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.
He stole akais life and stole mines, as well. [ indiscernible ] my life will no longer be the same. Reporter then we heard from liang, who looked directly at gurleys family and expressed his remorse. The shot was accidental. [ indiscernible ] i apologize to the [ indiscernible ] [ inaudible ] i wish i could undo what happened. Reporter a spokesman for liang says they are pleased with the sentence but liang still plans to appeal his guilty verdict. It is absolutely good news but most of the people in the Community Still think that he should not have been indicted. But under the circumstances, this is good news. Reporter brooklyn District Attorney ken thompson disagrees with the judges decision to reduce the jury verdict and says he will fight to reverse it on appeal. Live in downtown brooklyn, hazel sanchez, cbs2 news. Now to a developing story. Brush fires in new jersey that smoke was visible for miles even seen across the hudson river. Elise finch reports. Reporter Train Service is re
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
Donald trump is favored to win tomorrow. He will be in buffalo tonight. With so much at stake, ted cruz and john kasich are trying to figure out how to win some delegates and keep trump from sweeping new york. Thank you, everybody. Make America Great again. Reporter republican frontrunner donald trump met with supporters at trump tower in midtown. The group called the National Diversity coalition for trump is led by a former contestant on trumps tv show the apprentice. We stand strong with donald trump. If you look around, you see the overwhelming support from women. We have muslims, sikhs, africanamericans, latinos, all in this room. We have to combat the narrative that people have said that donald trump doesnt have a diverse amount of support. Reporter trump is far ahead in the polls for the new york republican primary. Hes hoping to win by a wide margin. Senator ted cruz is campaigning cruz held a rally at the American Legion post 22. Disbll all across 9 country, republicans recogni
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