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Sayfullo Saipov Murders 8 People In NYC With A Truck

The murder trial of Sayfullo Saipov is finally beginning in New York for the murders of eight people in which he committed with a truck and if he is convicted he will be the next to join Federal Death Row. According to police reports Sayfullo Saipov rented a truck in New York City and drove down a bicycle path striking and killing eight people. Along with the murder charges Sayfullo Saipov is also facing terrorist charges which makes the crime Federal and eligible for the death penalty. The actual trial is suppose to take three months.

President Joe Biden who is not a supporter of the death penalty has spoken in the past of eliminating capital punishment on a Federal level. If Sayfullo Saipov does not get the death penalty when convicted he can expect to spend the rest of his life at ADX Florence the supermax prison in Colorado.

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A federal trial began Monday for Sayfullo Saipov, who is accused of using a rental truck to kill eight people after speeding into a New York City bike path in 2017.

Saipov, a native of Uzbekistan who was 29 at the time of the attack, has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of murder. He could face the death penalty if convicted. He entered the federal courtroom in New York City wearing an olive-green sweater, gray pants, a beard, as well as reading glasses and a white face mask. Several of the victims’ families were also in attendance as Judge Vernon Broderick opened the proceedings Monday morning.

The trial is expected to last three months, with the jury sitting Mondays through Thursdays, the court says

Saipov’s attack is being treated as an act of terrorism, and prosecutors say they found multiple notes, written in Arabic, in and near the rental vehicle indicating that Saipov had pledged his loyalty to ISIS. Saipov is the first person to face federal charges that could result in the death penalty under President Biden’s administration

Eight people were left dead and 12 others injured following the 2017 attack, which took place near the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. Of the eight killed, six were tourists from foreign countries, including five from Argentina and one from Belgium.

Some family members of foreign victims wore translation earpieces in the courtroom on Monday.

After speeding through the bike path, Saipov is accused of crashing his vehicle into a yellow school bus before exiting and yelling “Allahu Akbar.” He was immediately shot twice by nearby police officers, but he survived the wounds.

Saipov had worked as an Uber driver in New Jersey prior to the attack and had moved to New York City in search of better work opportunities

Federal authorities in New York have not carried out a death penalty since 1953

https://www.foxnews.com/us/trial-begins-accused-nyc-truck-attack-driver-sayfullo-saipov

Trevor Bickford Slashes 2 NYPD Officers At Time Square

Trevor Bickford is a nineteen year old from Maine who has been charged with slashing two New York Police Department officers at Times Square on New Years Eve. According to police reports Trevor Bickford would attack the two officers with a machete style knife . Trevor Bickford would be shot in the shoulder and taken into custody. Apparently the FBI had been monitoring Trevor Bickford in the weeks before the attack due to his web activity and his Islamic extremist beliefs. Now authorities are investigating to see if Trevor Bickford will be charged with terrorism as well as the assault charges he is facing

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Police working New Year’s Eve detail in Times Square were wounded by a machete-wielding man who struck multiple officers in the head in what law enforcement are investigating as a possible targeted attack.

Federal and local authorities are digging into the background of 19-year-old Trevor Bickford, who allegedly attacked a group of NYPD officers outside a security screening zone in Times Square just after 10 p.m. Saturday, multiple law enforcement sources said.

Trevor Bickford, of Wells, Maine, allegedly approached the officers on Manhattan’s 8th Avenue between 51st and 52nd streets armed with a large knife he used to swing at three different officers, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said at an overnight press conference.

Sewell said the man dealt two of the officers blows to the head, giving an 8-year veteran a head laceration and a recent police academy graduate a skull fracture. All three NYPD members were taken to Bellevue Hospital and were expected to survive

At least one officer fired upon the suspect, striking him in the shoulder. Police sources said the alleged attacker’s injuries are also non-life-threatening. A preliminary review shows the man has no previous arrests but he was known to federal and local law enforcement because of previous online postings, the sources added.

Law enforcement officials said they are looking into whether the man who allegedly attacked the officers had previously posted what they called jihadist writings online and traveled to New York City to target police.

“We believe this was a sole individual at this time, there’s nothing to suggest otherwise,” said Mike Driscoll, assistant director in charge of the New York FBI Field Office. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism task Force is also investigating.

