Verrazano, head to the lower level to avoid this. On the Grand Central parkway, this is eastbound out by clear vie two lanes remain closed. Stick to the expressway. Breaking news in Staten Island, thats where police say a man was found dead near the Ferry Terminal. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is in st. George with what we know now. Reporter were watching the investigation officers and detectives with flash flights are going down the ramp between the st. George terminal and the baseball park. Thats where they found the body of a man believed to be in his 30s on a park bench. Well show you some video of this investigation which started just before 2 00 this morning. Thats when officers received a 911 call about someone on the bench. When they arrived, they found the victim stabbed multiple times in the torso. He was pronounced dead added scene. Here, but they also dont know who could have done Something Like this. That is part of the investigation. This is also near a correct shun
Getting his first taste of freedom in more than a decade. Youre watching news 4 new york at 4 00. Im stefan holtz. And im natalie pasquarella. The iteam exposed this case in a bombshell story last month. Prosecutors admitted a man convicted of murder did not receive a fair trial. This is the exact moment that wayne martin waited 11 years for. He had been serving a life sentence for a double murder, but today martin walked Sarah Wallace first exposed problems in the prosecution last month. Shes live for us in downtown brooklyn. Reporter stefan and natalie, talk about an incredible turnaround. This case has virtually unravelled in the past six weeks amid revelations of missing evidence and allegations of prosecutorial misconduct. 44yearold wayne martin didnt know what would happen in court maintained his innocence in the tire store murder of two men in brownsville 11 years ago. He spoke to me an exclusive interview. I wasnt there. I have nothing to do with this crime. I dont know who did
We have fast track maintenance on the l train, no service between Broadway Junction and lorimer street. We have about 13 buses. A man found near the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. Tracie strahan has more information. Reporter weve seen a lot of detectives out here. Theyre blocking off the area where the body was discovered near the st. George terminal. Its an area where construction is happening, but a 911 call alerted them to what was happening. Well show you video of the investigation since that male body was discovered on a bench around 1 45 this morning. The victim. He was declared dead on the scene. Had stab wounds to the torso. They dont know the identity of the person found stabbed to death on the bench. Police tell me theyre trying to nail that down as well as finding out a motive for this as well as any suspect vovred. This is happening near the st. George terminal where theyre doing construction. A lot of people working on that project coming into work. Theyre not allowed down
Critical police report. The das office questioned the conduct of a former trial prosecutor who left in june after a personal dispute with the da himself, kent thompson. The prosecutor denied any wrongdoing in an exclusive interview with me. I turned over every single document i had. Be clear, sarah. I handled this case the same way ive handled every case in 29 years. The mistakes are major. It is showing that someone else actually did this c than me. Reporter and martin has always maintained his innocence. He will be back here in court on september 7th. It is possible that the District Attorneys Office could decide to retry him, but highly unlikely under the circumstances. Live from downtown brooklyn, sarah wallace. News 4 new york. Thank you, sarah. President obama is cutting more than 200 sentences short for federal inmates. It is the largest batch of 214 prisoners, including 8 from our area, will serve less time. Some of those prisoners had been sentenced to life. The white house sa
Monday. New details in on a deadly double shooting across the street from a university in new jersey. A student was shot dead and we are learning more about who police are talking with right now. A pilot and his passengers survive a Small Plane Crash on long island. The latest on the investigation. The battle for new york heads in to a final stretch. Where thed candidates are today and the new poll out this morning. Im lori stokes. Im ken rosato. You are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. We got cloudy skies and you can run in to a shower during the course of the day. Temperature is 44 degrees. That is a little bit above our normal low. 44 towards the eastern end. 44 up around pa kipsey, a couple of showers as you see right here. In to the upper 50s today. Tomorrow is rainy day, we will talk about next. Heather has the week off. Lets see what is happening. Starting off on the lirr Port Washington bridge suspended between penn station and flushing, a person was on