firearms

Sunnyside

Ex-NYPD Cop Sentenced to 4 Years Behind Bars in Gun-Smuggling Plot

Ali Oklu allegedly planned to transport three M-16 rifles, a shotgun and 16 handguns across state lines.

New York City

Bloomberg Warns Anti-Gun Control Vote Will be Remembered in Election

Mayor Mike Bloomberg said criminals won when the senate voted against stricter gun measures.

Greenwich Village

Village Bomb-Making Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

Morgan Gliedman, 27, a young mother, appeared in court on weapons and grand larceny charges.

New York City

NYPD to Test Technology That Scans Concealed Weapons, Kelly Says

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the NYPD has made major technological strides in the last year.

Greenwich Village

Village Bomb-Making Suspect Granted Bail

Morgan Gliedman will have to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet.

Greenwich Village

Village Man Indicted for Possession of Explosives

Aaron Greene, 31, was indicted after police found bomb-making materials and a shotgun on West Ninth St.

Jamaica

Five Men Arrested for Selling Illegal Guns and Drugs, Officials Say

Four men were indicted and another suspect was arrested on gun and drug charges, authorities said.

Woodlawn & Wakefield

Assault Weapons Among Gun Stash Found in East 220th Street Apartment

David Saunders and Olympia Striplin had six firearms in their E. 220th St. home, police said.

Washington Heights & Inwood

Men Shot in Inwood Targeted by 'REDRUM' Police Task Force

Inwood residents said they were wary of a shooting incident between cops and four criminal suspects.

Downtown

9/11 Memorial Gun Ban Outrages First Responders, Retired Cops

The NYPD does not permit off-duty or retired officers to bring firearms into the 9/11 Memorial, sparking outrage in the law enforcement community.

Harlem

Harlem Gangs Busted in Crackdown

Alleged Harlem gang members from 2 Mafia Family and Goons on Deck were indicted on various felony charges.

Lower East Side & East Village

Man Accused of Shooting His Cousin in East Village Dispute

The man allegedly shot his cousin during a fight inside their East 2nd Street building last week, police said.

Washington Heights & Inwood

Accused 'Ringleader' of Inwood Group That Allegedly Sold Firearms, Drugs Pleads Guilty

Marcel Navarro, 22, pleaded guilty to selling drugs and guns in Inwood, prosecutors said.

Lower East Side & East Village

Cell Phone Snatchers Target Victims Near Stuyvesant Town

Police are searching or a pair of thugs who knocked over three people for their cell phones on the East Side.

Manhattan

Bloomberg's Sting Targets 'Gun Show Loophole'