The knife attack and gunfire startled a long line of crowds waiting to join the NYE celebrations. A local pizza shop employee said panicked revelers fled amid the chaos.

Police have closed down the immediate area for their investigation. The nearby New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square was not impacted

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nypd-officer-slashed-next-to-times-square-nye-crowds-suspect-shot-in-shoulder/4022588/

Gigi Jordan Who Killed Son Found Dead In NYC

Gigi Jordan the millionaire from New York City who would be convicted of the murder of her 8 year old autistic son has been found dead. According to court documents Gigi Jordan would give her eight year old son a fatal cocktail of medication back in 2010 in a Manhattan hotel room. Gigi Jordan would be convicted of the murder and sentenced to 18 years in prison.

However Gigi Jordan conviction would later be thrown out by the Supreme Court and Gigi Jordan was released on bail. Recently it was decided by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to revoke her bail and ordered her back to custody. Last night NYPD received a call regarding a deceased person and when officers attended the scene they would find the body of Gigi Jordan. As it just happened the manner of death has not been announced however officers would say that a note was found at the scene.

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Gigi Jordan – the million mom who murdered her 8-year-old autistic son in a Manhattan hotel room – was found dead Friday morning in a Brooklyn home where she had been renting, her attorney and law enforcement sources confirmed.

Jordan’s bail had just been ordered revoked by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor a day earlier amid ongoing questions and legal fights over whether she could remain out on bail as she sought a new trial.

The 62-year-old pharma millionaire had admitted to plunging a lethal dose of medications down her son’s throat with a syringe in a hotel room in 2010. She then ingested multiple medications herself and emailed a relative, who alerted authorities.

Jordan claimed at her trial that she had decided to kill herself and her son, Jude Mirra, because she believed that one of her ex-husbands was planning to have her killed, and that without her the boy would fall under the care of her other ex-husband and would be sexually abused. Both men denied her allegations against them.

Jordan was convicted of manslaughter in November 2014 and sentenced to 18 years in prison.

One of her attorney’s, Norman Siegel, confirmed Jordan’s death saying it “is unbelievably sad.” Appeals were ongoing, he added, and in his view Jordan “… had a lot still to contribute to society.”

Sources said Jordan was found dead Friday around 12:05 a.m. An NYPD spokesperson declined to comment, except to confirm an ongoing death investigation linked to the Brooklyn residence.

Several officials said suicide was one possibility given Jordan’s bail being revoked and that she was found dead in a bathtub with a note nearby. But Siegel said his client sounded in good spirits hours earlier when the two spoke by phone.

The medical examiner will determine the cause of death.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/pharma-millionaire-who-killed-8-year-old-son-in-manhattan-hotel-room-found-dead/4022487/

Nikki Secondino Charged With Fathers Murder

Nikki Secondino is a trans woman from New York City who has been charged with the murder of her father and the attempted murder of her sister. According to police reports in order to cover up her involvement in the murder and attempted murder Nikki Secondino would call police and say that their home had been robbed in a home invasion. However soon after the NYPD figured out Nikki Secondino was responsible for the brutal attack and placed her under arrest. Nikki Secondino has reportedly confessed to the violent attacks.

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The 22-year-old trans daughter, who is accused of killing her father at the family’s Brooklyn home, grinned for the cameras Thursday night as she was ushered out of an NYPD police station.

Nikki Secondino has been stalked by the murder charge and other offenses after police initially believed her father, Carlo Secondino, had been stabbed to death in a morning home invasion at their Bensonhurst home.

Sources told the Post Thursday that Nikki was suspected of fabricating the fake burglary story to cover up her own brutal crime.

But the story quickly fell apart and the alleged killer was also charged with attempted murder and criminal possession of weapons in connection with the horrific attack in which her 19-year-old sister was also stabbed to death.

The younger sister was taken to Maimonides Hospital in critical condition.

Nikki Secondino was charged with fatally stabbing her father Carlo Secondino on Thursday. Robert Mecea Carlo Secondino was pronounced dead at her home in Bensonhurst around 6am Thursday, police said. Robert Mecea

Secondino is said to have stabbed her 19-year-old sister Liana in the melee. Robert Mecea A grinning Nikki Secondino is escorted out of Brooklyn’s 62nd Precinct following her arrest for her father’s murder on Thursday. Robert Mecea

Nikki grinned but ignored questions from reporters as detectives escorted her out of Brooklyn’s 62nd Precinct Thursday night.

