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NYPD officer fined for harassing frequent 311 caller

He went above and beyond the call of duty. Last month, an NYPD officer was fined a hefty fine for harassing someone he imitated his ex-girlfriend several years ago by playing recordings of sheep, dolphins and seals in phone messages. Brendan Sullivan, a childish member of New York's Finest, appears to have taken revenge on […]

‘Bullying, Harassing, Name-Calling’: EPA ‘Retaliated Against’ Three Dissenting Scientists, Inspector General Finds

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced Thursday that agency officials have taken retaliatory action against three scientists who spoke out against scientific opinion. Five EPA scientists alleged to the OIG that they were retaliated against for expressing differing scientific opinions on chemical evaluations while former President Donald Trump was in […]

LI principal arrested for harassing ex, threatening her new beau

A Long Island school principal was arrested last month after he allegedly harassed his ex-girlfriend outside her Manhattan home and threatened to “fuck” her new boyfriend, prosecutors said. According to a criminal complaint, Shannon Burton, principal at Milton L. Olive Middle School in Wyandanch, allegedly called her ex-boyfriend on July 25 and said in an […]

Man who made thousands of harassing calls to Congress pleads guilty

Ade Salim Lilly, a 35-year-old man from Queens, New York, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of threatening to kill a congressional staff member and calling members of Congress more than 12,000 times in just over a 21-month period. He faces fines of up to $500,000 and a maximum seven-year prison sentence. In one call, Lilly […]

Chinese student given jail time for harassing person who posted democracy flyer

A former Berklee College of Music student from China was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a person who posted a pro-democracy leaflet in the Asian country, authorities announced. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, a flyer posted on the Boston campus on Oct. 22 said, “Stand up […]