On Friday, April 17, 2020, Det. Jack Polimeni, who died of the Coronavirus, was laid to rest. Family, colleagues, and the Police Department had to postpone usual wake and burial […]
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Perpetrator Christopher Ransom Denied Release from Prison
April 15, 2020DEA President Paul DiGiacomo’s letter to Queens Judge Kenneth Holder weighed in on the Judge’s decision to deny release to the second perpetrator complicit in the death of Det. Brian […]
Read MoreDEA President Slams Perp’s Bid For Release From Prison
April 15, 2020Christopher Ransom, one of the two perpetrators responsible for the death of Det. Brian Simonson, is making a bid for release from prison. Read about it in the April 14, […]
Read MorePrison Release Denied for Jagger Freeman
April 15, 2020Prison release was denied for Jagger Freeman, one of the two perpetrators responsible for the death of Det. Brian Simonsen, as chronicled in the April 14, 2020 issue of the […]
Read MoreDEA President on AM 970 The Answer
April 12, 2020The DEA President spoke with John Catsimitidis on Easter Sunday morning about the dangers Detectives face on the front lines of the Coronavirus pandemic. Listen here.
Read MoreNY 1: A Trailblazer for the NYPD and a Talented Pianist Is One of the Latest Coronavirus Victims
April 11, 2020I met 90-year-old Mollie Gustine in early March, at the Queens nursing home where she was temporarily living recovering from an illness. I was doing a story about the retired […]
Read MoreCNN: The rising number of deaths at homes have NYPD detectives fighting an ‘invisible bullet’
April 11, 2020(CNN) As coronavirus ravages the city, New York Police Department detectives are responding to a significant rise in calls to homes where a death is reported, an increase one detective […]
Read MoreNY Post: Another NYPD Detective Dies from Coronavirus
April 11, 2020An NYPD detective has died after contracting COVID-19, police sources said Friday. Detective Jack V. Polimeni, a 23-veteran of the NYPD, died from complications while being treated for coronavirus — […]
Read MoreNYDN: Second NYPD Detective Dies from Coronavirus
April 11, 2020Coronavirus took the life of a second NYPD detective on Friday — but Commissioner Dermot Shea assured New Yorkers there is light at the end of the tunnel. Detective Jack […]
Read MoreDEA President Speaks to Juliet Papa on 1010 WINS
April 9, 2020Listen here.
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