaway car to leave the scene, prosecutors said.
DiPietro and Sellick allegedly disguised themselves in construction outfits again on May 20 and held up an Elizabeth Street jewelry store downtown.
Sellick pointed a gun at workers and told them to get on the ground, and DiPietro collected jewelry pieces, prosecutors said.
Sorce, 25, allegedly drove the car as they fled the scene, and he was also dressed in construction clothes.
The men then allegedly switched to a different car driven by Spagnuolo, 65.
In both robberies, the accused switched out the license plates of the getaway cars beforehand, according to the complaint.
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Four of the five men have many prior arrests for high-level crimes.
DiPietro has been arrested a dozen times, including for racketeering and murder in 1998, according to NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig.
The chief detective also said Sellick had been arrested more than two dozen times, mostly for bank robberies that go back to the 1970s. Spagnuolo has been arrested six times, including for a fatal shooting in Manhattan back in 1986, and Cerchio, 69, has been arrested multiple times for conspiracy.
“These five defendants allegedly carried out brazen and dangerous daylight robberies of jewelry stores in Manhattan, stealing about $2 million in jewelry at gunpoint,” Manhattan US Attorney Damian Williams said.
The men&#8217;s lawyers have spoken out against the case.
“Law enforcement was desperate to solve these cases so they are rounding up the usual suspects,&#8221; DiPietri’s lawyer Mathew Mari <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/06/five-men-busted-for-stealing-2m-in-jewelry-in-gunpoint-heists/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the New York Post.
“This will be a trial that ends with the government having egg on their face!” the attorney said.
Sellick’s lawyer claimed his client was busy painting bridges and “couldn’t have been on Madison Avenue pulling off a jewelry heist,” calling the situation “a terrible case of mistaken identity.”

