James O’Neill

New York 11/04/19, 14:26

New York City's police commissioner is retiring after three years in charge of the nation's largest police department, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday. James O'Neill, 61, will be replaced by Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea, the mayor said. O'Neill's tenure as commissioner — which began with a pipe bomb blast on ...

New York 06/07/19, 15:59

A New York City man accused of plotting a terrorist attack on Times Square spent months trying to stockpile guns and grenades, heaped praise on the Islamic State group and Osama bin Laden, and feared being known as the "Looney Tunes Terrorist" if his glasses fell off and he couldn't ...

U.S. 02/15/19, 23:23

Police arrested a man Friday suspected of being the lookout during a robbery that led to the friendly fire death of a New York City police detective, an official briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press. The man was taken into custody in Queens hours after NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill ...

New York 02/13/19, 12:10

The Latest on the fatal shooting of a New York Police Department detective (all times local):12:10 p.m.Records show the man suspected of a robbery that led to the death of a New York Police Department detective has been arrested at least 11 times since 2012.Police say that in 2016, the ...

U.S. 02/13/19, 09:17

The New York Police Department is mourning a detective killed by friendly fire as officers confronted a robbery suspect who turned out to be armed with a replica handgun.Detective Brian Simonsen, 42, was struck in the chest Tuesday night as multiple officers fired on the suspect at a T-Mobile store ...

New York 10/25/18, 23:12

New York law enforcement emphasized that suspicious packages should be handled with caution as they gave the media an update Thursday on the ongoing investigation into several intercepted devices sent to Democrats, a media outlets, and a prominent Hollywood actor. Because the investigation is ongoing, authorities could not confirm whether the ...