He said he was applying for a job but ended up getting chased out. A bizarre crime inside a burger joint. The world trade. Donald trumps big slip up in the night before the primary. Drug and dodging cameras, the man accused of bribing police in exchange for gun permits faces a judge. Good evening. Im maurice dubois. And im kristine johnson. Valerie castro has more on the growing new york city scandal. Shes live in Lower Manhattan with the latest. Valerie . Reporter kristine, the fallout continues from the federal corruption probe into the nypd. Now nine members of the Police Department have been named in the scandal. Today one civilian faced federal charges as part of the ongoing investigation. Alex lichtenstein left the federal courthouse looking for a light for his cigarette after bribery and corruption. Bond. Hes accused of paying out gun permits without proper background checks. The licenses were allegedly sold for 18,000 apiece. To people who might not have gotten them otherwise.
This was an act of criminal negligence. As such, i find that incarceration is not necessary. Reporter the conviction was reduced to criminally negligence homicide. Liang got five years probation at 800 hours of community service. Roughly five months worth. His supporters insist he never should have been charged but were generally pleased. Do you feel the irony here that two demonstrations here, both of them from opposite sides, both of them with demanding justice . Both of them. They are opposite sides of each other. Reporter did you get justice today . Yes. Va ken Thompson Says he will appeal the judges decision to reduce that conviction. The charge after criminally negligence homicide at which point the judge would have to revisit the sentence he pronounced today. Has a look at what were working on for cbs 2 news at 6 00. Cbs 2 news. Now to campaign 2016. Its primary day in new york. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton didnt have any trouble caster their votes near their homes today and
He reportedly bragged he used nypd connections to obtain 150 permits. 150 permits at 6000 meant he paid an estimated 900,000 in bribes. On the recorded conversation, Alex Lichtenstein said i want to repeat myself. I am not bribing you. The officer responded shaya of course you are bribing me. Lets be frank and honest here. This talks about a sargent who worked at the Licensing Division for over a decade and was friendly with an unidentified commander who did not work in licensing but spent considerable time there with the sargent. The commander allegedly brought him to the division and introduced him to strike up a relationship. An officer who works at the Licensing Division said from june 2015 to december 2015 he was at the division two times a sargents desk. The sargent frequently bragged about relationship with the Commanding Officer and the jewish community. Nypd took immediate action. The head of the firearms Licensing Division was transferred to administrative post. Bratten took
Less than seven hours till the polls open for the New York Primary. The stakes are enormous for the candidates who want to be president. First, a tragic story. A fire ripping through a home and killing a woman who lives there. Good evening at 11 00, im bill ritter. Im liz cho. Sade is off tonight. That fire tonight destroyed a home and a life and injured eight firefighters. Eyewitness News Reporter lucy yang is in prospect lefferts garden with the developing details. Firefighters believe the blaze began somewhere on the second floor of this one family house behind me. It moved so quickly. Were told there was no way to save the poor victim trapped upstairs. Screams for the woman to climb out the window. Her son pleaded for her to escape. Hes like my mom is still in there, my mom is still in there. Reporter but it wasnt that easy. Shes a heavy set woman so she doesnt move that well. I dont think she was capable of climbing out of the window. Thats the real tragedy here. The house can be
And im chris wragge. And im mary calvi. Most polls open in 90 minutes for the first primary election in decades that could affect both sides. Janel . Reporter hi chris and mary. Yeah for the first time in a long time, new york is definitely a key player. A key con tender in this primary bat and right now contender in this primary battle and right now, the hometown people are hoping to ride the vote today. Right now it is all up to the voters. It is so good. Unbelievably good. Reporter Hillary Clinton enjoying ice cream and a 10 point advantage in new york. The latest cbs battleground polls, clinton hoping her roots as an adopted new yorker and two time u. S. Senator will help attempting to show voters a lighter side, talking with Steven Colbert about why she chose not to eat cheesecake in public. Something could drop out of your mouth, it could smear on your pace. Reporter Bernie Sanders held one your face. Reporter Bernie Sanders held one final rally in front of a crowd of thousands m