Man Who tried To Rape 83-Year-Old Arrested In Subway: NYPD

March 14, 2019 Sasha Gonzales 0

Gary Mallette, 51, whose criminal history includes more than 50 arrests and several completed prison terms for robbery, allegedly posed as a NYCHA repairman to get into the elderly victim’s apartment – then ripped her clothes off and beat her. She suffered numerous broken ribs and other injuries from being punched, police said. 

Exclusive: Family of Man Who Hanged Himself In Bronx Precinct Wins $775,000 Settlement

March 7, 2019 Kevin Deutsch 0

Samuel Reyes, 49, used a piece of drawstring to commit suicide in November 2015 after NYPD officers from the 49th Precinct arrested him on suspicion he’d been involved in two armed robberies. His family filed a wrongful death suit in Manhattan federal court the following year, alleging it took officers at the station house nearly half an hour to notice Reyes hanging from a bar in one of the holding cells – located 25 to 30 feet, and within plain sight, of the front desk, records show.