Police News Roundup.
In the biggest story of the day, the Post revealed it was an NYPD detective assigned to the Joint Terrorist Task Force who broke the case against British Moslem Cleric/Homicidal Maniac Abu Hamza al-Masri. Kudos to all those involved.

Still a good job but somewhat less exciting was what Emergency Service and Bomb Squad cops found on a call of a suspicious package in a Brooklyn subway station. No bomb here, just two sleeping kittens.

Police are also on the lookout for a new commercial robbery/larceny tactic. Gangs of thieves enter stores in a wolfpack, overpower staff and flee with as much as they can carry.

The City is also offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the murderer of Sarah Fox who was killed in Inwood this week.

Heroes:

• Nassau County Detective George Freund who used the internet and a nose for investigations to track down a violent robber who had fled to Puerto Rico.
  
• Queens District Attorney Robert Brown, whose office convicted Karen Fotiou for illegally practicing as an attorney.

Goats:

• Queens ADA Erin Zacher and State Supreme Court Justice Dorothy Chin-Brandt who allowed Marvin Oestricher to plead guilty to a mere weapons possession charge in exchange for a one year sentence after he shot and killed a young woman in Springfield Gardens. Even if it was an accident, isn't this situation what the crimes of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide are for?
• Five people arrested for underreporting their income to the Housing Authority thereby receiving rent subsidies meant for the poor.
  
• Sgt. Paul Helbock, also from the Joint Terrorist Task Force, was arrested for sexual abusing a twelve year-old girl in Cortland, NY.

And finally, in the "this can't possibly be true" department, a Swedish aid organization is sponsoring a "condom ambulance" which will respond to anonymous couple's calls and sell them condoms at below market rates. The "emergency service" will be provided by a white van adorned with a logo featuring a large red condom with wings. No handske, no kärlek, Base10 supposes.
- posted by Base10 @ 4:24 PM