Mayor Eric Adams sex assault lawsuit stalled as lawyers say Hurricane Sandy destroyed his NYPD personnel file
Adams' accuser, former city Transit Police administrative aide Lorna Beach-Mathura, has been seeking his NYPD personnel file as part of her Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit against him, filed in March 2024. The records, she has argued, will substantiate that she and Adams worked at the same police command in Brooklyn around the time she claims he sexually assaulted her in 1993, an accusation the mayor vehemently denies.
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Global News
3 days ago
- Global News
NYC man charged for allegedly placing homemade bombs on subway, rooftops
A New York City man is facing multiple criminal charges after he allegedly created multiple improvised explosive devices, threw one of them onto a subway track and left others on the rooftops of residential buildings in Manhattan, U.S. prosecutors say. Michael Gann, 55, was arrested in early June with another explosive device on his person and 'before he caused any harm' by detonating any of the devices, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement Tuesday. 'That vigilance assuredly prevented a tragedy in New York,' Jay Clayton, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, added in a news release outlining the charges on Tuesday. According to the indictment, Gann ordered three pounds of precursor chemicals online in late May, along with over 200 cardboard tubes and over 50 feet of fuses. After receiving the materials five days later in Long Island, N.Y., he allegedly mixed the precursor chemicals together and 'caused an explosion' when he applied flame to the mixture. Story continues below advertisement That same day, June 4, Gann then allegedly transported 'mixed and unmixed' chemicals and the other materials from Long Island to Manhattan and assembled at least seven IEDs, the indictment says. Five of the devices were allegedly stored by Gann on the adjoining rooftops of a residential complex in the Soho neighbourhood, along with the remaining precursor chemicals. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy He also allegedly stored at least four shotgun shells on the same rooftops, which prosecutors say Gann intended to combine with one or more of the IEDs. Five improvised explosive devices allegedly manufactured by Michael Gann, 55, are pictured where U.S. prosecutors say they were found on a rooftop in Manhattan on June 5, 2025. U.S. Department of Justice One of the explosive devices 'contained approximately 30 grams of explosive powder, which is approximately 600 times the legal limit for consumer fireworks,' the indictment reads. Gann then allegedly threw a sixth IED onto the subway tracks on the Williamsburg Bridge that connects Manhattan to Brooklyn, according to prosecutors. Story continues below advertisement A red circle indicates what U.S. prosecutors say is an improvised explosive device allegedly manufactured by and thrown onto the subway tracks of the Williamsburg Bridge by Michael Gann in Manhattan on June 4, 2025. U.S. Department of Justice One June 5, police arrested Gann near the building where the IEDs were being stored and found a seventh device on his person. Gann allegedly lied to police and said he had disposed of the precursor chemicals and shotgun shells in a dumpster in Chelsea. Prosecutors say Gann conducted multiple internet searches in May and June leading up to his arrest related to firearms and bomb-making. The searches allegedly included 'gun background check test,' '3D gun printing,' 'firework chemical equation,' '1/2 stick dynamite' and other related queries. Before that, on March 27, Gann also allegedly tagged the official U.S. president's account in a post on the social media platform X that read: 'Dear @POTUS, I'm thinking just now here in NYC that it's too bad that the wall wasn't built before the National Guard would have to come here for the protests and Riotation (sic) or would you just drop a bomb on this place while and because they seem to be coming and coming?' Story continues below advertisement The message appears to be a reference to illegal immigration as well as protests against U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies. Hours before Gann's arrest on June 5, prosecutors say he posted to his Instagram page, 'Who wants me to go out to play like no tomorrow?' Gann faces charges of attempted destruction of property with explosives, transportation of explosive materials, and unlawful possession of destructive devices. He faces a maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted. The investigation was carried out by New York's Joint Terrorism Task Force, which includes members of the FBI, NYPD, and over 50 other federal, state and local agencies.