A neighbor of the Secondinos also said she overheard Nikki making a call in the hallway after the killing, claiming the family had been robbed by intruders, who also stabbed her.

Father Carlo Secondino was killed in the attack at his home in Bensonhurst. Facebook/Carlo Secondino Nikki Secondino, Carlo Secondino’s transgender daughter, is seen in an Instagram photo. Instagram/Nikki Secondino

Police initially said two robbers broke into the family home on 17th Avenue near 82nd Street and demanded money from a safe before killing the 61-year-old father and injuring both daughters.

Nikki suffered lacerations on her hands and was taken to hospital in stable condition, police said.

She’s transgender — something her father supports, said the father’s employer, Yadira Gomez, who co-owns Mike’s Diner, where Secondino worked as a delivery man.

Nikki Secondino charged with the murder of her own NYC father

Roland Codrington Charged With 2 Murders During Crime Spree In NYC

Roland Codrington is a man from New York City who has been charged with two random murders that took place during a crime spree. According to NYC police reports Roland Codrington would slash the throat of 51 year old James Cunningham after he left a bar leaving the man to die on the street. Days later Roland Codrington would enter a bar and attack the bartender with a bat and slashed 2 men who would survive their injuries. Roland Codrington would later stab to death Dr. Bruce Maurice Henry after a brief argument. NYPD would arrest Roland Codrington and charged him with the 2 murders plus other charges

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Two seemingly isolated and random outdoor murders at the height of the holiday season and of the kind New Yorkers have increasingly feared since the pandemic began were blamed by police officials Monday on a city resident with a criminal record.

James Essig, chief of detectives for the New York Police Department, underscored at a news conference how brief and unplanned were the encounters Roland Codrington is accused of having with two men slashed to death in nighttime killings three days apart, resulting in two murder charges.

It was not immediately clear who would represent Codrington at initial court appearances.

The killings come at a time of increased anxiety citywide over random violence. Mayor Eric Adams recently announced plans for authorities to more aggressively intervene to help people who need mental health treatment, including forcing individuals off streets and subways and into treatment.

Early this year after taking office, Adams said even he didn’t feel safe riding the subway, despite boosted police patrols.

In April, a man was charged with injuring 10 people in Brooklyn when he set off a pair of smoke grenades and then scattered a barrage of random shots inside a train between stations. In May, a 48-year-old man was shot and killed riding a train between Brooklyn and lower Manhattan.

Despite random acts, the number of crimes reported on public transit by September was averaging slightly below pre-pandemic levels, though ridership was also down.

In the arrest announced Monday, Essig said the first killing Codrington was charged with occurred at 1 a.m. on Dec. 19, when 51-year-old James Cunningham, who had just left a bar after drinking a seltzer, was walking several blocks from Union Square when he was approached by Codrington, who was accompanied by his girlfriend.

After a 20-second-long, caught-on-camera dispute, Codrington, 35, slashed Cunningham across the neck with a knife, leaving him to die, Essig said.

At 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 22, Codrington entered a Lower East Side bar with a pit bull and a baseball bat, Essig said. Crodrington thought he had been disrespected by employees at the bar a week earlier. He assaulted the bartender and destroyed property, Essig said.

When two customers intervened, they were stabbed with a large knife, incurring non-life threatening wounds, Essig added.

Afterward, Essig said, Codrington went home, then said he’d “cool off” with a walk through the park.

There, he encountered Dr. Bruce Maurice Henry, 60, stabbing him repeatedly after a verbal exchange in which he became enraged, Essig said. The police official said Codrington left the area with his girlfriend in Henry’s Mercedes Benz. Henry’s body was found at 2:15 a.m. on Dec. 23.

Essig credited three “sharp-eyed police officers” from upper Manhattan with spotting the car at 9:40 p.m. on Dec. 24 and apprehending Codrington without resistance. Codrington, he said, has 12 prior arrests, including four assaults with weapons. Essig said police were investigating whether he’s responsible for other random acts.

Asked about the girlfriend, Essig said she’s involved in the investigation but “hasn’t been charged as of yet.”

He said he couldn’t explain what the doctor was doing in the park or what the argument was about, but added: “You know, for whatever reason he was in the park at that time, he didn’t deserve what he got.”

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/manhattan-man-charged-2-random-knife-slashing-murders-95834687