Police Bureau Chief

Rocco Parascandola

Rocco Parascandola covers the NYPD and criminal justice issues for the New York Daily News, where he has been Police Bureau Chief since 2009. He has won various journalism awards in his 32-year career, which includes stints at New York Newsday and the New York Post. He is the author of "Gunz and God: The Life of an NYPD Undercover."

Guardian Angel Kimberly Torres filed a harassment complaint against the 22-year-old man, who was surrounded and strong-armed to the ground during a live Fox News interview focusing on the city’s migrant crisis that Sean Hannity conducted with Sliwa this week.

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Guardian Angel files harassment complaint against man Curtis Sliwa called ‘migrant’

February 9, 2024 at 6:26 p.m.

Guardian Angel Kimberly Torres filed a harassment complaint against the 22-year-old man, who was surrounded and strong-armed to the ground during a live Fox News interview focusing on the city’s...

Police on Friday busted a teen immigrant from Venezuela suspected of shooting a tourist and firing at police as he escaped arrest for shoplifting at a Times Square sporting goods store, law enforcement sources told the Daily News.

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Teen Times Square shooting suspect busted in Yonkers in intense NYPD-led manhunt

February 9, 2024 at 8:05 p.m.

Police on Friday busted a teen immigrant from Venezuela suspected of shooting a tourist and firing at police as he escaped arrest for shoplifting at a Times Square sporting goods...

Fox News commentator Sean Hannity speaks during an interview at Fox News Studios, March 16, 2023, in New York.

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Sean Hannity says Curtis Sliwa comments on Times Square ‘migrant’ takedown are ‘not true’

February 9, 2024 at 12:36 p.m.

The Fox News host gave an odd update on Sliwa's allegations against a man his Guardian Angels took down earlier this week live on Hannity's show, setting off a firestorm...

Hotel staff found the woman, 38, unconscious with trauma to her face at the SoHo 54 Hotel on Watts St. The city ME will determine how she died.

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NYPD suspects murder in woman’s SoHo hotel room death, say police sources

February 8, 2024 at 7:50 p.m.

Hotel staff found the woman, 38, unconscious with trauma to her face at the SoHo 54 Hotel on Watts St. The city ME will determine how she died.

Curtis Sliwa live on "Hannity" claimed his group was attacking a migrant who just committed a crime. Authorities, however, say this wasn't true. (Fox News)

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Video contradicts Curtis Sliwa account of Guardian Angels ‘migrant’ beating: NYPD source

February 9, 2024 at 2:09 p.m.

Surveillance footage of the Guardian Angels' shocking takedown of a man in Times Square shows he was just trying to maneuver through the crowd when the vigilantes confronted him, a...

Cops seek Harlem man, 23, who escaped police custody at Bellevue Hospital

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Suspect nabbed after escaping NYPD custody at Bellevue Hospital

February 7, 2024 at 4:51 p.m.

Christopher Miller, 23, vanished after slipping out of the Manhattan hospital barefoot about 3:50 a.m. Saturday.

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Guardian Angel files harassment complaint against man Curtis Sliwa called ‘migrant’

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Teen Times Square shooting suspect busted in Yonkers in intense NYPD-led manhunt

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Sean Hannity says Curtis Sliwa comments on Times Square ‘migrant’ takedown are ‘not true’

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NYPD suspects murder in woman’s SoHo hotel room death, say police sources

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Video contradicts Curtis Sliwa account of Guardian Angels ‘migrant’ beating: NYPD source

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Suspect nabbed after escaping NYPD custody at Bellevue Hospital

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NYC man shot in ankle, robbed of $45K Rolex later dies of blood clot

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Ex-Columbia students eyed for spraying pro-Palestinian protestors with mystery substance

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Dismembered man was killed after fight over rent with Brooklyn roommate, cops say

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Man killed in Bronx bar fight was stabbed by rival gang member: cops