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Former NYC High School Educator Found Guilty of Raping Student
A former Brooklyn, N.Y., assistant principal was found guilty Monday of raping a recently graduated student back in 2009, the New York Post reports. William Abreu, 47, faces up to four years in prison for the rape of the then 17-year-old student, who had recently graduated from the school. According to the report, the unidentified…
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Accused J'Ouvert Shooter Indicted on 2nd-Degree Murder Charges
The 20-year-old suspect in the J’Ouvert morning shooting death of Tiarah Poyau was indicted Monday on charges of second-degree murder, the New York Post reports. According to the report, Reginald Moise did not appear before Supreme Court Judge John Hecht for the hearing in Brooklyn, N.Y. Last week at the festivities, Moise allegedly drunkenly shot Poyau…
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Student Killed at NYC J'Ouvert Event Told Man to Stop Grinding on Her, Cops Say
A St. John’s University student who was killed during J’Ouvert festivities in Brooklyn, N.Y., had reportedly told a man to stop grinding against her, police said Tuesday, according to the New York Post. According to the report, 22-year-old Tiarah Poyau was walking the J’Ouvert route with three friends when she was accosted by a man. Poyau told…
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2 Young People Shot Dead at J’Ouvert Parade in NYC
Tyreke Borel, 17, and Tiarah Poyau, 22, were shot and killed in the New York City borough of Brooklyn early Monday at the J’Ouvert parade, according to the New York Daily News. Tyreke, who was studying to be a car mechanic, was shot in the chest at 3:45 a.m. and was said by police to…
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NYC to Settle With Family of Akai Gurley for $4,100,000
New York City has agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of Akai Gurley, who was fatally shot by a city police officer in the stairwell of a housing project in the city’s Brooklyn borough, the New York Post reports. According to the report, the city…
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Report: Off-Duty NYPD Cop Kills Unarmed Man in Road Rage Incident
A road rage incident involving an off-duty New York City police officer and a 37-year-old man turned deadly after the officer opened fire during a heated confrontation, authorities say. According to the New York Daily News, Delrawn Small, his girlfriend, their 4-month-old and her two daughters were driving down a street in the East New…
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Man Charged With Murder in 2006 Killing of NYC High School Student
The family of a Brooklyn, N.Y., high school student who went missing on Father’s Day in 2006 before her body tragically turned up days later may be one step closer to closure after authorities revealed that, a decade later, a man has been indicted in the case, the New York Times reports. Chanel Petro-Nixon, then…
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Report: 2 NYC Teen Girls Detained After Allegedly Beating Woman, 78
Two New York City teenage girls were detained Friday, a day after, police say, they attacked a 78-year-old woman on a Brooklyn subway platform after the woman asked one of the teens to move her feet so that she could sit down. Police released screenshots of both teens to the media after the attack. The…