Barbara Sheehan taken into custody on gun conviction
Barbara Sheehan may have dodged a bullet (pun very much intended) by beating the murder charge, but she couldn’t get around the gun charge. Yesterday afternoon Sheehan reported to Queens Supreme Court where she was taken into custody for criminal gun possession, a charge in which she faces 2 ½ to 15 years in prison. Sheehan’s defense team says they are filing an appeal for the charge. Read more: Queens Courier
Police looking for men suspected in Queens burglaries
Two men in their 20?s are suspected in 5 separate incidents, dating back to August 14, when the pair allegedly broke into a Checkers at 83-45 Parsons Blvd. and took an unknown amount of cash. To add insult to injury the pair returned a month later and robbed the same Checkers and got away with cash and a 2002 Ford van. Read more: CBS News
New York City teens protest New York Police Department’s stop and frisk policy
Hundreds of teens from all 5 boroughs held a protest on the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday. The protestors were making a statement about the NYPD’s stop and frisk policy. Many of the protestors say that they have been stopped by the NYPD upwards of 20 times due to their ethnicity and that the policy allows for racial profiling to run rampant. Read More: Daily News
Ex-Narcotics officer admits guilt in Elmhurst coke sale
Ex-Detective Stephen Anderson admitted in Brooklyn Supreme Court this week that he had given another undercover officer 2 bags of cocaine in January 2008. The cocaine wasn’t for the undercover’s personal use but was instead used to frame 4 Elmhurst men on drug sale charges. Read more: New York Post
Health Department fines frustrate Queens restaurant owners
While the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) officials are cleaning up restaurants throughout the city, restaurant owners are claiming their wallets are being cleaned out at the same time. The grading system is intended to bolster aptitude toward being as clean as possible, but many restaurant owners believe that the frequency of inspections and number of fines received are becoming increasingly unfair. Read More: Queens Courier
