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Daredevil arrest ends standoff with FBI fugitive who threatened to jump out of NYC skyscraper

NEW YORK — A tense eight-hour standoff with a fugitive threatening to jump from a 31st-floor Midtown apartment window after an FBI raid gone wrong ended dramatically Wednesday with a daredevil arrest.

Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023

NYC jail training chief quits after 9 days

NEW YORK — A former Rikers Island official who led its Emergency Service Unit at a time it was criticized for use of violent tactics quit his new post as head of the Department of Correction’s training program after just nine days on the job.

Tribune News Service · Oct 2, 2022