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The City University of New York (CUNY) is being <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/29/cuny-critics-outraged-by-hate-filled-grad-speech-yank-tax-dollars/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=nypost" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blasted by critics</a> after a speaker at the law school’s commencement delivered a maleficent speech attacking the NYPD, the U.S. military, and the state of Israel.
Fatima Mousa Mohammed, selected by the graduating class of 2023 to speak, gave her incendiary speech at the May 12 law school commencement.
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CUNY Law School commencement speaker Fatima Mousa Mohammed:
Laws are “white supremacy” and America has a “ravenous appetite for destruction and violence”
Thunderous applause from the crowd <a href="https://t.co/9nLXtIk7bi">pic.twitter.com/9nLXtIk7bi</a>
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<a href="https://www.memri.org/tv/sjp-activist-fatima-mohammed-cuny-law-school-commencement-speech-america-israel-empire-destruction" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saying</a> she chose CUNY School of Law to learn how to work “to lift the façade of legal neutrality and confront the systems of oppression that wreak violence on them,” she added, “Systems of oppression created to feed an empire with a ravenous appetite for destruction and violence,” while calling the American legal system “a manifestation of white supremacy that continues to oppress and suppress people in this nation and around the world.”
“Israel continues to indiscriminately rain bullets and bombs on worshippers, murdering the old, the young, attacking even funerals and graveyards, as it encourages lynch mobs to target Palestinian homes and businesses, as it imprisons its children, as it continues its project of settler colonialism, expelling Palestinians from their homes,” she ranted.
“We did all of this in spite of the racism, in spite of the selective activism, the self-serving interests of CUNY central, an institution that continues to fail us, that continues to train and cooperate with the fascism NYPD, the military, that continues to train IDF soldiers to carry out that same violence globally,” she raged.
“May the rage that fills this auditorium, dance in the hallways of our elementary schools, in our home villages of Sheikh Jarrah, Aden, Yemen, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines,” she declared. “May we rejoice in the corners of our New York City bedroom apartments and dining tables, may it be fuel for the fight against capitalism, racism, imperialism, and Zionism around the world.”
“Greater empires of destruction have fallen before, and so will these. So, to the class of 2023: the fight begins now,” she concluded.
“Vile anti-American &amp; anti-Israel speech promoting hate. Totally unacceptable graduation speech for taxpayers funded institution.  @CUNY  &amp;  @CUNYLaw  should immediately condemn this hateful speech &amp; take all steps necessary to address such dangerous rhetoric!” New York City Councilman Ari Kagan fired.
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Vile anti-American &amp; anti-Israel speech promoting hate.Totally unacceptable graduation speech for taxpayers funded institution. <a href="https://twitter.com/CUNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CUNY</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/CUNYLaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CUNYLaw</a> should immediately condemn this hateful speech &amp; take all steps necessary to address such dangerous rhetoric! <a href="https://t.co/PYhuZXO2PU">https://t.co/PYhuZXO2PU</a>
&mdash; Council Member Ari Kagan (@CMAriKagan47) <a href="https://twitter.com/CMAriKagan47/status/1662946218610155522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Councilwoman Inna Vernikov echoed, “If anyone had doubts on what’s going on at @CUNY, and if hearing we held did not convince you, here it is: Vile, unabashed hatred for America, Israel, NYPD, &amp; democracy.  I can’t imagine sitting in the audience as a graduate. These are NYC’s future lawyers. @CUNY any comment?”
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If anyone had doubts on what’s going on at <a href="https://twitter.com/CUNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CUNY</a>, and if hearing we held did not convince you, here it is: Vile, unabashed hatred for America, Israel, NYPD, &amp; democracy. I can’t imagine sitting in the audience as a graduate. These are NYC’s future lawyers. <a href="https://twitter.com/CUNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CUNY</a> any comment? <a href="https://t.co/YkdgJdfp1n">https://t.co/YkdgJdfp1n</a>
&mdash; Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (@InnaVernikov) <a href="https://twitter.com/InnaVernikov/status/1662870455210876936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“This hate-filled and dangerous speech has been brought to you by @CUNY and paid for by New York taxpayers,” New York state assemblyman Simcha Eisenstein <a href="https://twitter.com/SEichenstein/status/1662937861677514752" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>. “Keep this in mind next time our elected leaders highlight their commitment to fighting antisemitism.”
New York Congressman Ritchie Torres echoed, “Imagine being so crazed by hatred for Israel as a Jewish State that you make it the subject of your commencement speech at a law school graduation.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nypd">The New York Police Department</a> responded on Wednesday to reports that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/prince-harry-meghan-markle-and-her-mother-involved-in-near-catastrophic-car-chase-with-paparazzi-spox-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Prince Harry</a>, his wife <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/buckingham-palace-confirms-whether-prince-harry-meghan-markle-will-be-in-attendance-at-coronation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meghan Markle</a> and her mother Doria Ragland were involved in a &#8220;near catastrophic car chase&#8221; with paparazzi while visiting New York City on Tuesday night.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner Public Information officer Julian Phillips issued a statement to The Daily Wire confirming the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were escorted by officers while in the city, but said that there were no &#8220;collisions&#8221; or &#8220;injuries&#8221; involved in their transport.
&#8220;On Tuesday evening, May 16, the NYPD assisted the private security team protecting the Duke and Duchess of Sussex,&#8221; the NYPD statement read.
&#8220;There were numerous photographers that made their transport challenging,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;The Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived at their destination and there were no reported collisions, summonses, injuries, or arrests in regard.&#8221;
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The statement comes following an earlier report that the trio were involved in a &#8220;near-catastrophic car chase&#8221; in NYC, per a spokesperson for the prince. It reportedly happened following an event in the city where Markle was honored with a &#8220;Woman of Vision&#8221; award.
&#8220;Last night, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Ms. Ragland were involved in a near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi,&#8221; a rep for the Sussex&#8217;s told <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/05/prince-harry-meghan-markle-involved-in-near-catastrophic-car-chase-with-paparazzi-1235369929/">Deadline</a>.
&#8220;This relentless pursuit, lasting over two hours, resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two NYPD officers,&#8221; the statement added.
&#8220;While being a public figure comes with a level of interest from the public, it should never come at the cost of anyone&#8217;s safety,&#8221; the statement concluded.
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The late Princess Diana, Harry&#8217;s mother died in a car wreck in 1997 in Paris, France. Some, including Harry, have <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/william-and-harry-on-dianas-death/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blamed</a> the wreck on the paparazzi.
&#8220;I think one of the hardest things to come to terms with is the fact that the people that chased her into the tunnel were the same people that were taking photographs of her while she was still dying on the back seat of the car,&#8221; the prince said in a BBC documentary in 2017.
&#8220;She had quite a severe head injury but she was very much still alive in the back seat and those people that caused the accident, instead of helping they were taking photographs in the back seat and then those photographs made their way back to news desks,&#8221; he added.

