January 23, 2009 RSS feed / Top Stories

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Cops Seek Gunpoint Robbers

Detectives from the 101 Precinct in Far Rockaway are looking for two men who held up a Far Rockaway store at gunpoint on December 22. According to police, two men entered the Discount Store at 10-79 Beach 21 Street at about 8 p.m. More...

Workers: Call-A-Head Not Number One At Paying

Lawsuit Alleges Payment For Fewer Hours Than Job Took
By Howard Schwach

Dozens of workers have filed a lawsuit against a Broad Channel company for allegedly forcing them to work up to 15 hours a day but only paying for 10 hours. More...

Mom Denied Settlement In Fatal Shooting Of Son

By Nicholas Briano

The mother of a Far Rockaway man, who was fatally shot by police in 2006 while armed and resisting arrest, was denied a settlement last week in Federal court in her attempt to hold the city responsible for his murder. More...

Three Rockaway Cop-Killers Move Slowly Through Justice System

Ellis Sentenced, Woods Awaiting Retrial, Bostic To Be Sentenced
By Howard Schwach

The trials of the three Rockaway men who took part in the murder of Police Officer Russell Timoshenko and the wounding of Police Officer Martin Yan during a routine car stop in Brooklyn last July are moving slowly through the state's justice system More...


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