Below are the top stories from the month of December, including a deed thief ring operation in southeast Queens; a sperm whale's death on the Rockaway Beach
As medics began treating Genci Frasheri, New York-Presbyterian EMT Josephine Ramirez, 58, claimed he punched and kicked her, demanded he be arrested and refused to treat him further, say legal papers. Frasheri's says Frasheri was merely flailing his arms, a symptom of brain injury. Though he was unconscious, he ended up under arrest and shackled to an ICU bed before he died.