Two men charged in 1999 Brooklyn graduate student killing
Police say Anes Watkins was fatally stabbed near her Brooklyn apartment on March 8, 1999, as she walked home from the subway. Two men were arrested and charged with first degree murder and related crimes, while a third remained in questioning at Brooklyn’s 77th Precinct.
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New York
Anes Watkins
Brooklyn
Set
Elias Nikus
Jamison
Watkins
Suurce
Bronx
Hunter College
School of Socil
Community Center
Police officer charged with trying to entice a minor
New York City officer Philip Amatulli a 25 year old Bronxville resident was charged on federal counts with using interstate communications to entice a child to engage in sexual activity. Prosecutors say he used online catfishing to meet young girls and stored hundreds of images on his home computer. The investigation began after he contacted someone he believed was a 14 year old girl in the Washington DC area.
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White Plains
New York City
Willy
Philip Amatulli
Bronxville
Irs
Amatulli
Washington D.C
Cas Service
Underground cable fire halts subway service
New York authorities said an underground cable fire halted service on the 2, 3, 4 and 5 lines between Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Bridge station during rush hour. Service was restored just before 8 p.m. There were no injuries. Three trains were stopped under the East River but passengers were not evacuated as trains were moved. Heavy smoke poured from manholes and filtered into the subway.
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New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn Bridge
Bob Slovak
New York City
Investment executive ordered to pay husband legal fees in attempted murder case
New York justice ordered Theresa Havell to give $215,000 to her husband Aftab Islam’s lawyers amid charges he beat her with a 10-pound barbell. Islam, free on $1 million bail, pleads not guilty and plans a psychiatric defense after Havell suffered skull fractures, facial injuries, and tooth loss.
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New York
David Saxe
State Supreme Court
Theresa Havell
Aftab Islam
Saxe
Jacqueline Silbermann
Havell
Islam
Travell Capital Management
East 78Th Street
Grand Rabbi Solomon Halberstam Dies at 92 in New York
Grand Rabbi Solomon Halberstam, 92, leader of the Bohov sect that relocated from Europe after World War II, died in New York after hospital treatment for internal bleeding. Community leaders noted his six month struggle and praised him as a father figure and trusted adviser.
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Solomon Halberstam
Europe
New York
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