A New Year’s Eve machete attack on three New York City police officers near Times Square is being investigated as a possible terrorist act.
The alleged suspect is a 19-year-old man from Maine. His online posts suggest Islamic radicalization. Law enforcement sources identified the suspect as Trevor Bickford. Sources said that he took an Amtrak train to New York City on December 29.
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Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell spoke at a news conference at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, reporting that the incident occurred at 10 p.m. on Saturday near West 52nd Street and 8th Avenue where officers checked bags for weapons or suspicious items.
“Unprovoked, a 19-year-old male approached an officer and attempted to strike him over the head with a machete,” Sewell said. “The male then struck two additional officers in the head with the machete.”
One of the injured officers...
The alleged suspect is a 19-year-old man from Maine. His online posts suggest Islamic radicalization. Law enforcement sources identified the suspect as Trevor Bickford. Sources said that he took an Amtrak train to New York City on December 29.
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Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell spoke at a news conference at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, reporting that the incident occurred at 10 p.m. on Saturday near West 52nd Street and 8th Avenue where officers checked bags for weapons or suspicious items.
“Unprovoked, a 19-year-old male approached an officer and attempted to strike him over the head with a machete,” Sewell said. “The male then struck two additional officers in the head with the machete.”
One of the injured officers...
- 1/2/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell is assuring New Yorkers that “there are no specific, credible threats” to the city’s 4th of July celebrations and that holiday displays are continuing as planned despite the mass shooting in the Chicago area this morning.
“Preparing and securing these types of large-scale events is what the members of the NYPD do on a daily basis,” Sewell said in a statement (read it below), “and we continue to work closely with our city, state, and federal partners to endure everyone’s safety.”
While holiday celebrations are held in communities throughout the larger New York City area, the largest by far is the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular, in which thousands of fireworks shells will be set off from five barges along the East River.
The Macy’s event will be broadcast live on NBC tonight at 8 p.m. Et, with musical performances,...
“Preparing and securing these types of large-scale events is what the members of the NYPD do on a daily basis,” Sewell said in a statement (read it below), “and we continue to work closely with our city, state, and federal partners to endure everyone’s safety.”
While holiday celebrations are held in communities throughout the larger New York City area, the largest by far is the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular, in which thousands of fireworks shells will be set off from five barges along the East River.
The Macy’s event will be broadcast live on NBC tonight at 8 p.m. Et, with musical performances,...
- 7/4/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Police have apprehended a Frank R. James, the 62-year-old who was named a suspect in the April 12 shooting at a New York City subway that left at least 16 people injured, 10 from gunshot wounds.
Law enforcement officials first told CNN Wednesday that James had been arrested. ABC News reports that James was apprehended near St. Marks Place and First Avenue in the East Village section of Manhattan after people in the area alerted authorities that James was seen walking around in the area. Police took James into custody at 1:42 p.
Law enforcement officials first told CNN Wednesday that James had been arrested. ABC News reports that James was apprehended near St. Marks Place and First Avenue in the East Village section of Manhattan after people in the area alerted authorities that James was seen walking around in the area. Police took James into custody at 1:42 p.
- 4/13/2022
- by Jon Blistein and Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Updated, 11:30 Am: Suspected Brooklyn subway shooter Frank James was arrested today by patrol officers in the East Village neighborhood of New York City.
James, identified as a person of interest Tuesday, was named a suspect this morning after police linked him to the gun used in the shooting, police and FBI officials said at an NYC press briefing. He had been arrested shortly before on the corner of St. Marks Street and First Avenue, after police followed up a call to NYPD Crime Stoppers by someone who had spotted him at a nearby McDonald’s.
Read details of the case below.
James, 62, has ties in Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York City and is known to police with nine prior arrests in New York state dating from 1992 and three in New Jersey for possessing burglary tools, a criminal sex act, theft, trespassing, disorderly conduct, among others charges. He...
James, identified as a person of interest Tuesday, was named a suspect this morning after police linked him to the gun used in the shooting, police and FBI officials said at an NYC press briefing. He had been arrested shortly before on the corner of St. Marks Street and First Avenue, after police followed up a call to NYPD Crime Stoppers by someone who had spotted him at a nearby McDonald’s.
Read details of the case below.
James, 62, has ties in Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York City and is known to police with nine prior arrests in New York state dating from 1992 and three in New Jersey for possessing burglary tools, a criminal sex act, theft, trespassing, disorderly conduct, among others charges. He...
- 4/13/2022
- by Greg Evans, Erik Pedersen and Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Racist. Anti-Semitic. Unhinged.
The suspect in Tuesday’s shooting on the New York City subway is a prolific user of social media, regularly uploading lengthy, often racist diatribes to both YouTube and Facebook in which he addresses a range of topics from the state of race relations in the United States to the policies of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to videos reviewed by Rolling Stone.
After being named a person-of-interest Tuesday evening, Adams said Frank R. James, 62, was now considered a suspect in the shooting, which took...
The suspect in Tuesday’s shooting on the New York City subway is a prolific user of social media, regularly uploading lengthy, often racist diatribes to both YouTube and Facebook in which he addresses a range of topics from the state of race relations in the United States to the policies of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to videos reviewed by Rolling Stone.
After being named a person-of-interest Tuesday evening, Adams said Frank R. James, 62, was now considered a suspect in the shooting, which took...
- 4/13/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Pattinson wasn’t the only actor with big shoes to fill when “The Batman” hit theaters this weekend. The DC Comics franchise is so beloved that nearly every supporting character has been played before by esteemed actors, and fans were eager to compare the new cast to their predecessors.
