Leader of Bronx drug mill that doubled as day care hit with 45-year sentence
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Leader of Bronx drug mill that doubled as day care hit with 45-year sentence

ByNews Polite

The sobbing mother of a 1-year-old who died from fentanyl poisoning at a Bronx day care that doubled as a drug den called the tragedy “every parent’s nightmare” as the narcotics mill’s leader was sentenced to 45 years in prison. “I can tell you something for sure, to celebrate your…

Ex-NYPD cop kills wife in murder-suicide while 3 children in the house: police
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Ex-NYPD cop kills wife in murder-suicide while 3 children in the house: police

ByNews Polite

A retired NYPD fatally shot his wife then turned the gun on himself in a murder-suicide while their three kids were in their Westchester County home, police said Wednesday. Sean O’Neill, 54, apparently fired multiple shots at his wife Arlene O’Neill, a fifth-grade teacher in Tuckaheoe, then shot himself once…

Teen stabbed in the neck by unhinged stranger near NYC’s City Hall: cops
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Teen stabbed in the neck by unhinged stranger near NYC’s City Hall: cops

ByNews Polite

A teen was stabbed in the neck by an unhinged stranger near City Hall in Manhattan Wednesday morning, police and sources said. The victim – a 19-year-old man – got into an argument with another man standing on line outside 1 Centre St., the city’s municipal building, where they both…

Fire destroys five homes in New Jersey as officials investigate if squatters caused the blaze
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Fire destroys five homes in New Jersey as officials investigate if squatters caused the blaze

ByNews Polite

A raging fire engulfed and destroyed a row of homes in New Jersey, and officials are investigating whether squatters in a vacant home in the neighborhood are to blame for the inferno. The Irvington and Newark Fire Department responded to the massive three-alarm fire in Newark on Tuesday at around…

Phys ed teacher, ‘Cop of the Month’ moonlighted as Long Island pimps for ring that ran two brothels: DA
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Phys ed teacher, ‘Cop of the Month’ moonlighted as Long Island pimps for ring that ran two brothels: DA

ByNews Polite

A school teacher and veteran police officer repeatedly named “Cop of the Month” moonlighted as pimps in a Long Island prostitution ring that ran two brothels, prosecutors said Tuesday. The duo — Steven Arey, 53, and George Trimigliozzi, 55 — worked as managers at a Holbrook brothel dubbed the American…

Lucali pizza owner finds dying customer a kidney donor match
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Lucali pizza owner finds dying customer a kidney donor match

ByNews Polite

One of Brooklyn’s most famous pizza men cooked up a miracle for a customer in need. When Mark Iacono, owner of wood-fired-pizza institution Lucali in Carroll Gardens, learned his patron and friend Theo Alano, 54, was suffering from end-stage kidney disease, he was devastated. Desperate to help in some way,…

Tattoos of the Statue of Liberty are the focus of this offbeat NYC spot: ‘She’s an ideal’
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Tattoos of the Statue of Liberty are the focus of this offbeat NYC spot: ‘She’s an ideal’

ByNews Polite

Give me your tired, your poor — and your tatted masses. The Statue of Liberty has long been a symbol of freedom and the American Dream, but also an irresistible option for a tattoo among a surprising number of ink addicts. “It started off with us wanting something that focused…

NYPD commish makes first visit to ‘Market of Sweethearts’
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NYPD commish makes first visit to ‘Market of Sweethearts’

ByNews Polite

The Big Apple’s top cop took his first tour of Queens’ sleazy migrant “Market of Sweethearts” over the weekend, vowing to crack down as sex workers and illegal vendors openly peddled their wares around him. “We’ve always taken it serious, but we’re gonna kick up to another level,” Interim NYPD…