Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'correctionsofficer'
August 10, 2008
Andrew Reister, a Long Island corrections officer who worked a second job as a Southampton Bouncer, died yesterday after he had been choked out by a customer earlier in the week. Reister was allegedly choked out for over a minute by Anthony Oddone (pictured) after the two got into a scuffle after Reister told him to stop dancing on a table. Oddone, a college golfer and country-club caddie, has been charged with first degree assault......
Continue Reading "Bouncer Choked Out at Hamptons Bar Dies"June 13, 2008
An off-duty corrections officer was reportedly shot four times in what WABC 7 calls "an apparent gunfight with several men." The officer had been walking home around 1:45 a.m. and the shooting occurred at 1791 Walton, at East 175th Street. The officer was found by police, who had responded to a 911 call about gunfire--witnesses told WNBC "they heard as many as a dozen shots ring out." The victim, who may have also fired, had......
Continue Reading "Off-Duty Corrections Cop Shot in the Bronx"