Jeffrey Wright, who plays Gotham City Police Commissioner Jim Gordon in Matt Reeves’ film, told The Hollywood Reporter that he eventually watched several previous Batman movies during a Covid-induced quarantine toward the end of filming but wasn’t particularly interested in other actors who played Commissioner Gordon, most recently Gary Oldman.
Wright preferred to read comic books to learn his character’s history and then looked to prominent, real-world Black police figures to find inspiration. One prominent influence: New York City mayor and former NYPD captain Eric Adams.
“[Adams] first came to my attention back in the ’90s during these major...
Jeffrey Wright, who plays Gotham City Police Commissioner Jim Gordon in Matt Reeves’ film, told The Hollywood Reporter that he eventually watched several previous Batman movies during a Covid-induced quarantine toward the end of filming but wasn’t particularly interested in other actors who played Commissioner Gordon, most recently Gary Oldman.
Wright preferred to read comic books to learn his character’s history and then looked to prominent, real-world Black police figures to find inspiration. One prominent influence: New York City mayor and former NYPD captain Eric Adams.
“[Adams] first came to my attention back in the ’90s during these major...
- 3/5/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Four men were arrested and charged in relation to the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams last September. On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced the arrest of Irvin Cartagena, the man who allegedly “sold the deadly dose” of fentanyl-laced heroin to Williams the day before his death. He and three other men were charged with narcotics conspiracy for the distribution of fentanyl and heroin.
A release from the U.S. Attorney’s office included screengrabs of surveillance footage showing Williams and Cartagena allegedly “executing the hand-to-hand...
A release from the U.S. Attorney’s office included screengrabs of surveillance footage showing Williams and Cartagena allegedly “executing the hand-to-hand...
- 2/2/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Four people have been arrested in connection with the overdose death of Michael K Williams.
The New York Times shared the news.
Williams, the beloved star of hit TV shows The Wire and Lovecraft Country, was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment in September 2021.
He was 54.
Williams' death was ruled an accidental overdose by New York City's medical examiner.
The official cause of death was “acute intoxication by the combined effects of fentanyl, p-fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine.”
“Today, along with our law enforcement partners at the NYPD, we announce the arrests of members of a drug crew, including Irvin Cartagena, the man who we allege sold the deadly dose of drugs to Michael K. Williams,” said Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
According to the complaint filed, the four sold drugs in Williamsburg as part of a drug trafficking organization.
“Despite knowing that...
The New York Times shared the news.
Williams, the beloved star of hit TV shows The Wire and Lovecraft Country, was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment in September 2021.
He was 54.
Williams' death was ruled an accidental overdose by New York City's medical examiner.
The official cause of death was “acute intoxication by the combined effects of fentanyl, p-fluorofentanyl, heroin and cocaine.”
“Today, along with our law enforcement partners at the NYPD, we announce the arrests of members of a drug crew, including Irvin Cartagena, the man who we allege sold the deadly dose of drugs to Michael K. Williams,” said Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
According to the complaint filed, the four sold drugs in Williamsburg as part of a drug trafficking organization.
“Despite knowing that...
- 2/2/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Four men have been charged in connection with the death of actor of Michael K. Williams, who died of a drug overdose last year.
The four men, who are believed to be part of a drug distribution organization, were arrested on Tuesday and are in custody; one defendant was arrested in Puerto Rico. The news was announced in a release Wednesday from U.S. Attorney Damian Williams and New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell.
The “Wire” actor died in September after ingesting fentanyl-laced heroin.
The four men are Irvin Cartagena, Hector Robles, Luis Cruz and Carlos Macci. According to court papers unsealed on Wednesday, Williams died from drugs sold by a drug trafficking organization (of which the four are accused of being part of) that has operated in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Michael K. Williams, a prominent actor and producer, tragically overdosed in...
The four men, who are believed to be part of a drug distribution organization, were arrested on Tuesday and are in custody; one defendant was arrested in Puerto Rico. The news was announced in a release Wednesday from U.S. Attorney Damian Williams and New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell.
The “Wire” actor died in September after ingesting fentanyl-laced heroin.
The four men are Irvin Cartagena, Hector Robles, Luis Cruz and Carlos Macci. According to court papers unsealed on Wednesday, Williams died from drugs sold by a drug trafficking organization (of which the four are accused of being part of) that has operated in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Michael K. Williams, a prominent actor and producer, tragically overdosed in...
- 2/2/2022
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Just less than five months after Michael K. Williams was discovered dead in his Brooklyn home, four men have been arrested and charged with narcotics conspiracy in The Wire star’s death.
“Today, along with our law enforcement partners at the NYPD, we announce the arrests of members of a drug crew, including Irvin Cartagena, the man who we allege sold the deadly dose of drugs to Michael K. Williams,” Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said Wednesday morning about the fentanyl-laced heroin sold to Williams last September.
In near identical complaints (read them here and here) unveiled today, the DOJ alleged that over a period from “August 2020 to in or about January 2022,” Hector Robles, Luis Cruz, Carlos Macci and Irvin “Green Eyes” Cartagena sold drugs in Williamsburg as part of a larger “drug trafficking organization.” With vivid security camera photos and informant-aided info,...
“Today, along with our law enforcement partners at the NYPD, we announce the arrests of members of a drug crew, including Irvin Cartagena, the man who we allege sold the deadly dose of drugs to Michael K. Williams,” Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, said Wednesday morning about the fentanyl-laced heroin sold to Williams last September.
In near identical complaints (read them here and here) unveiled today, the DOJ alleged that over a period from “August 2020 to in or about January 2022,” Hector Robles, Luis Cruz, Carlos Macci and Irvin “Green Eyes” Cartagena sold drugs in Williamsburg as part of a larger “drug trafficking organization.” With vivid security camera photos and informant-aided info,...
- 2/2/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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