Results tagged “confession”

A sixteen-year-old Queens boy has confessed to firing the the shots that killed thirteen-year-old Kevin Miller just after the end of the school day at nearby Campus Magnet High School. Nnonso Ekwegbalu of Laurelton was arrested on Saturday night and admitted to being the one to pull a gun and fire the two shots that left Miller dead and injured a 17-year-old employee of the car wash where the fight that sparked the gunshots was taking place. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters yesterday that there was an arrest and that Ekwegbalu has "made statements" in regards to the Cambria Heights shooting. Reports did not mention if they found the orange shirt that Ekwegbalu was allegedly wearing that initially led them to arrest and quickly release a Campus Magnet football player soon after the shooting.

A housekeeping manager at the Essex House has confessed to the stabbing murder of Sara Bejjani after investigators say he attempted to rape the woman who had been residing inside the luxury hotel along Central Park South. 29-year-old Derrick Praileau had worked at the hotel since he was 17 and is described as being known for having a "flash temper." He told police that he showed up drunk before his 6 a.m. shift Saturday, used his key to get into Bejjani's 10th floor apartment and then admits, "I just lost it."

When we last checked in, Natavia Lowery suggested the killer of her boss, real estate mogul and one-time Ramones manager Linda Stein, was actually Stein's daughter Mandy. While Lowery has doled out a number of scenarios of how the allegedly abusive Stein was murdered, she also confessed to the crime herself—a confession that her lawyers say was taken illegally. The NY Post now reports that "a judge has ruled that confession is admissible, rejecting claims the statement was coerced... a coup for prosecutors, bolstering a circumstantial case strong on motive and opportunity, but lacking forensics." Meanwhile, this past weekend Mandy Stein screened her CBGB documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival. She told the Daily News, "It has been really tough. It's such a huge loss. My mom would be furious if I didn't complete this project. And now, I know, she would be proud."

Ever wanted some absolution right after being a jerk at a party? Well, for one day next month, your prayers have been answered. The Post reports, "21 Manhattan parishes will offer all-night confession" between Friday, March 6 at 7 a.m. until 7 a.m. on Saturday, March 7. The churches aren't actually open for 24 hours, but there will be at least one church open and offering the "Holy Sacrament of Reconciliation" at any given hour of the day—here's a list of participating churches. The event is organized by the Cathedral of St. Patrick Young Adults, which wishes to "encourage all Young Adults to embrace and exercise our beautiful Faith." One priest told the Post, "Who's going to show up? In the city that never sleeps, who knows?"

Just days after Natavia Lowery practically accused Linda Stein's daughter Mandy of having the blood on her hands in the realtor's 2007 murder, Lowery's 90-minute video confession has been played publicly for the first time. In the confession, which her lawyers say was coerced and therefore not admissible, Lowery told prosecutors that her former employer, Stein, had it coming. From the Post:

Stein was cursing like a sailor, puffing pot like a locomotive and waving around a wooden yoga stick, Lowery said. And when Stein offered to buy Lowery lunch, and Lowery protested that she had her own money, Stein answered, "That's the first time I hear somebody black saves their money," Lowery claimed.

Lowery goes on to say that the comment struck a nerve, so she grabbed the yoga stick and hit Stein with it six times, continuing even though her victim was on the ground (though she claims her intentions weren't murder). She told prosecutors: "I wasn't myself. I was mad. I was confused. I was angry. I was paranoid. I was feeling like I never had before. I felt like she was my worst enemy. How do you go from being someone's best friend to, like, enemy? You know?" Of course, Lowery—who claimed her boss was her "best friend"— had previously revealed Stein said something offensive, and often racist, "probably like every other day."

Some new details from the ME's office about slain realtor to the stars Linda Stein. Toxicology tests on Stein, who was brutally bludgeoned to death in her Fifth Avenue apartment in October, show that there were "no traces of marijuana in her system," according to the NY Post.

Yesterday, the Suffolk District Attorney's office announced that Martin Tankleff would not face a new trial for the 1988 murder of his parents. Tankleff was found guilty of the murders in 1990 and served about 17 years in prison.

The young woman accused of killing real estate broker to the stars Linda Stein pleaded not guilty in Manhattan Criminal Court yesterday. Natavia Lowery was denied bail, and her new defense lawyer, Ron Kuby, made a few points:First, he said Lowery's confession was coerced by the police detectives because, having been interrogated for hours on end without access to a phone or her lawyer "She had to make something up to get out of that...