The Justice Department is denying federal benefits to the families of the two auxiliary police officers who were brutally killed by a marauding gunman in the West Village last year. Yevgeniy Marshalik's and Nicholas Pekearo's families each applied for $300,000 in benefits, part of the 2003 “Hometown Heroes” Congressional bill for families of first-responders killed in the line of duty. But the DOJ doesn't think they qualify, because NYC's “auxiliary police are not recognized as......

Nicholas Pekearo was a 28-year-old auxiliary police officer whose life was ended short after being gunned down in Greenwich Village last year. Almost exactly one year later, it has been announced that Pekearo's debut novel will be in stores soon. As an author, Pekearo (who worked in many of New York's book stores throughout his life) is described as "prolific." His book, The Wolfman, follows a werewolf detective who flips burgers by day and "investigates......