awyers for the man who accused NYPD officers of sodomizing him as he resisted arrest in a Brooklyn subway station have filed papers in federal court alleging that police investigators tampered with a crucial piece of evidence: their client's boxer shorts. One of the pivotal moments in the criminal trial—which resulted in the acquittal of all three cops—came when an NYPD fiber expert testified that the officer's police baton, or ASP, "could not have possibly made the hole in this underwear. This is a square hole." more ›

Over the weekend, Natalie Ciappa's parents became worried when their daughter hadn't returned home. After calls to her friends, they found her unconscious in a converted garage-rec room in Seaford, Long Island. The 18-year-old who was days away from graduation was later pronounced dead at a hospital. Now, the party's host, a 19-year-old, was arrested for evidence tampering. more ›