Christopher Francescani
The Archive
COURT UPROAR AS ATT'Y TRIES TO TOSS CASE OVER TRAGEDY
October 11, 2001 | 4:00amAn NYPD detective yesterday blasted a defense lawyer who tried to get federal charges against a bank-robbery suspect thrown out because the FBI agent on the case was killed in...
JORDAN'S QUEEN WINS HEARTS HERE
October 6, 2001 | 4:00amHer majesty Queen Noor Al Hussein of Jordan toured Brooklyn's largest Arab community yesterday, where she spoke at a local Arab support center. "You don't know how much this means...
DIAMOND DEALER BUSTED IN $34 MILLION PONZI SCAM
October 4, 2001 | 4:00amA Midtown diamond dealer was indicted yesterday in Brooklyn federal court on charges that he ran a remarkable, multi-million dollar diamond-buying Ponzi scheme - bilking investors month after month until...
CHEM DETECTORS SELL LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW
October 3, 2001 | 4:00amSales of chemical and biological weapon detectors have spiked sharply in the wake of Sept. 11 - as everyone from private building managers and national theme-park operators to local fire...
FEDS: MAN LIED ABOUT MERCHANT'S TERROR TALK
September 26, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn man was charged yesterday with framing a Middle Eastern store manager by telling the FBI the merchant threatened, "I can't wait for you Americans to blow up and...
NO BAIL FOR RAPE SUSPECT
September 26, 2001 | 4:00amBrooklyn's alleged "Greenpoint Rapist" was held without bail yesterday after being arraigned on a laundry list of counts, including attempted murder and rape, in connection with a string of attacks...
NEW DWI-COP FUROR: 4TH SLAY RAP STIRS DEBATE OVER BEGINNING OF LIFE
September 25, 2001 | 4:00amPediatric trauma doctors squared off against the city's medical examiner earlier this month in an unusual grand jury proceeding in Brooklyn that led to the controversial indictment of DWI cop...
EGYPTIAN 'PILOT' IN JFK BUST A FAKE: FEDS
September 22, 2001 | 4:00amAn Egyptian man arrested at Kennedy Airport this week was carrying a pilot's uniform, a bogus passport, forged FAA papers and a phony certificate from a Florida flight school where...
A DAD WHO 'SAVES THE DAY' ; SON'S TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO FIREMAN
September 21, 2001 | 4:00amAll of New York now knows that missing Staten Island firefighter John Bergin is a hero, one among many - but his little boy knew it all the time. John...
SYMPATHY FROM COLE VICTIMS' KIN
September 19, 2001 | 4:00amThe families of victims of Osama bin Laden's prior terrorist attack on Americans - the USS Cole bombing - said yesterday that their wounds were reopened by Tuesday's attacks, but...
JAILED WISEGUY OFFERS HIS HELP
September 19, 2001 | 4:00amEven the Mafia wants to lend a helping hand. Carmine Agnello, son-in-law of Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, watched the attack on the World Trade Center from his Brooklyn...
WTC LOVE STORY HAS A HAPPY ENDING
September 15, 2001 | 4:00amAt least one New York love affair survived the carnage in the World Trade Center's north tower. Arturo Griffith, 54, of The Bronx was working the freight elevator, on his...
SAD PILGRIMAGE FOR LOVED ONES - KIN SCOURING HOSPITALS FOR THE MISSING
September 13, 2001 | 4:00amFor the families of the missing, there was a hellish pilgrimage yesterday, as thousands searched hospital to hospital, often on foot, for their vanished loved ones. Miracles were rare. "Gracias...
SCHWARZ STRIKES OUT: LOUIMA COP IS DENIED NEW TRIAL
September 6, 2001 | 4:00amA federal judge rejected jailed Louima cop Charles Schwarz's appeal for a new trial yesterday, calling Schwarz's Hail Mary witness - an alcoholic ex-cop who came forward after four years...
EX-FBI CLERK ADMITS HE TIPPED OFF N.Y. MOBSTERS
September 5, 2001 | 4:00amA former FBI clerk is facing up to 30 years in jail and $1 million in fines after pleading guilty in federal court yesterday to stealing classified FBI documents and...
'DWI' COP CHARGED IN DEATH OF BABY
September 5, 2001 | 4:00amThe Brooklyn district attorney yesterday hit alleged DWI cop Joseph Gray with a new manslaughter charge for the death of victim Maria Herrera's baby, despite a city medical examiner's finding...
DWI-COP VICTIM SHOCKER - HUBBY ABUSED TRAGIC WIFE, AUTHORITIES SAY
August 30, 2001 | 4:00amVictor Herrera beat and abused his wife for more than two years, and the pregnant woman had an order of protection against him when she and their young son were...
LAWSUIT HITS DA WITH BIAS ALLEGATION
August 29, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn assistant district attorney who claims he was fired for writing a novel about the DA's office has filed a lawsuit full of explosive claims, including a racial charge...
CROOK COP GETS MAX: 13 YEARS
August 28, 2001 | 4:00amA 28-year-old city cop convicted of robbing drug dealers and plotting to kill a detective broke down in tears yesterday as a federal judge slapped him with the maximum sentence...
MARSHAL-SLAY SUSPECT GETS COLD FEET ON WILD DEFENSE
August 28, 2001 | 4:00amThe woman charged with murdering a city marshal during an eviction dispute changed her mind at the last minute yesterday after planning to tell a grand jury that Erskine Bryce's...