CTV News
5 days ago
- CTV News
Onus on athletes to let drug testers know where they are under 'whereabouts' rules
Canadian swim star Penelope Oleksiak has been notified that she committed three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period between October 2024 and June 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young A chunk of an Olympic and Paralympic athlete's life is spent telling drug testers where they will be every day and every night. Failure to provide that information can damage an athlete's eligibility to compete, even if they've never taken a banned substance. Penny Oleksiak won't be on Canada's swimming team at world championship starting Saturday in Singapore after running afoul of 'whereabouts' requirements. From staying at a friend's house overnight in the off-season to training in remote mountains, athletes must be found for testing in order to avoid sanctions. The onus is on athletes to submit that information through the web-based Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS) on a computer or on a mobile-phone app. Athletes must provide, on a quarterly basis, their addresses (home, hotel or otherwise) and every day must have an overnight accommodation entry. Also required is contact info, training and competition schedules and locations, time and location of school, work or medical appointments, and a 60-minute window each day that they're available for testing. If a grocery run or spontaneous decision to go to a movie conflicts with the 60-minute window an athlete offers as available for testing, ADAMS must be updated beforehand to provide an alternative hour. But athletes can also be tested at any time and any place with no advance notice. Whereabouts information must be sufficiently detailed so they can be found for testing. Swimming Canada said Oleksiak made 'an administrative mistake' and failed to keep her whereabouts information up to date. Whereabouts and ADAMS are constants in an elite athlete's life. 'It is part of our job,' said Canadian race walker and Olympic medallist Evan Dunfee. 'It is something that we sign up for.' He recalled a 2017 vacation in Iceland where he was travelling in a recreational vehicle. 'We didn't know where we were going to be stopping each night,' Dunfee recalled. 'We were just going to drive until we found somewhere nice and set up shop.' That required a consultation with the Canadian Centre For Ethics in Sport. 'I actually had to chat with CCES beforehand and say, 'hey, how do I follow the rules in this situation?' They said 'to the best of your ability, update it as best you can.' I think I ended up putting in my latitude and longitude,' Dunfee said. The World Anti-Doping Code (WADA) defines a whereabouts failure as any combination of three missed tests or filing failures in a 12-month period, which the International Testing Agency stated Oleksiak did between October 2024 and June 2025. Oleksiak withdrew from the world championship and accepted a voluntary provisional suspension under World Aquatics anti-doping rules. The 25-year-old from Toronto stated in a since-deleted social media post her violation 'does not involve any banned substance' and added, 'I am and always have been a clean athlete.' Under World Aquatics rules, if an athlete in the testing pool submits 'late, inaccurate or incomplete whereabouts that lead to (them) being unavailable for testing, (they) may receive a Filing Failure.' Canadian athletes receive training on how to navigate ADAMS and what information is required, said CCES Sport Integrity executive director Kevin Bean. 'What we do with each registered testing pool athlete is they're required to do an online e-learning course, and they have a specific module that outlines how they work through the process to submit the whereabouts information, what ADAMS is, where it's located, the type of information that you need to submit, what the deadlines are,' Bean said. 'They're required to take that course upon entry and then it's available to them every year thereafter if they remain in the registered testing pool, but it is no longer mandatory for them to take it in the years after.' The deadline for submitting whereabouts info for each quarter is the last day of the month preceding that quarter. Athletes receive email reminders a month before and 15 days out from that deadline, Bean said. There is flexibility to update ADAMS information after that quarterly deadline, Dunfee said. 'Doing that three months in advance doesn't mean you can't change it,' he said. 'We have a specific email address that we can send to, and a text message line that we send last-minute emergency changes to our whereabouts, too, if for whatever reason we can't access the app, if there's an issue with it.' Fluid schedules in different time zones can cause whereabouts mistakes, Dunfee said. 'I had a case one time in Australia, where because of just getting my days confused, I missed the filing deadline for that quarter,' he recalled. 'It sent a lot of things into chaos and it was some very panicked emails an hour after I was supposed to have done this, sorting it out. I managed to correct it and get it OK.' Dunfee says he spends about an hour a month inputting his information in ADAMS because knows his schedule fairly well in advance. He acknowledged keeping whereabouts information current is hectic for his more nomadic teammates. 'I completely understand for some athletes, it's way more onerous than it is for me,' he said. 'We have athletes who are hoping to get into these races in Europe. 'They might be on a start list for a race in Norway and a race in Belgium on the same weekend, and they're just waiting to find out which one they get into. Certainly there are cases that are much more complicated than mine.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 21, 2025. Donna Spencer, The Canadian Press
Winnipeg Free Press
5 days ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Relatives, authorities ask for public's help with investigation of Ole Miss player's fatal shooting
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities on Monday asked for members of the public to provide surveillance footage and details from eyewitnesses as they investigate the fatal shooting of an Ole Miss freshman football player in a Memphis neighborhood after a pool party. Corey Adams, an 18-year-old defensive lineman from New Orleans, was found with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle at an intersection in the Memphis suburb of Cordova on Saturday night, said Anthony Buckner, chief deputy of the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. Adams died at the location of the shooting. Four other men who suffered gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening arrived at nearby hospitals in personal vehicles. Three of them had been released from the hospital as of Monday afternoon, Buckner said. The shooting happened after a pool party attended by about 100 people, including Adams, Buckner said during a news conference. About 40 rifle and pistol casings were found at the shooting scene. No arrests have been made. Buckner asked members of the public who may have information useful to investigators, including surveillance footage from video cameras at neighbors' homes, to come forward. 'We have far more questions right now than we have answers,' Buckner said. 'We know people saw something or heard something.' Adams, who played at Edna Carr High School in New Orleans, is listed on the Ole Miss football website as a 6-foot-4-inch, 235-pound defensive end. He had been one of the top defensive lineman recruits in the country. Adams' mother, who spoke at the news conference but declined to be named for fear of retribution, said Adams was a loving son and brother who had hopes of playing in the NFL. He had time off from practice and went to Memphis to enjoy himself, she said. Memphis is about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of Oxford, Mississippi, where Ole Miss is located. The Edna Karr Cougars said in a Facebook post that 'words can't describe this type of pain.' 'Corey Adams was more than a football player! He was a friend, brother, son, student, and all around great young man,' the team stated. 'We never question God but this is one we just don't understand.' ___ AP college football: and
