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Controversial plea deal reached in deadly Spring Valley fire
A volunteer firefighter’s family and friends are reacting with disgust over a reported plea deal involving two rabbis charged with starting a deadly fire. Sarah Wallace reports.
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I-Team: Essex correctional facility assault victim speaks
A jury in Newark is deciding the fate of three men accused of viciously beating a fellow inmate at the Essex County Correctional Facility a year and a half ago. It was all caught on video, and some of the images are disturbing. News 4’s Sarah Wallace reports.
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Startling accusations of rape against a Queens doctor
A Queens doctor has been arrested and charged with drugging a woman and recording video while he raped her. Chris Glorioso reports.
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I-Team: Queens doctor accused of drugging women and video recording rapes
A Queens gastroenterologist has been jailed on charges he used “an unknown liquid” to drug a woman in his home and rape her, while secretly video recording the assaults. Now one of his former patients says she was also raped on video, after the physician drugged her inside an exam room at New York Presbyterian Hospital Queens.
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Officers Increasingly Sound Alarm About Violence at NJ Correctional Facility
Officers are increasingly sounding the alarm about the Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark. Sarah Wallace reports.
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NY Attorney General Investigating Lawyer at Center of Alleged Immigration Scheme
News 4’s Sarah Wallace reports.
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Investigators Look Into Whether NJ Sen. Robert Menendez, Wife Were Given Pricey Gifts
Did Sen. Robert Menendez and his wife get the use of a Mercedes and an apartment in Washington, D.C.? A spokesman for the senator declined to answer those questions, but NBC New York has learned these questions are part of the growing criminal investigation of the New Jersey Democrat. The I-Team’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
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Did Sen. Robert Menendez and Wife Get Car, DC Apartment, Other ‘Gifts' From NJ Business?
Investigators want to know if the gifts – which would be valued in the tens of thousands of dollars – came from the owner or associates of IS EG Halal, an Edgewater business that won a controversial exclusive contract to perform Halal meat certification with Egypt, sources said.
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I-Team: NY Health Dept. Was Aware of Sex Abuse Claim 5 Years Before Doctor's Arrest
Five years before a New York doctor was criminally charged with sexually abusing underage boys, one of the urologist’s former patients notified the state’s Health Department about alleged misconduct that closely mirrors the kind of abuse now detailed in a federal indictment against the physician.
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Regulators Were Aware of Abuse Claim Against Doctor Years Before His Arrest
A New York doctor was criminally charged and indicted in April after allegedly fondling underage patients. While the doctor denies the allegations, the I-Team has learned at least one former patient complained to health regulators five years before the physician was arrested. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.
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Man Looks to Clear His Name After Questionable Conviction on 1992 Queens Killing
The only witness to a 1992 Queens murder described the killers as “two Black men.” Now the man convicted in the killing is out of prison and wants to clear his name. The first noticeable detail about him: He’s not Black. He says that’s just one of the grave mistakes that sent him to prison for more than two decades....
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A Killer Was Described as a 6-Foot Black Man. Why Did a 5'6 Hispanic Man Go to Prison?
After spending nearly 22 years locked up in New York state penitentiaries, Efraim Diaz is on parole — and on a mission to clear his name.
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I-Team: After String of Deadly Crashes, NY Looks to Crack Down on Learner's Permit Rules
New York State lawmakers are eyeing a crackdown on new drivers who violate the terms of their learners permits — a proposal that comes after a series of recent deadly collisions involving unlicensed drivers.
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New Bill Aimed at Cracking Down on Learner's Permit Rules
New York State lawmakers are eyeing a crackdown on new drivers who violate the terms of their learners permits after a series of recent deadly collisions involving unlicensed drivers. Melissa Russo reports.
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Federal Investigation Into NJ Sen. Robert Menendez Expands
A new round of grand jury subpoenas went out this week in connection with the Justice Department’s corruption investigation into New Jersey’s senior senator. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.
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A Mother's Fight for Justice After Daughter's Fentanyl Overdose Death
A Westchester County mother is calling for her daughter’s drug dealer to be criminally charged in the teen’s fatal overdose, and adding that social media companies may to blame as well for giving dealers a market to push their poisonous pills. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.
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Fentanyl Deaths Are Soaring. So What Happened to the NYPD's Overdose Squads?
A Westchester County mother who lost her daughter to fentanyl poisoning in the Bronx is questioning whether the NYPD’s Overdose Squads are actually following through with their objectives – or even whether the specialized units exist anymore.
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I-Team: Dog Owner Files Lawsuit Against Humane Society
Sarah Wallace reporting on the dog owner fighting to get her dogs back after being taken for alleged mistreatment.
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NY Woman Sues Humane Society, Claiming They Wrongfully Took Her Dogs
A New York dog owner whose pets were seized by the local humane society after she was accused of animal cruelty is now battling back in court, claiming her due process rights have been violated.
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Hearing From Demoted FDNY Chiefs Amid Lawsuit Against Commissioner Kavanagh
The fire chiefs at the center of a mutiny in the FDNY ranks are speaking publicly for the first time in an exclusive interview with the I-Team’s Chris Glorioso. After they were demoted, some of the department’s other highest-ranking chiefs asked to give up their titles in solidarity. The demoted chiefs are now suing the city, and are calling on...