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DUMBO — Professional and amateur boxers, trainers, officials and fans crowded the sidewalk in DUMBO on Wednesday as the oldest — and most famous — boxing gym in the continental U.S. was honored with a street co-naming. A street sign reading “Gleason’s Gym Way,” now stands at the corner of Water and Adams streets. Gleason’s […]
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A 23-year-old Queens man was indicted on charges of murder as a hate crime in connection with the fatal shooting of a Venezuelan migrant who was living in a Bed-Stuy playground on Wednesday. The suspect, Elijah Mitchell, allegedly shot the victim, Arturo Jose Rodriguez Marcano, following a dispute three days earlier in the same park […]
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An Oregon man was charged with orchestrating a series of bomb threats and swatting incidents that targeted Jewish hospitals and care centers in New York City and Long Island, according to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court. Domagoj Patkovic, 31, was arrested at his home in Portland and is accused of making […]
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Javier Aguilar, a former energy trader for Vitol Inc., pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to his involvement in a bribery scheme that facilitated the payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars to officials in Mexico and Ecuador. The guilty plea, entered in Brooklyn, details Aguilar’s role in securing contracts for Vitol by paying […]
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