pleaded guilty to a civil rights violation. he is expected to be sentenced to 51 months in prison, according to the plea deal with the u.s. attorney. burk was accused of assaulting a handcuffed suspect, who allegedly stole a duffel bag from his suv and tried to cover it up. he resigned in october. also developing right now in new jersey, schools in bergin county have gotten the all clear after a series of bomb threats. high schools in five towns got the threatening phone calls. new jersey reporter toni yates has the latest. reporter: bergin field got the all clear. students filed back into the building to resume the school day. threats were made against at least five bergen county schools. in the morning, going to first period, there was a bomb threat. then we had to leave. we had to go to church across the street or, like, down the road. yeah. reporter: you guys have been through this before, haven t you? yeah, a lot, actually. reporter: the sheriff s investigati
with a small pocket knife. so the mayor continues to point out the attacks on the subway, and the number has gone up from last year. we need for police officers out here. we need to be more careful, i guess. reporter: here are some of those troubling numbers on the subway slashings and stabbings. actually, 609 victims so far this year. slashings and stabbings are throughout the city, not just on the subway. 503 during the same time last year. that is up 21% over the same time period last year. as for the statistics on subway crime, still troubling numbers. 367 serious subway crimes in the city this year. 311 during the same time last year. that is an increase of 18%. the mayor will say are still quite rare, the number of them, the number of them during this time period this year is up since the same time period last year. once again, another attack in the middle of the morning rush, and police are system looking for the subway slasher tonight. live on the upper east sid
destroying his hopes in the new hampshire primary with a series of attack ads. surprisingly cruz quiet today, he needs to do well next week, especially in his home state of texas. back to you. okay, thank you. the democrats are getting ready for a primary election tomorrow in south carolina, but there are also keeping their eyes on bigger prizes for super tuesday. hillary clinton hitting stops all over georgia today, sanders is continuing his zig zag around the midwest, and stopped in flint to address the city s water crisis. unprovoked and out of nowhere, a woman sucker punched in a subway by a man walking right toward her. tonight, we re hearing her strike the frightening punch and describe the frightening punch, and learning about the suspect s long criminal history. darla miles is live at the courthouse in lower manhattan. arraigned this afternoon, and remanded for a psychiatric evaluation. luckily the victim had the presence of minds to ask a person to good samarit
now, new york s number one news, channel 7 news. a knock on the door and moments later an 81-year-old woman was dead. tonight cops and the victim s family pleading for help to find her killer. good evening at 11:00, the question tonight who killed the 81-year-old woman. we have new clues in the murder mystery. carolina leid is in jersey city with more. reporter: well, police in the and prosecutors office released new surveillance video hoping it will help in the case, they have also put up this digital board hoping that someone knows something and will come forward to help solve this murder mystery. prosecutors belief you re look believe you re looking at a murderer just minutes before he took the life of an elderly woman saturday february 5th, around 10:30 p.m. when this man showed up at her door in jersey city. apparently said something that convinced my mom that she knew him, and she and then he pushed in. reporter: this is her son, for nearly three weeks he s be
tune into gma monday morning. as always we re online 24/7 on now, new york s number one news, channel 7 news. a knock on the door and moments later an 81-year-old woman was dead. family pleading for help to find her killer. good evening at 11:00, the question tonight who killed the 81-year-old woman. mystery. city with more. reporter: well, police in the and prosecutors office released new surveillance video hoping it will help in the case, they have also put up this digital board hoping that someone knows something and will come forward to help solve this murder mystery. prosecutors belief you re look believe you re looking at a murderer just minutes before he took the life of an elderly woman saturday february 5th, around 10:30 p.m. when this man showed up at her door in jersey city. he rang the bell, and apparently said something that convinced my mom that she knew him, and she and then he pushed in. reporter: this is her son, been waiting for answers, as the me