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A suspect accused of shooting a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> police officer who had his bond paid by a former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL</a> running back is now working as a for-hire driver, according to a new report. 
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/06/cop-shooting-suspect-driving-livery-while-awaiting-trial-police-sources/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Nelson Pizarro, who is accused of shooting a cop during a drug search, has taken on a new gig as a livery driver after being bailed out of jail by former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/green-bay-packers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Green Bay Packers</a> running back Ryan Grant. 
After 11 months in jail for allegedly shooting Detective Dominick Libretti in January 2022, Pizarro was let out in December. Police sources told the Post that Pizarro and Grant were “close friends” and that Pizarro was given approval to work as a livery driver after initially being put on house arrest. 
Sources added that Pizarro, who has former gun-related and drug convictions, had driven not far from Libretti’s home.
“He’s just got free rein of all the boroughs,” a law enforcement source said. “So there’s pretty much no repercussions for shooting a cop.”
Libretti, who was shot in the leg during the drug raid, said that he was shocked when he learned about Pizarro’s reported gig. Libretti spent about a week in the hospital after the shooting and he had reconstructive surgery. 
“How do you not tell me that this guy’s out driving on the freeway,” Libretti reportedly said. “It’s just a slap in the face to the whole job.”
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Grant, who won a Super Bowl with the Packers in 2011, grew up in Rockland County New York before attending the University of Notre Dame. He was injured for the majority of the Packers&#8217; 2011 Super Bowl year, but still got a ring as part of the team. 
Pizarro <a href="https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2022/12/suspect-in-shooting-of-nypd-officer-during-staten-island-drug-raid-posts-bond-for-release.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was charged</a> with first-degree attempted murder, attempted aggravated murder of a police officer, criminal possession of a firearm, and attempted assault with a weapon. 
He said that he believed his house was being broken into during the police operation. “I thought I was getting robbed,” he reportedly said. “Is the cop going to be OK?”
Lance Lazzaro, who is representing Pizarro, said that the bail had been set too high. 
Only one side of the story has been told so far,” he said. “The bail should never have been that high.”

