
Anthony M. DeStefano
Legal Affairs and Criminal Justice Reporter at Newsday
Legal affairs/criminal justice reporter for @Newsday. True crime author.
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2 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Anthony M. DeStefano
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch warned that any anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests in the city that turn violent will be met with the full force of police resources and arrests. Speaking at a joint news conference Friday at NYPD headquarters, both Adams and Tisch said they will protect the First Amendment rights of an estimated 5,000-10,000 protesters expected to gather on Saturday at various points.
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2 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Anthony M. DeStefano
Each day in New York City, usually in the evening hours, some 1,500 police officers — a mix of new recruits and seasoned detectives — report to various precincts. After a quick briefing, they fan out to scores of special zones around the city where crime has been rampant.
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3 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Anthony M. DeStefano
The FBI has joined the probe into the disappearance of an Asian couple last seen on March 30 at their Old Brookville mansion, legal and law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation said. Both Peishuan Fan, 48 and his wife JuanJuan Zwang, 44 were reported missing a day after their children, 12 and 20 years of age, last saw them at their nearly $4 million home on Maria Lane, the Nassau County Police Department said.
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3 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Anthony M. DeStefano
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch touted historic violence reduction trends Monday and derided the notion that the city was out of control with bloodshed, despite the fact that soaring gun seizures indicate that there is no shortage of illegal firearms. "The last five months, we have had the lowest number of shootings and homicides in recorded history," Adams said at City Hall news conference with Tisch by his side.
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1 month ago |
newsday.com | Nicole Fuller |Anthony M. DeStefano
Nearly two months have passedsince JuanJuan Zwang and her husbandPeishuan Fan were last seen at their Old Brookville mansion. They had a "normal dinner" with their sons, a 12-year-old and a 20-year-old university student, and some of the younger child’s friends on March 30, said John Carman, a Garden City-based attorney representing the older child, Yiwei Fan. The next morning, the two brothers and the older brother’s girlfriend drove to the Catskills for an overnight stay.
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