Tyrone Howard

Named “Operation Peacekeeper,” the raids came amid years of investigations into increased gang violence and drug trafficking in East Harlem.

The tragic shooting of Officer Randolph Holder raises questions about how drug courts vet for diversion program participants.

Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to evading banking laws in a hush-money scheme, averting a potentially lurid trial by agreeing to a deal with prosecutors that recommends the former House speaker serve no more than six months in prison.

A career criminal accused of killing a police officer had been released from jail into a drug diversion program and was wanted in a shooting last month.

Named “Operation Peacekeeper,” the raids came amid years of investigations into increased gang violence and drug trafficking in East Harlem.

The tragic shooting of Officer Randolph Holder raises questions about how drug courts vet for diversion program participants.

Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to evading banking laws in a hush-money scheme, averting a potentially lurid trial by agreeing to a deal with prosecutors that recommends the former House speaker serve no more than six months in prison.

A career criminal accused of killing a police officer had been released from jail into a drug diversion program and was wanted in a shooting last month.