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Fox News host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tucker-carlson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson</a> said Wednesday that police told him that the 911 calls related to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeffrey-epstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeffrey Epstein</a>’s death were no longer available.
Carlson made the claims while giving an update on his team’s efforts to look into the death of Epstein, a convicted pedophile known for his connections to the wealthy. His death in August 2019 was officially ruled a suicide by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> authorities. 
“We also thought it would be worth reaching out to the NYPD. We wanted to know what was said in any 911 calls from the federal lockup in New York on the day that Epstein was found dead,” Carlson said. “We can’t play that 911 call for you because it’s been deleted.”
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Tucker Carlson tried to obtain any 911 calls from the Manhattan jail where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead:
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&mdash; Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1648851754111631360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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He said NYPD told him this was because the documentation was “well past the 12 month retention period.” The Daily Wire has contacted the NYPD inquiring whether any relevant calls had been deleted and if any were available. 
“It looks like the NYPD deleted the recordings of 911 calls from the jail,” Carlson said, adding that his team had also reached out to the FBI to ask if they had any calls but received no response. 
Epstein’s death quickly became controversial as many believe his trial would have exposed the crimes of powerful global elites he had leveraged through his sex trafficking operation. As a result, the circumstances leading up to his death have been heavily scrutinized. 
Contrary to protocol, Epstein was not checked on every 30 minutes the night of his death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, where he was being detained, sources <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/jail-protocols-checking-jeffrey-epstein-hours-died-suicide/story?id=64909860" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> multiple news outlets. Some of the footage captured near Epstein’s cell was also unusable, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/investigators-scrutinizing-video-outside-epsteins-cell-find-some-footage-unusable-according-to-people-familiar-with-the-inquiry/2019/08/26/df405636-c827-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Washington Post, though other footage was available for review. The FBI <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-jeffrey-epstein-cameras/fbi-studies-two-broken-cameras-outside-cell-where-epstein-died-source-idUSKCN1VI2LC" target="_blank" rel="noopener">later opened</a> an investigation into the camera malfunction outside Epstein’s jail cell. 
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A lawyer who would have represented Epstein said that he did not believe that it would be likely for the financier to commit suicide.
&#8220;I was told that on August 9, Mr. Epstein remained animated and gave every indication he was planning to fight the case vigorously as we had discussed. On August 10, he was dead,” lawyer David Schoen <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/jeffrey-epstein-death-three-years-what-we-know-1732264" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Newsweek. &#8220;So my first reason for believing it was not suicide is based simply on the anecdotal evidence from my own observations in meeting with him and from reports I received throughout the week.&#8221; 
According to Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Barbara Sampson, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/a947e0d85d31496eb5bd9ff4994c9718" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the evidence</a> led her to conclude that Epstein&#8217;s death was suicide “after careful review of all investigative information, including complete autopsy findings.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> firefighters unleashed a robotic K-9 unit named &#8220;Spot&#8221; to search for survivors covered in debris from the collapsed Lower Manhattan parking garage that killed one person and injured five others.
Around 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, the second floor of the five-story parking structure gave way and collapsed onto the ground floor on Ann Street, where multiple cars piled on top of one another as victims searched for shelter.
As the dust from the wreckage settled, authorities with the Fire Department of New York deemed the structural integrity of the nearly 100-year-old building unsafe and deployed Spot the robodog into the rubble in place of human firefighters, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/fdny-deploys-robot-dog-to-search-for-survivors-in-nyc-garage-collapse/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;Thank God we had the robotic dog that was able to go in the building,&#8221; Mayor Eric Adams said. &#8220;This is ideally what we talk about not sending a human being inside a building as unstable.&#8221;
Authorities purchased the $75,000, 70-pound robotic pooch manufactured by Boston Dynamics last year for search-and-rescue purposes.
Chief John M. Esposito, the Fire Department&#8217;s chief of operations, said at a news conference — <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/nyregion/nyc-parking-garage-collapse.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> by The New York Times — that he believed all the workers at the garage had been accounted for after officials received reports that people were trapped inside the structure.
