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Cocaine, Cash Seized During Smoke Shop Inspection | NYC Top Stories
Catch up with the stories making headlines today across the five boroughs.
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Good evening, New York City Patch readers! We've assembled some of the most share-worthy stories from the city for today, just for you.
Here are the top five stories around New York City:
1. Officers seized more than 13 pounds of crack cocaine during a routine inspection at a Manhattan smoke shop last week, authorities said. (Read more on Patch.)
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2. Authorities said a man was charged in connection with the shocking assault of a 19-year-old woman on the Upper East Side on Saturday. (Read more on Patch.)
3. A Brooklyn man who robbed "Bling Bishop" Lamor Whitehead at gunpoint during a live-streamed sermon will spend the next seven years in prison. (Read more on Patch.)
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4. Prosecutors announced charges against a man accused of killing a 31-year-old woman and disposing of her body in a plastic bag on a sidewalk. (Read more on Patch.)
5. An off-duty New York City crossing guard was arrested in Manhattan Monday evening for child endangerment charge and other charges, police said. (Read more on Patch.)
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