The family of late Detective Dillon Stewart was joined by Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and other city officials in the dedication of a Prospect Park playground in Stewart's honor. The Parade Ground Playground, at the corner of Caton Avenue and Parade Place, near East 16th, was renamed the Dillon Stewart Playground. Stewart was killed on November 28, 2005, when he and his partner stopped a car for a traffic violation. Someone......

A Brooklyn jury found Allan Cameron guilty of killing police officer Dillon Stewart in 2005. Stewart's widow Leslyn, who is raising their two children, said, "Justice - I'm happy that the jury sent out the message of justice, loud and clear. [I'm] very, very happy. But at the same time very sad. Because of all we've had to deal with." Stewart and partner Paul Lipka had stopped a 1990 Inifinti for a traffic violation on......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: An armored robbery in Queens, a boat in distress east of the Steeplechase Pier in Brooklyn and a school bus accident in Staten Island. The bids are in for the West Side Yards, and the companies that submitted them are Extell Development Company, Brookfield Properties Developer LLC, The Related Companies, TS West Side Holding, LLC (A Joint Venture of Tishman Speyer and Morgan Stanley), and Hudson Center East LLC......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a home invasion robbery on 11th St. in Brooklyn, an unusual rescue on Selwyn Ave. in the Bronx, and a shooting on Rugby Rd. and Foster Ave. in Brooklyn. The 30-year-old homeless man charged with raping and torturing a Columbia student in her apartment in April was found mentally fit to stand trial. Negotiations between Thor Equities and several Coney Island boardwalk tenants are nearly settled, allowing many attractions......

In late November 2005, police officer Dillon Stewart and his partner, Paul Lipka, stopped a 1990 Infiniti for a traffic violation (driving with dealer plates) in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. One of the men inside fired five bullets into the unmarked police car (Stewart and Lipka were uniformed), and Stewart (pictured) and Lipka proceeded to chase the car. But then Stewart realized that he had been shot -- the bullet had missed his bulletproof vest by......

Only eight days after a funeral for police officer Dillon Stewart who was killed during a traffic stop, the NYPD, elected officials, and New Yorkers attended another funeral, one for police officer Daniel Enchautegui who was killed while trying to stop a burglary. About 20,000 people attended the Bronx funeral, and like Stewart, Enchautegui was posthumously promoted to first-grade detective. The Bronx DA's office said the two suspects in Enchautegui's death who have been recovering......

The NY Times was able to interview Allan Cameron, the main suspect in the killing of police officer Dillon Stewart, with Cameron saying that the police actually fired the shot that killed Stewart. The NYPD immediately told the Times that the interview was "self-serving" and that police back-up only came after the shooting, which happened when officer Stewart and his partner stopped Cameron's car in Flatbush. Cameron, for his part, claimed many things:- That he......

Allan Cameron, the man who shot police officer Dillon Stewart Monday morning during a traffic stop, was arraigned for Stewart's murder amongst other charges. It turns out that Stewart had 53 nickel bags of marijuana in his car when he was pulled over, as well as being the guy who shot a police officer earlier in the mornth. And, with his past run-ins with the law, the NYPD and Philadelphia police are now arguing and......

Police officer Dillon Stewart (pictured) was shot in the heart by a suspected police shooter in the early hours of Monday morning and died from his wounds a few hours later. Stewart and his partner Paul Lipka had stopped a car for a traffic violation (driving with dealer plates) in East Flatbush, Brooklyn when one of the men inside fired five bullets into the unmarked police car (Stewart and Lipka were in uniform, though), and......