Esposito added that the fire department &#8220;deployed our robot dog into the building,&#8221; which gave &#8220;us a video inside, and then we&#8217;re able to fly drones inside to conduct an assessment and conduct searches,&#8221; Esposito <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypd-adds-dystopian-robot-dog-to-police-force-claiming-advanced-technology-could-save-lives-in-crime-ridden-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.
The posted video on Twitter showed the $75,000 technologically advanced pooch walking toward a pile of building debris before falling on its side after attempting to climb over it.
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&#8220;Oh, that didn&#8217;t work out for the dog so well,&#8221; a witness said in the video posted to Twitter by user DaDa Rocks.
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/FDNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FDNY</a> robot dog on the scene. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fidi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fidi</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/garagecollapse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#garagecollapse</a> <a href="https://t.co/JAHc3abVsD">pic.twitter.com/JAHc3abVsD</a>
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The assistance from Spot comes a week after Mayor Adams unveiled the &#8220;Digidog&#8221; with two other pieces of technology the New York City Police Department plans to roll out in the city, arguing the advanced equipment is crucial for resident safety as crime increases citywide and the department struggles to manage its limited resources effectively.
Authorities claim the unit would assess high-risk situations and &#8220;undoubtedly&#8221; save the lives of police officers and the public. The device would be used to de-escalate situations involving hostage negotiations, counterterrorism incidents, and others, as needed, NBC reported.
Other technology introduced on Tuesday by city officials included a device called StarChase, a pilot program that allows authorities to track vehicles using GPS-enabled devices attached to projectiles to locate ghost cars and cars with stolen plates.
&#8220;This is a game changer,&#8221; the NYPD said.
City officials also unveiled the K5 Autonomous Security Robot pilot program, which patrols confined areas indoors and outdoors to provide incident notification in real-time to first responders. Authorities hope to use the technology starting this summer.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nypd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City Police Department (NYPD)</a> officer died days after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypd-officer-fighting-for-his-life-after-being-shot-in-head" target="_blank" rel="noopener">being shot in the head</a> during a robbery attempt over the weekend.
The officer, 26-year-old Adeed Fayaz, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced in a tweet, hours after a suspect was arrested.
&#8220;Police Officer Adeed Fayaz was a father, a husband, a son, and a protector of our great city,&#8221; Sewell said. &#8220;Officer Fayaz was shot Saturday night and he tragically succumbed to his injuries today. Our Department deeply mourns his passing, and his family and loved ones are in our prayers.&#8221;
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Police Officer Adeed Fayaz was a father, a husband, a son, and a protector of our great city.
Officer Fayaz was shot Saturday night and he tragically succumbed to his injuries today. 
Our Department deeply mourns his passing, and his family and loved ones are in our prayers. <a href="https://t.co/zK9BdHwvM1">pic.twitter.com/zK9BdHwvM1</a>
&mdash; Commissioner Sewell (@NYPDPC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPDPC/status/1623099816753479680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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While off-duty on Saturday, Fayaz traveled with a relative to Ruby Street in Brooklyn to purchase a vehicle in a transaction arranged on social media, according to officials. Upon arrival, the suspect allegedly pulled out a gun and announced a robbery, leading to an exchange of gunfire during which the officer was struck.
Fayaz was transported to Brookdale Hospital in critical condition.
Police said Randy Jones, 38, was arrested at a hotel in Rockland County on Monday in connection with the shooting. Charges were pending as of press time.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> | The off-duty NYPD officer, 26, shot Saturday in an attempted robbery has died, law enforcement sources said. Officer Adeed Fayaz, 26, was fighting for his life yesterday. Now, sources say he has succumbed to his injuries. <a href="https://t.co/gf6fXz1yWC">pic.twitter.com/gf6fXz1yWC</a>
&mdash; PIX11 News (@PIX11News) <a href="https://twitter.com/PIX11News/status/1623090446992900097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We wanted him to know what he did to that officer and that officer&#8217;s cuffs were on him,&#8221; NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said Tuesday, <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/man-eyed-in-nypd-cop-shooting-arrested-at-hotel-50-miles-away-with-officers-cuffs/4090084/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to NBC New York</a>. &#8220;I think it sends a powerful message.&#8221;
Police said Jones had at least three prior arrests, including one in 2014 for strangulation, <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/live-updates/off-duty-nypd-officer-adeed-fayaz-shot-in-east-new-york-brooklyn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS News reported</a>.
Authorities have said they did not believe the suspect knew that the target of the attempted robbery was an off-duty police officer.
Fayaz is survived by his widow and two children.

