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NYPD Says Attacks on Policemen Increasing
Mar. 6, 1962 - New York Deputy Police Commissioner Walter Arm told an institute on police and community relations today that there had...
Mar 6, 2022

Massive Heroin Bust in the Bronx
Feb. 25, 1962 - New York City detectives and Federal narcotics agents seized pure heroin worth $20 million last night after subduing a...
Feb 25, 2022


Governor Rockefeller Spares Life of "Capeman" Killer Salvatore Agron
Feb. 7, 1962 - New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller today spared the life of 18-year-old Salvatore Agron (pictured in 1959), who had been...
Feb 7, 2022


D.A. Hogan Urges Governor Rockefeller to Stay Execution of "Capeman"
Jan. 31, 1962 - In an unexpected move, New York District Attorney Frank S. Hogan appealed to Governor Rockefeller today to spare the life...
Jan 31, 2022

Alvin "Creepy" Karpis Seeks Deportation Parole from Alcatraz
Jan. 28, 1962 - Alvin “Creepy” Karpis (pictured in 1936), once listed as United States Public Enemy No. 1, is seeking a deportation...
Jan 28, 2022

Two Frenchmen, Three others Held after Massive Heroin Bust in Brooklyn
Jan. 19, 1962 - Five persons were held today in $100,000 bail each as a result of a Brooklyn raid Thursday in which $3,500,000 worth of...
Jan 19, 2022


Narcotics Raiders Discover $3.5 Million Worth of Raw Heroin in Brooklyn Tenement
Jan. 18, 1962 - Raw heroin estimated to be worth $3,500,000 in the illicit market was found in the ceiling of a Brooklyn tenement today...
Jan 18, 2022


"Capeman" Salvatore Agron Set to Be Executed Feb. 15
Jan. 11, 1962 - The New York Court of Appeals today set Feb. 15 for the execution of Salvatore Agron, 18 years old, for the playground...
Jan 11, 2022

Federal Grand Jury Charges Five in Strip-Tease Conspiracy
Oct. 27, 1961 - A Federal grand jury charged the police chief of Newport, Ky., and five others today with having falsely conspired to...
Oct 27, 2021

Teenage Murderer Gets Seven and a Half Years
Oct. 18, 1961 - Luis Antonio Hernandez (pictured right), 18 years old, was sentenced today to serve seven and a half years in prison for...
Oct 18, 2021
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