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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1 day ago |
newsday.com | Anthony M. DeStefano
Jurors and spectators in a packed Queens courtroom Tuesday watched in stunned silence as a video played depicting FDNY EMS Capt. Alison Russo of Huntington being stabbed to death on an Astoria street corner in September 2022. The video, captured on a surveillance camera, shows a person who prosecutors allege is Peter Zisopoulos running toward Russo from behind on Sept. 29, 2022, as she unknowingly walks down a street just a block from her work station.
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2 days ago |
newsday.com | Anthony M. DeStefano
The anguished cries of FDNY EMT Capt. Alison Russo as her attacker stabbed her to death on an Astoria street in 2022 jolted a Queens courtroom during the prosecution's opening statements Monday in the trial of the man accused of killing the Huntington resident. In a chilling surveillance video played in court, Russo is heard crying out in terror the moment the man police identified as Peter Zisopoulos runs up to her the afternoon of Sept.
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2 days ago |
newsday.com | Anthony M. DeStefano
The anguished cries of FNDY EMT Capt. Alison Russo as her attacker stabbed her to death on an Astoria street in 2022 jolted a Queens courtroom during the prosecution's opening statements Monday in the trial of the man accused of killing the Huntington resident. In a chilling surveillance video played in court, Russo is heard crying out in terror the moment the man police identified as Peter Zisopoulis runs up to her the afternoon of Sept.
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4 days ago |
newsday.com | Anthony M. DeStefano
When NYPD chief Joseph Borrelli was summoned to see his new boss, Commissioner William Bratton, in January 1994, he was sure he was going to be fired. Borrelli hadn’t done anything wrong. But as the newly minted commissioner under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, it was Bratton's job to appoint his own leadership team by getting rid of some chiefs and naming new ones. Borelli was the chief of detectives and figured he might be out the door next.
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6 days ago |
newsday.com | Anthony M. DeStefano
NYPD and New York State police investigators cracked one of the largest stolen car rings discovered in recent years, arresting 20 defendants accused of stealing dozens of vehicles on Long Island, New York City and other surrounding counties, officials said Thursday.
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