What can we do? Crime is everywhere and life doesn’t stop. These were the sentiments of shoppers at the Courts Megastore off the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway in San Juan yesterday while
SOUTH Western Division police are investigating the circumstances under which a Point Fortin man fell some eight feet to his death on Tuesday. Narish Balroop, 42, a truck driver of Cap De Ville Main Road, Point Fortin, was reportedly leaning against a wooden bannister on the porch of his home around 12.30 pm, when a
Mom of slain bridges cop lashes out at killer: ‘I hope like hell my son is haunting you’
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
Posted Jan 26, 2021
Brandon Maharaj was sentenced for manslaughter in the shooting death of off-duty MTA Police Officer Roger Thompson, his mother s romantic partner, on April 8, 2020. (Facebook)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The mother of an off-duty MTA Bridges and Tunnels police officer shot to death by his stepson last year in Meiers Corners didn’t hold back at defendant Brandon Maharaj’s sentencing on Monday.
“I hope like hell my son is haunting you every night,” Carol Harrington said in a statement, which a prosecutor read on her behalf. “… Roger (Thompson) was 48 years old and was killed three days after his birthday; murdered by his stepson, Brandon Maharaj. Not man enough to fight with his fists, because he knew he would have gotten his a whooped.”
Staten Island saw a disturbing spike in homicides this year. But why?
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
Police on Staten Island had responded to 21 homicides by Dec. 28, which so far the most since 2016. (Staten Island Advance)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A father who shot his adult son in a domestic dispute. An unassuming mother caught in the crossfire of a gang-related feud. A couple slaughtered in what authorities indicated was a botched robbery.
Police have so far responded to the most homicides on Staten Island this year since 2016, while experts on all sides of the issue have weighed in on the factors that appear to be driving the disturbing trend.