Christopher Francescani
The Archive
FANS IN HER NATIVE B'KLYN NABE MOURN FAVORITE DAUGHTER
August 27, 2001 | 4:00amThe news of pop star Aaliyah's sudden death shattered homegrown fans in her old Brooklyn neighborhood yesterday. "I am not believing this," said Mecca Bey, 32, trembling as she first...
RED HOOK SOURS ON NEW DAIRY
August 26, 2001 | 4:00amThere's trouble on the Brooklyn waterfront. Red Hook residents say a dairy that was awarded a $6 million city tax-relief package last year is subjecting them to round-the-clock noise, forcing...
DRUG COPS BUST APPLE'S FUGITIVE 'POT KING' IN FLA.
August 24, 2001 | 4:00amBig Apple potheads are in for a real downer. One of New York's top three marijuana suppliers - a longtime fugitive who's funneled tons of grass into the city each...
TASK FORCE SEEKS OUT DOPE DEALERS NEXT DOOR
August 24, 2001 | 4:00amMarijuana dealers come from all walks of life. A drug task force charged with bringing down the movers and shakers in New York's booming pot business has in recent years...
'YOU'RE A MURDERER!' - DWI COP HEARS OUTBURST AFTER PLEADING FOR PITY
August 21, 2001 | 4:00amMoments after tearful DWI cop Joseph Gray denied he's a "monster," a Brooklyn man, who sneaked into the officer's press conference posing as a reporter, screamed, "You're a murderer! You...
LITTLER-LEAGUERS CHEER ON THE BIG KIDS
August 20, 2001 | 4:00amThe Rolando Paulino All-Stars' littlest fans got a taste of the big-time last night - and not even a steady rain that forced their heroes' game to be postponed could...
HERO DOGS' NABES PAWS-ITIVELY THRILLED
August 20, 2001 | 4:00amNeighbors of the Staten Island pooches who helped save their owners' lives after their car plunged off a mountainside in North Carolina were anxiously awaiting the return of the courageous...
OFF AND RUNNING - HE'S OUT OF JAIL, BUT AL'S MUM ON ENDORSING FERRER
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amThe Rev. Al Sharpton yesterday walked out of a Brooklyn prison a free man ready to dive back into politics - but he was in no rush to embrace mayoral...
JUDGE RAPS CITY FOR TAKING KIDS FROM BATTERED MOMS
August 18, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn federal judge is giving the Administration for Children's Services six months to reform and restructure its practice of removing children from homes where spouses are being abused. Appearing...
STRONG AS A 'BULL': HOW SAMMY FLEXED MUSCLES
August 17, 2001 | 4:00amIn the goofy world of the modern-day Mafia, a flexed biceps is worth a thousand words. Court documents unsealed yesterday reveal that Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano - who pleaded guilty...
BIG SETBACK FOR LOUIMA COP SCHWARZ
August 17, 2001 | 4:00amJailed Louima cop Charles Schwarz's bid for a new trial took some serious hits after six cops in two days of hearings either failed to back up or disputed the...
CARMINE GETS NINE: PLEA MAKES PRISON A FAMILY AFFAIR
August 17, 2001 | 4:00amThe feds hit the Gotti family trifecta yesterday when Carmine Agnello pleaded guilty to racketeering and tax fraud, agreeing to forfeit $11 million and serve nine years in prison. First,...
AGNELLO PLEA MAKES PRISON A FAMILY AFFAIR FOR GOTTIS
August 17, 2001 | 4:00amThe feds hit the Gotti family trifecta yesterday when Carmine Agnello pleaded guilty to racketeering and agreed to forfeit $11 million and serve nine years in prison. First, Justice Department...
POLICE BRASS IGNORED ME: LOUIMA WITNESS
August 16, 2001 | 4:00amA retired police sergeant testified yesterday that he was "haunted" by the conviction of Louima cop Charles Schwarz and that his superiors ignored his claims that a key witness "couldn't...
QUEENS TEACHER SUES OVER STUDENTS' TAUNTS
August 15, 2001 | 4:00amThe Board of Education is facing a federal civil-rights lawsuit filed by a Queens teacher from Sri Lanka who says emotionally disturbed special-ed students taunted him with slurs like "f...
ANGUISH OF VICTIM WHO TOOK DRUG RABBI'S RX
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amFor three long years, Jean Brigleb saw top-flight specialists, took the prescription pregnancy drugs Pergonal and Metrodin and followed every instruction to the letter - and still didn't get pregnant....
BLOOD TEST CONFIRMS WEST NILE ; S.I. WOMAN INFECTED RECENTLY, CITY FINDS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amThe results of new blood tests released last night by the city Health Department show that a 73-year old Staten Island woman contracted West Nile virus recently. Until yesterday, health...
DUBYA IN TEXAS
August 12, 2001 | 4:00amVacation Day 8 found President Bush keeping a low profile again, giving his weekly radio address from his ranch in Craw-ford, Texas. Bush said his decision last Thursday to restrict...
GOOD SAM 'KILLERS' WERE READY TO PARTY
August 11, 2001 | 4:00amThe trio of carjackers charged with killing a good Samaritan after he gave them a ride were on their way to New York from Philadelphia to "party" with an unidentified...
DRUG-TAINT RABBI GETS FOUR YEARS
August 11, 2001 | 4:00amA Brooklyn rabbi who endangered thousands of lives by selling $4.1 million worth of contaminated fertility and Parkinson's disease drugs to pharmacies was slapped with a four-year prison sentence yesterday....