Andrew Denney
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Brooklyn lockup preventing inmates from speaking to attorneys, lawyers say
Staff at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center aren’t allowing quarantined inmates to contact their attorneys -- just days after a judge put prosecutors on notice about the issue, defense lawyers claim....
3 New York judges died from coronavirus, almost 170 court workers infected
Nearly 170 employees from New York’s court system have been infected with coronavirus and four have succumbed to the bug -- including a judge who passed away Tuesday morning, officials...
Brooklyn prison guards claim officials are undercounting staff coronavirus
Workers at New York City's largest federal lockup claim officials are undercounting the number of guards who are falling sick with the coronavirus -- and that department brass aren't doing...
Feds charge sneaker salesman with hoarding and price-gouging PPE
A New York sneaker salesman who allegedly hoarded personal protective equipment and sold it at huge markups has become the first person to face criminal charges under the Defense Production...
Coronavirus cases surge at NYC's lone privately run jail
Thirty-eight inmates at the 222-bed federal lockup in Queens, New York City’s lone privately run jail, have tested positive for coronavirus, according to a report submitted on Tuesday to a...
Sorry ladies — Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli is engaged
Martin Shkreli put a ring on it. The 37-year-old disgraced Pharma Bro has a fiancée, his attorneys said Wednesday in a compassionate release request to spring Shkreli from a minimum-security...
Missouri sues China over coronavirus 'deceit'
Missouri has become the first state to file a lawsuit against the Chinese government over its handling of the coronavirus -- claiming that misinformation from Beijing during the early stages...
Accused NYC meth dealer who cut off ankle monitor after coronavirus release freed again
An alleged meth dealer who was spared from jail in March because of coronavirus concerns -- but blew the opportunity by cutting off his ankle monitor -- is getting another...
Former UCLA soccer coach to plead guilty in college admissions scandal
A former UCLA men’s soccer coach will admit to taking $200,000 in bribes from deep-pocketed parents in the sprawling college admissions payola scandal, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Jorge Salcedo, 47,...
Accused Hanukkah machete attacker deemed mentally unfit to stand trial
The man accused of going on a gruesome machete rampage in December at a Hanukkah celebration in Rockland County that left one man dead is not mentally competent to stand...
Ex-Bloomberg staffer sues campaign for firing workers prior to general election
Another former staffer for Mike Bloomberg’s failed presidential bid has filed a lawsuit claiming that the campaign reneged on its promise to pay workers through November and took away their...
'Goodfellas' mobster released early from prison over coronavirus concerns
The aging Bonanno capo who once beat charges that he was involved in the infamous 1978 Lufthansa heist immortalized in Martin Scorsese's “Goodfellas” is getting another break -- early release...
3M claims Florida company tried to price-gouge feds on 'likely nonexistent' masks
Personal protective equipment manufacturer 3M is suing a Florida company that it claims tried to sell "likely nonexistent" N95 respirators to the federal stockpile at three times the real price...
Feds want $182K from Colombo boss who won money in prison ping-pong injury settlement
Prosecutors have filed papers to get their hands on Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli’s settlement money to partially satisfy a $360,000 forfeiture order related to a pair of robberies in the...
NYC man accused of beating girlfriend denied release amid coronavirus
Renere Hightower, 35, was allegedly caught on camera on the night of Sept. 11, 2019 beating his girlfriend on a Bedford-Stuyvesant sidewalk -- shoving her to the ground and pointing...
Celebrity inmates who are citing coronavirus to try to get released
From gun-toting rappers to sleazy politicians, criminals all over the world are using the coronavirus pandemic as way to weasel out of prison time. Celebrity jailbirds from New York City...
Ex-cop charged with murder-for-hire plot loses bid for early release
Valerie Cincinelli, 35, is accused of paying boyfriend John DiRubba $7,000 to bump off both estranged hubby Isaiah Carvalho Jr. and DiRubba’s own teenage daughter.
Ex-NYPD officer sues over fellow cop's alleged sexual harassment
A former NYPD officer is suing the department and a male officer who she alleges repeatedly harangued her with lewd remarks -- and asked her if she would perform a...
PPE maker 3M sues New Jersey company for falsely claiming affiliation
Personal protective equipment manufacturer 3M says a New Jersey company falsely claimed it was affiliated with the major manufacturer and tried to sell the New York City government respirators at...
Accused NYC serial burglar 'Brick Man' released from jail after coronavirus concerns
The “Brick Man” is out of jail again -- but this time he has the coronavirus to thank for his freedom. Anthony Manson -- a 50-year-old ex-con who earned his...