A US detective was accused of lying. Now 90 convictions may be erased
7 Apr, 2021 08:14 PM
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Joseph Franco, a former New York Police Department detective, was charged with perjury in 2019. Photo / Jefferson Siegel, The New York Times
Joseph Franco, a former New York Police Department detective, was charged with perjury in 2019. Photo / Jefferson Siegel, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Troy Closson
The Brooklyn district attorney will move to dismiss old convictions in which a former narcotics detective, accused of perjury in Manhattan, played a key role. Over nearly two decades as a police officer and narcotics
New York authorities file hate-crime charges in attack on Asian American woman Shayna Jacobs, David Nakamura, Tim Elfrink NEW YORK Local authorities said Wednesday they have filed three felony hate-crime charges against 38-year-old Brandon Elliot in the brutal stomping of an elderly Asian American woman a case that could test the efficacy of such statutes amid a national groundswell of concern over rising anti-Asian attacks. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said Elliot a homeless Black man on parole after serving 17 years in prison for killing his mother told 65-year-old Vilma Kari “you don’t belong here” before launching the unprovoked attack in Midtown on Monday. Elliot faces two counts of second-degree assault and one count of attempted first-degree assault that could carry a maximum sentence of 25 years, as well as other punishments for violating his parole, authorities said.
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Housing Boss Is Fired and Faces Criminal Inquiry After Reports of Abuse
Victor Rivera, the chief executive of the Bronx Parent Housing Network, one of the largest operators of homeless shelters in New York City, was accused of sexual abuse and financial impropriety.
Victor Rivera was a founder and the longtime president and chief executive of the Bronx Parent Housing Network. Credit.Jason Cohen/Bronx Times
Feb. 8, 2021
The head of one of the largest operators of homeless shelters in New York City was fired on Monday as Bronx prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into allegations of a long pattern of sexual abuse and financial misconduct that had gone largely unchecked by his organization and the city.