All news by author: Andrew Denney

The US Bureau of Prisons said on Thursday that 26 employees out of more than 500 at Brooklyn's 1700-bed Metropolitan Detention Center have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks.

Thirty-eight inmates at the 222-bed federal lockup in Queens, New York City’s lone privately run jail, have tested positive for coronavirus, according to a report submitted on Tuesday to a federal judge.

Rasedur Raihan, 22, was granted release from a federal lockup in Queens on Tuesday on a $100,000 bond and will again be subject to location monitoring and house arrest.

Former UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo will admit to taking $200,000 in bribes from deep-pocketed parents in the sprawling college admissions payola scandal.

In a lawsuit filed in a Florida federal court, 3M alleges that the Orlando-based Geftico LLC tried to peddle 10 million of the the highly-demanded masks to the federal Division of Strategic National Stockpile.

Prosecutors have submitted documents to seize Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli's settlement funds to partially fulfill a $360,000 forfeiture order connected to two robberies from the 1990s

Renere Hightower, 35, was reportedly captured on video on the evening of September 11, 2019, assaulting his girlfriend on a sidewalk in Bedford-Stuyvesant—pushing her to the ground and aiming a .22 caliber handgun at her face

Ex-NYPD officer Emily Brucato charges in a lawsuit filed on Sunday in Brooklyn federal court that over several months in 2017, then-Lt. Jonathan Blatt subjected her to a barrage of filthy comments.

Personal protective equipment manufacturer 3M says a New Jersey company falsely claimed it was affiliated with the major manufacturer and tried to sell the New York City government respirators at huge markups, according to court papers.

Anthony Manson, a former inmate aged 50, was freed this week with the approval of the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office

In a lawsuit filed in in West Palm Beach, Fla. against the Chinese Communist Party, they charge that it is blocking exports of gloves, goggles and other PPE.

Notorious "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli asserts that he is developing a cure for the coronavirus and is requesting release from prison to pursue his research

William Plantt, a Brooklyn resident who worked at the Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center in Manhattan, died on Thursday night.

The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision confirmed that 58-year-old Juan Mosquero, who had been locked up in Sing Sing in Westchester County, died on March 30.

The man charged with plotting the murder of his dad in a McDonalds drive-thru can't get out of federal lockup to avoid catching the coronavirus, a federal judge ruled.

Magistrate Judge James Orenstein rejected a prosecutor's motion to incarcerate Rasedur Raihan, pointing out that placing a nonviolent drug offender in the Metropolitan Detention Center would pose a "risk to the community."

Public defenders have filed a lawsuit to demand the immediate release of nearly 540 “medically vulnerable” prisoners from Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center to prevent them from falling victim to the coronavirus pandemic.

Lawyers for Anthony Zottola Sr. stated in documents submitted late Friday that he is prepared to offer a $5 million bond to be released from Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center and remain under house arrest as he awaits trial

A man has filed suit against Gov. Cuomo claiming his executive order prohibiting large gatherings violates his rights to free speech and to observe his Jewish faith.

The department reported 103 positive inmate tests, an increase from 73 on Thursday

A thousand students from all 15 New York law schools and from out-of-state institutions sent a letter Thursday to a state task force on the exam,

On Wednesday, the city's Department of Correction reported that the number of inmates testing positive for coronavirus increased to 75, compared to 52 on Tuesday

Three US sailors aboard an aircraft carrier stationed in the Philippine Sea tested positive for coronavirus and were flown from the ship, according to a report.

The New York City Department of Correction reported on Friday that two more staff members have tested positive for coronavirus. This brings the total to seven staff members and one inmate who have contracted the disease

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