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NYPD Officer Dies After Being Shot In Head During Attempted Robbery

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An off-duty <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">police</a> officer is in critical condition after being shot in the head during a robbery attempt Saturday evening, according to authorities.
The officer, identified as a 26-year-old and five-year veteran of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nypd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Police Department</a>, travelled with a relative to Ruby Street in Brooklyn to purchase a vehicle in a transaction arranged on social media, officials said during a Saturday night news conference.
Upon arrival, the suspect pulled out a gun and &#8220;announced a robbery,&#8221; leading to an exchange of gunfire in which the officer was struck, said Michael Baldassano, assistant chief of the NYPD Detective Bureau.
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said the officer was transported to Brookdale Hospital in critical condition. &#8220;Please keep this young officer in your prayers. He is currently fighting for his life,&#8221; Sewell said.
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Police asked the public for assistance in finding the suspect, who Baldassano said fled from the scene of the shooting. He encouraged anyone with information to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
Baldassano also said police had &#8220;no reason to believe&#8221; the suspect knew the target of the attempted robbery was an off-duty police officer, but he stressed the shooting remained under investigation.
New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams said the wounded officer is married and has children. “We will catch the person responsible for this act,” he said.
The relative who accompanied the off-duty officer was not injured, police said, <a href="https://www.police1.com/off-duty/articles/off-duty-nypd-officer-shot-in-head-in-robbery-attempt-m3T4jysMvErXrDBe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per the New York Daily News</a>.
Patrick Lynch, president of the Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York, said legislators are living in a &#8220;fantasy world&#8221; when they talk about crime as if it&#8217;s not real. &#8220;We&#8217;ve asked for help before. We&#8217;re asking and demanding help now,&#8221; he said.
New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul conveyed well wishes for the officer and denounced the scourge of gun violence.
&#8220;I am praying for the recovery of an off-duty [NYPD] officer who was shot during an attempted robbery last night,&#8221; Hochul <a href="https://twitter.com/GovKathyHochul/status/1622259030516289541" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>. &#8220;Everyone deserves to feel safe in our state. I will keep doing everything in my power to combat illegal gun trafficking and the gun violence epidemic.&#8221;

NYPD Officer ‘Fighting For His Life’ After Being Shot In Head

NYPD Officer 'Fighting For His Life' After Being Shot In Head

The teenager accused of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspect-in-nypd-machete-attack-charged-with-attempted-murder-officials-reveal-more-on-alleged-radical-islamic-views" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attacking</a> three New York police officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve wanted to murder government officials and shouted “Allahu akbar” during the incident, authorities <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/da-times-square-machete-suspect-wanted-jihad-on-police/2023/01/04/d78067fa-8c60-11ed-b86a-2e3a77336b8e_story.html">said</a> Wednesday. 
Prosecutors alleged that the suspect traveled to New York City from Maine last week “to kill people and carry out jihad,” CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/04/us/times-square-machete-attack-suspect-trevor-bickford/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. According to authorities, the 19-year-old male from Wells, Maine, attacked three NYPD officers near Times Square on Saturday at roughly 10:11 p.m., attempting to strike one before hitting two other officers in the head with a machete. The suspect also allegedly tried to grab an officer’s gun but couldn&#8217;t get it out of the holster. 
The suspect faces a mandatory life sentence after he was charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of attempted assault. He was arraigned by video from a Manhattan hospital and is being held without bail. The alleged attacker did not enter a plea deal, and he is scheduled for another court appearance on Friday, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/da-times-square-machete-suspect-wanted-jihad-on-police/2023/01/04/d78067fa-8c60-11ed-b86a-2e3a77336b8e_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press. 
He was reportedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypd-machete-attack-suspect-was-reportedly-placed-on-fbi-terror-watchlist-family-member-said-he-was-radicalized-by-islamic-extremism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">placed on an FBI terror watchlist</a> recently after his aunt claimed he had been radicalized online and expressed a desire to fight overseas for Islamic extremists. He allegedly made pro-jihadi statements from his hospital bed and had writings in his backpack that contained Islamic extremist propaganda. Law enforcement sources <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/teen-suspect-in-times-square-machete-attack-on-nypd-cop-charged-with-attempted-murder/4024250/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC that federal investigators had interviewed the suspect before the machete attack. 
Officials claim the teenager had written instructions in a diary about where he wanted to be buried and who should get his belongings. The suspect also allegedly wrote that he was sorry for disappointing his mom and wanted his brother to join him in his radical Islamic beliefs.
The teenager was shot in the shoulder by one of the officers he had attacked and is expected to survive his injuries. 
All three NYPD officers were taken to a hospital and have since been released. One officer, identified as an eight-year veteran, sustained a laceration to the head. Another, who graduated from the police academy on Friday, suffered a skull fracture and large laceration, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said.

