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News 12 Long Island
By News 12 Staff
12/31/24

Police: New Jersey Woman Identified as Victim in Fatal NYC Subway Burning

The woman, Debrina Kawam, had a Toms River, New Jersey, address, according to NYPD.

New York Police announced Tuesday they’ve identified the woman who died on Dec. 22 after being set on fire while inside a New York subway train as a 57-year-old from New Jersey.

The woman, Debrina Kawam, had a Toms River, New Jersey, address, according to NYPD.

Authorities previously said they were using forensics and video surveillance to identify the victim, who burned

News 12 Long Island
By News 12 Staff
12/04/24

Veteran Daniel Penny Acquitted in NYC Subway Chokehold Case Over Jordan Neely’s Death

A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism.

A Manhattan jury cleared Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely ’s 2023 death. A more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed last week because the jury deadlocked on that count.

Penny, who had shown little expression during the trial, briefly