Janon Fisher
The Archive
Exonerated man will sue
A Brooklyn man whose conviction for the murder of a Williamsburg rabbi was overturned after he spent 15 years in prison, plans to sue the city for $30 million for...
Lettuce close salad firm: feds
These aren't salad days for a Brooklyn company. The US Food and Drug Administration is seeking to shutter a Sunset Park wholesaler that supplies markets around the city with prepared...
Jury convicts 2 in JFK Airport tank-blast plot
A Brooklyn federal jury today convicted two men of plotting to cripple the U.S. economy and kill thousands of people by blowing up the fuel pipeline at JFK. Russell Defreitas,...
Insurer looks to nix $4M 'suicide hit'
The life-insurance company of a Long Island motivational speaker slain in a suicidal murder-for-hire plot is trying to block his wife from collecting on his $4 million policy. Principal Group...
Genovese capo “Big Nose" Antico convicted of running gambling parlor, but cleared of robbery
Genovese capo Anthony “Big Nose” Antico, 75, today was cleared of ordering the botched robbery of his family friend, Louis Antonelli, who died after he was shot twice during a...
Student sues after spending night in jail for bringing dog into subway station
It was a more than a pet peeve. A Brooklyn College accounting student spent a grim night behind bars after a cop busted her for bringing her miniature poodle into...
NYC delis in fake-cig suit
They're ripping off the Marlboro Man. Cigarette giant Philip Morris slapped eight city bodegas with a federal lawsuit yesterday, claiming they are scamming the company by selling counterfeit smokes. Investigators...
$7M to heirs, pals in Sean Bell slay
The city will shell out more than $7 million to settle the civil suit arising from the fatal police shooting of Sean Bell. A Brooklyn federal judge signed off on...
City to pay $3.25M to Sean Bell estate
The city will shell out more than $7 million to settle the civil suit arising from the fatal 2006 police shooting of Sean Bell. The judge in the case signed...
JFK 'plotters' all talk: attorney
Two men accused of plotting to blow up the fuel tanks at JFK Airport were a couple of boastful losers who lied to each other to make themselves seem important,...
FDNY goof extinguishing hero vet's dream
A West Point grad with a Bronze Star could miss out on being a part of the FDNY's long-awaited next academy class because of a string of mistakes the city...
Canaries take court pounding
The government trotted out the dregs of humanity to take the witness stand in the racketeering case against reputed Genovese capo Anthony "Big Nose" Antico, his defense lawyer said yesterday....
Bam booster 'mega-fraud'
A Manhattan businessman who once hosted a $1,000-a-ticket fund-raiser for President Obama was busted in a $21 million bank fraud yesterday. Courtney Dupree, 41, was snared by the president's new...
Air steward 'terror' rage
A flight attendant with a short fuse threatened to unleash jihad on American Airlines after it fired him for hurling a coffee pot at a stewardess, the feds charged yesterday....
JFK 'terror' big shot
He was just playing John Wayne. Abdul Kadir, a former member of the Guyana parliament and an alleged co-conspirator in the JFK Airport fuel-line terror plot, was just play-acting with...
Alleged JFK bomb plotter was only playing around, he says
He was just playing John Wayne. Abdul Kadir, a former member of the Guyana parliament and an alleged co-conspirator in the JFK fuel line terror plot, was just play-acting with...
Hushin' Russian in Brooklyn med 'fraud'
Keep those lips zipped, comrade -- and help us rip off Uncle Sam for $72 million! A Brooklyn medical office used a Soviet-era propaganda poster to tell Russian-immigrant patients to...
JFK plot's sex twist
Infidel-ity! The FBI mole at the center of the airport fuel-line bomb trial could have jeopardized the government's entire investigation when he put the moves on one of the conspirators'...
Picky, picky! 'Nose' is gross
Say it's snot so. A reputed crime-family captain, with the nom-de-mob "Big Nose," dug in for some nasal gabagool during an appearance in Brooklyn federal court yesterday -- picking and...
The war over this 68-carat diamond
An international scoundrel allegedly swiped a priceless diamond from under the noses of customs agents at Kennedy Airport, then peddled the megamillion-dollar gem to an unsuspecting Fifth Avenue shop --...