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NYPD Machete Attack Suspect Shouted ‘Allahu Akbar,’ Wanted ‘To Kill People And Carry Out Jihad,’ Prosecutors Say

NYPD Machete Attack Suspect Wanted 'To Kill People And Carry Out Jihad,' Prosecutors Say

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The teenager suspected of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypd-machete-attack-suspect-was-reportedly-placed-on-fbi-terror-watchlist-family-member-said-he-was-radicalized-by-islamic-extremism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attacking</a> three New York City police officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve has been charged with attempted murder, police said Monday. 
According to authorities, the 19-year-old from Wells, Maine, attacked three NYPD officers near Times Square on Saturday at roughly 10:11 p.m., attempting to strike one before hitting two other officers in the head with the weapon. The suspect has been charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of attempted assault, NBC New York <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/teen-suspect-in-times-square-machete-attack-on-nypd-cop-charged-with-attempted-murder/4024250/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
The suspect was reportedly placed on an FBI terror watchlist recently after his aunt claimed he had been radicalized online and expressed a desire to fight overseas for Islamic extremists. He allegedly made pro-jihadi statements from his hospital bed and had writings in his backpack that contained Islamic extremist propaganda. Law enforcement sources told NBC that the suspect had been interviewed by federal investigators before the machete attack. 
Officials also said the teenager had written instructions in a diary about where he wanted to be buried and who should get his belongings. The suspect also allegedly wrote that he was sorry for disappointing his mom and wants his brother to join him in his radical Islamic beliefs. 
Authorities are investigating whether the attack was inspired by radical Islamic extremism, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nypd-officers-attacked-machete-times-square-new-years-eve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Police believe the teenage suspect traveled via Amtrak from Maine to New York earlier last week, and sources told CBS that the NYPD was not aware the suspect was placed on an FBI terror watchlist.
The suspect was subdued after he was shot in the shoulder by one of the officers he had attacked. All three NYPD officers were taken to a hospital and have since been released. The suspect was also taken to a hospital for treatment and is expected to survive his injuries.
One officer, identified as an eight-year veteran, sustained a laceration to the head. Another, who graduated from the police academy on Friday, suffered a skull fracture and large laceration, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said.

Suspect In NYPD Machete Attack Charged With Attempted Murder, Officials Reveal More On Alleged Radical Islamic Views

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The 19-year-old suspect in a New Year’s Eve <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/three-nypd-officers-injured-in-new-years-eve-machete-attack">machete attack</a> on New York City <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nypd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">police</a> officers was reportedly placed on an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> terror watchlist because of his alleged Islamic extremist views. 
According to authorities, the teenager from Wells, Maine, attacked three NYPD officers near Times Square on Saturday at roughly 10:11 p.m., attempting to strike one with a machete before hitting two other officers in the head with the weapon. The suspect was reportedly <a href="https://www.wmbfnews.com/2023/01/02/maine-teenager-named-suspect-machete-attack-nypd/">placed</a> on an FBI terror watchlist recently after his aunt reported that he had been radicalized online and expressed a desire to fight overseas for Islamic extremists. 
Authorities are investigating whether the attack was inspired by radical Islamic extremism, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nypd-officers-attacked-machete-times-square-new-years-eve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Police believe the teenage suspect traveled via Amtrak from Maine to New York earlier last week, and sources told CBS that the NYPD was not aware the suspect was placed on an FBI terror watchlist.
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The suspect was subdued after he was shot in the shoulder by one of the officers he had attacked. All three NYPD officers were taken to a hospital and have since been <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nypd-officers-attacked-machete-times-square-new-years-eve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a>. The suspect was also taken to a hospital for treatment and is expected to survive his injuries. 
One officer, identified as an eight-year veteran, sustained a laceration to the head. Another, who graduated from the police academy on Friday, suffered a skull fracture and large laceration, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said.
New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams said he spoke to one of the injured officers while he was receiving treatment. Adams said the officer was in “good spirits” and “understood that his role saved lives of New Yorkers today.”
The FBI is assisting the NYPD in the investigation.
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 Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.

