Thursday, April 25, 2013
Plan to attack New York City collapsed after carjacked vehicle ran low on gas, police commissioner says.
The Boston Marathon bombers hatched a last-minute plot to detonate their remaining explosives in New York City's Times Square, but the scheme fell apart when they realized that their carjacked SUV was low on gas, city officials said Thursday. Although surviving terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, first told authorities that he and his brother, Tamerlan, planned to "party" in New York City after the Marathon bombings, more questioning revealed that the pair wanted to attack Manhattan last Thursday night, according to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. “We don’t know if we would have been able to stop the terrorists, had they arrived here from Boston, we’re just thankful we didn’t have to find out that answer," New York City Mayor Michael R. …
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Space Shuttle Enterprise finished the last leg of its trip to a New York City museum.
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Photographer Willy Thompson, a Teaneck firefighter, captured images of the Space Shuttle Enterprise's trip by barge from Jersey City to the Intrepid Museum Wednesday. The shuttle sailed by New York City landmarks, including the World Trade Center site and the Statue of Liberty. Boats from the New York City Police Department, Fire Department and a New York Water Taxi followed the shuttle on its historic trip. Scores of spectators from across the area lined the Hudson River waterfront to catch a glimpse of the shuttle. Wednesday's trip was the last leg of the shuttle's trip to the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum on Manhattan's west side. The shuttle exhibit will open July 19. To see more of Willy Thompson's work, visit the links …
Saturday, May 26, 2012
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Teaneck firefighter and photographer Willy Thompson captured the start of Fleet Week on the Hudson River Wednesday. Twenty-one U.S. and coalition ships sailed to New York City to mark the start of Fleet Week New York. The event also featured 23 aircraft, including the Navy Blue Angels and the Canadian Snowbirds. Fleet Week brings thousands of sailors, marines and Coast Guard members to the City in a celebration of the sea services. For more information about Fleet Week, visit www.fleetweeknewyork.com.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Prosecutor says additional arrest is possible
TEANECK, NJ -- A jealous husband was behind the killing of a Teaneck man who was found shot to death last year in his charred Elm Avenue home, authorities charged Friday. Sui Kam “Tony” Tung, 49, faces first-degree murder, first-degree felony murder and aggravated arson charges in the March 2011 death of Robert Cantor, according to a statement released Friday night by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Tung confronted Cantor at his home late the night of March 6, 2011 after learning of an affair between Tung’s estranged wife and Cantor, Prosecutor John Molinelli said in the statement. Tung first learned of the relationship in 2010 and began stalking Cantor, eventually confronting him in Teaneck the night before he was found shot and …
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Brooklyn man signed for shipment of suspected marijuana, police say.
Two New York City men were arrested after one of them went to a Teaneck post office to pick up a shipment of suspected marijuana sent through U.S. mail, police said. Postal Service inspectors alerted local police on Tuesday that a shipment of about ten pounds of pot bound for Voorhees Street had been intercepted, Teaneck Police Chief Robert A. Wilson said in a statement Wednesday. When the drugs didn’t arrive, the addressee, Kewing A. Paez, contacted the post office asking about the delivery, police said. Investigators setup surveillance and moved in when Paez walked out after signing for the package. He arrived to retrieve the package with two others who waited in a car outside, police said. Paez, 20 of Brooklyn, and the driver, 25-year-…
Friday, September 30, 2011
Bank robber caught after third robbery, police say.
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Friday, September 30, 2011
A Teaneck man is accused of robbing the same Lower Manhattan bank three days in a row, the New York Post reported Thursday. Charles Burnett, 29, first robbed the Gold Street Sovereign bank branch on Monday, then again on Tuesday and Wednesday, an NYPD spokesman told Patch. Burnett pushed a customer during the first robbery and passed a note claiming he had a gun, police said. Burnett returned Tuesday morning and also passed a note before escaping, police said. NYPD officers recognized him from a wanted poster as he fled the third heist on Wednesday, Eyewitness News reported. He was quickly caught and charged with three counts of robbery, the NYPD said. The New York Post reported a total of $26,000 was taken in the three robberies. He was…
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8:51 am on Friday, May 3, 2013
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