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People lined up to get rid of their own garbage at the Otay Landfill Monday, as sanitation workers with Republic Services remain on strike.

3 arrests in mail-carrier beating; cop’s bogus ticket admission: Staten Island’s top crime stories of the week Today 8:02 AM OFFICER WHO WROTE BOGUS TICKETS PLEADS GUILTY The police officer wrote the tickets in 2018 while assigned to the 120th Precinct in St. George, said prosecutors. A Staten Island cop who, authorities said, wrote fake summonses to his girlfriend’s ex-beau, has issued his last ticket. Eric Matos has also lost his job in the process. Matos pleaded guilty on Thursday to...

From cop to felon: Officer who wrote bogus tickets to girlfriend’s ex pleads guilty Posted Apr 23, 2021 The police officer wrote the tickets in 2018 while assigned to the 120th Precinct in St. George, said prosecutors. Facebook Share Eric Matos has also lost his job in the process. Matos pleaded guilty on Thursday to felony charges of first-degree perjury and first-degree tampering with public records to resolve his case. The case was on for trial in state Supreme Court, St. George. The defe...