NYPD Machete Attack Suspect Was Reportedly Placed On FBI Terror Watchlist, Family Member Said He Was Radicalized By Islamic Extremism

Suspect In NYPD Machete Attack Was Reportedly Placed On FBI Terror Watchlist, Family Member Said He Was Radicalized By Islamic Extremism

An enormous fire broke out in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York City</a> Police Department evidence warehouse in Brooklyn Tuesday.
The fire erupted at around 10:40 a.m. local time at the Erie Basin Auto Pond in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, officials said. Dozens of impounded vehicles were kept at the facility; biological evidence from decades of crimes was also stored there. The three-alarm inferno, which injured several first responders and civilians, was visible from across New York City, according to photos on social media.
&#8220;We attempted an interior fire attack, but [firefighters] were overwhelmed by the amount of fire and we had to back all of our firefighters out of the building and go to an exterior attack,&#8221; New York City Fire Chief John Hodgens said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/NYPDnews/status/1602730255093235714?s=20&amp;t=gv-2yxaw_9_sfk-kzijBTw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a> after the fire had been controlled. &#8220;We have a third alarm assignment right now with about 150 fire and EMS personnel.”
According to Hodgens, the FDNY had deployed three fire boats to fight the fire, and were using drones to pinpoint where the boats could effectively target it. Firefighters had to retreat from inside the building after the initial response because buildings of that type have a high collapse potential; a section of the building did collapse shortly after they arrived on the scene. The large amount of combustible material made it even more unsafe inside the building.
Eight people in total were injured: three firefighters, three Emergency Medical Services personnel, and two civilians. All reported only minor injuries, Hodgens said.
Because the fire boats were doing most of the work from the outside, Hodgens said putting out the fire would take a long time. Warehouses of this type are sealed from the outside, meaning firefighters needed to wait for the fire to create openings in the building where they could engage.
“This fire is probably going to go on for a few days, by the time we&#8217;re able to fully extinguish it and get inside, possibly to get to the deep-seated areas,&#8221; he said.
Also during the press briefing, NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey said that the warehouse is home to a large amount of biological evidence from past crimes, as well as many vehicles. Some of the evidence — from incidents like burglaries and shootings — goes back decades.
A number of vehicles were also impounded at the warehouse, most of which had been seized for reasons other than traffic violations — the owner may have been arrested, or the cars were being used in investigations or legal matters, <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/watch-live-smoke-billows-over-brooklyn-as-fire-rages-off-water/3994327/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC 4 New York</a> reported. Some of the vehicles there were historic, but there were also a number of e-bikes and electric ATVs, though officials did say they removed the electric batteries as a precaution against fires.
Officials said they could not estimate the total amount of damage done by the blaze. Once the fire is put out, police plan to conduct a full inventory of all the items stored at the warehouse and then a full accounting of what was lost and what can be salvaged.
The blaze was also visible from across the city. Twitter users posted photos and videos of smoke billowing out from the warehouse into the skyline; some of the photos were taken only <a href="https://twitter.com/maddiehawkinson/status/1602701315552976896?s=20&amp;t=Xk-llMsu9LeGe9nYLbm3EQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blocks</a> from the site, but others were taken from the <a href="https://twitter.com/_vade/status/1602708875135918086?s=20&amp;t=RCMul2DrTjvzs_xwyzlO_Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brooklyn waterfront</a>, the <a href="https://twitter.com/rawsalerts/status/1602708893137883137?s=20&amp;t=Ka7Rsncs1AeBMe9x3yRFtQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manhattan skyline</a>, and the <a href="https://twitter.com/CoolCatClurrr/status/1602702211137634305?s=20&amp;t=AIw3hS5wf8ZRkjGPVfXY6Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Statue of Liberty</a>. One user even posted a picture from a <a href="https://twitter.com/TomLovesTechno/status/1602761640990150656?s=20&amp;t=yJxJGGuD2oUMK6iWpoj4Kw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plane</a> landing in New York.

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Enormous Three-Alarm Blaze Rips Through NYPD Evidence Warehouse, FDNY Says Could Take Days To Fully Put Out

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