VPN-884

JUN 18, 1996
ANOTHER WATER MAIN BREAK
IN FRONT OF 19 WEST 34 ST AND 5 AVE, MANHATTAN
-CRUMBLING PAVEMENT DAYTIME, WATER LEAKS OUT OF STREET, BUSY MIDTOWN COMMERCIAL STREET, WATER RUNS DOWN STORM DRAIN
-FDNY FIREFIGHTERS ENTER STORE WITH SCAFFOLDING, SBARROS, TILT OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, NYPD POLICE ON SCENE, COP TRIES TO OPEN MANHOLE, FEMALE COP DIRECTS TRAFFIC, PERSONNEL FROM MAYOR'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
-STREET SIGN: 5 AVE

JUN 19, 1996
FBI/NYPD AND US DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICER PRESSER
225 CADMEN PLAZA, US DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. BROOKLYN
-PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT "GIANNINI" CRIME GROUP OR GANG, GRAPHIC TIMELINE ON DISPLAY, ARSON AND ROBBERIES LISTED
-FIRST DEPUTY ANTHONY SIMONETTI AND QUEENS DA RICHARD BROWN ON HAND AS BLACK FBI OFFICIAL MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT THE ARRESTS OF MAFIA ORGANIZED CRIMES SUSPECTS, CAFE GIANNINI IN RIDGEWOOD SECTION WAS MEETING PLACE FOR GANG CRIMINALS
-CRIMES DESCRIBED, THANKS 104 PRECINCT AND QUEENS ROBBERY SQUAD, NYPD SIMONETTI SPEAKS AND THANKS FIRE MARSHALS
-QUEENS DA DICK BROWN SPEAKS
-ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS
-MO FOR BANK ROBBERIES DESCRIBED, MODUS OPERANDI, CAR CRASH AS DECOY

JUN 19, 1996
YESTERDAY'S SNIPER IS TODAY'S ZODIAC KILLER
75 PRECINCT, BROOKLYN
-PERP WALK OF WHITE MALE IN THE RAIN HANDCUFFED BUT HOLDING PRAYER BOOK, EXT OF 75 PRECINCT
(HERIBERTO SEDA, NEW YORK'S COPYCAT ZODIAC KILLER FROM THE EARLY 1990S)

JUN 20, 1996
KILLED BY BUS HE FLAGGED (NO BODY)
KISSENA BLVD AND 41 ST AVE, QUEENS, FLUSHING
-NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER MEASURES DISTANCES, FATAL BUS ACCIDENT, QUEENS SURFACE BUS, WRITING THE REPORT, VICTIM'S DENTURES IN STREET, PERSONAL BELONGINGS NEXT TO POOL OF BLOOD
-BLACK FEMALE BUS DRIVER SITS IN POLICE CAR
-STREET SIGN: MAIN ST AND KISSENA BLVD
-EXT OF NEW YORK HOSPITAL OF QUEENS EMERGENCY ROOM ENTRANCE

JUN 20, 1996
WPLJ RADIO JOCK TURNS ILL ON RADIO
-DISC JOCKEY ON GURNEY IN AMBULANCE WITH OXYGEN, EMTS, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS, NEW YORK HOSPITAL AMBULANCE LEAVES SCENE, PARKING GARAGE, DAYTIME

JUN 20, 1996
ANOTHER LETTER BOMB EXPLODES
64 BAY 26 ST AND BENSON AV, BROOKLYN, BENSONHURST
-NYPD DETECTIVES AND MAILMAN, POSTAL CARRIER, DAYTIME INVESTIGATION, FDNY ON SCENE, WHITE NEIGHBORS OUT WATCHING, LOTS OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL
-STREET SIGN: BENSON AVE AND BAY 26 ST

JUN 20, 1996
4 YEAR OLD FALLS SIX STORIES (NO BODY)
755 FENIMORE ST, BROOKLYN, EAST FLATBUSH
-UPPER STORY WINDOW THAT CHILD FELL FROM, BLACK GIRLS ON SIDEWALK DANCING
-EXT OF BRICK APARTMENT BUILDING, BLOODY TOWEL ON GROUND, CHILD GUARDS IN WINDOWS
-STREET SIGN: TROY AVE AND FENIMORE ST

JUN 21, 1996
SUMMER OF 1996 FIREWORKS CONFISCATED
360 GURLEY AVE, NEAR AEMSTRONG AVE, STATEN ISLAND
-NYPD EMERGENCY SERVICES TRUCK BACKS UP, POLICE OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES, FIRE MARSHAL ON SCENE, RESIDENTIAL AREA AT NIGHT
-BOXES UNLOADED FROM BACKYARD TO POLICE TRAILER LIKE A BUCKET BRIGADE
-STREET SIGN: GURLEY AND ABINGDON AVES
-STATEN ISLAND TASK FORCE COP CAR BACKS UP AND LEAVES

JUN 21, 1996
SCORES CLUB SHOOTING (NUDIE BAR)
333 EAST 60 ST BETWEEN 1 AND 2 AVES, MANHATTAN, MIDTOWN
-NYPD POLICE CAR AND AMBULANCE OUTSIDE BAR, AWNING READS " SCORES NEW YORK, A SPORTS CABARET"
WHITE MALE MURDER VICTIM LIES INSIDE DOOR

JUN 21, 1996
CAR JUMPS SIDEWALK AND STRIKES TWO PEDESTRIANS
EAST 10 ST AND AVE C, EAST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN
-EMTS WORK ON VICTIM UNDER CAR ON SIDEWALK, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS, WHITE MALES ON STRETCHERS, MANY BYSTANDERS IN THE WAY, HECTIC SCENE
-ST VINCENT'S AMBULANCE TAKES VICTIMS, NEXT TO THE FUTURAMA CLEANERS
-STREET SIGN: EAST 10 ST AND AVE C (LOISAIDA AVE)

NO DATA AVAILABLE
DAYTIME SUBURBAN STREET WITH YELLOW SCHOOL BUS, NYPD HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS
-SCHOOL BUS DRIVER TALKS TO COPS, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
-STREET SIGN: HAWTHORN AVE AND 149 ST, FLUSHING QUEENS

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