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• Boom lowers again on crane kid

  The son of crane magnate James Lomma yesterday was nabbed with heroin packets labeled “America’s problem’’ — his second drug bust in six months, authorities...  
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  SI jihadist guilty of lies

  A Staten Island man was convicted yesterday of lying to FBI agents investigating his efforts to join jihadist groups overseas.  23, a US citizen born in New York, was stopped by the feds on several occasions as...  
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  FDNY honchos slap EMT twit

  A hate-spewing EMS lieutenant was suspended yesterday after FDNY Commissioner Sal Cassano and other officials read a Post story exposing his vile Twitter rants against blacks, Jews, Asians and women. “The commissioner’s deeply...  
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  FDNY EMS Lt. spews racist, anti-Semitic tweets, but cried when confronted

  He’s a bigot — and a blubbering crybaby. EMS Lt. Timothy Dluhos, 34, uses an image of Hitler for his profile photo and “Bad Lieutenant” as his online name as he spews a barrage of racist, sexist, anti-Semitic and anti-Asian comments....  
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  SI tollbooth clerk stole $10,000 in tolls

  A Staten Island tollbooth clerk who worked at three Port Authority bridges stole $10,000 over five months by pocketing pricy cash tolls paid by big-rig trucks, authorities said.  William Bradshaw — who worked at the Goethals and...  
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  Turk-slay hubby’s doubts

  The husband of the Staten Island woman killed in Turkey isn’t convinced that a homeless man arrested for her killing is the true culprit, according to Turkish media reports. Steven Sierra raised his concerns to Turkish newspaper...  
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  Staten Island ma’s ‘killer’ confesses

   She fought her attacker to the bitter end. The Staten Island mom who was bashed to death by a Turkish vagrant desperately tried to fend off her raging assailant for half an hour, her alleged killer said yesterday in a grisly...  
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  Commish kid burnt, out: EMT resigns following firestorm over his racist tweets

   The shamed son of FDNY Commisioner Sal Cassano quit his city EMT job yesterday and was publicly rebuked by his father for posting racist, anti-Semitic rants on Twitter.  Joseph Cassano, 23, had resigned by noon over the hateful...  
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  Arrest in SI mom’s Turk slay

  After an intense manhunt, Turkish cops have arrested a homeless man in connection with the beating death of Staten Island mother Sarai Sierra, local officials said yesterday. Identified only as “Ziya T.,” the man was described as an...  
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  SI cops in gang ‘bang!’

  Police shot a man yesterday during a wild traffic stop on Staten Island, authorities said.  An officer and two detectives from the gang unit approached the suspect’s car while it sat in traffic at 1:15 p.m. in Castleton Corners after...  

• Vigil for SI detectives

  The memories of two detectives were honored last night during a candlelight vigil at the spot on Staten island where they were killed 10 years ago. About 400...  
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  SI beep: Ban welfare for teenage mothers

  ALBANY — City taxpayers should stop playing sugar daddy to teen moms, Staten Island Borough President said yesterday. While praising Mayor Bloomberg’s $400,000 ad campaign to reduce teen pregnancies, the city’s top...  
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  Fallen SI pol Vito backs ‘Cats’

  Former Staten Island GOP Congressman Vito Fossella made a rare political splash yesterday — endorsing billionaire supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis for mayor. “I will do whatever I can to help him,” Fossella told The Post. Fossella...  

• Man who tried to bust into ex-girlfriend's SI apartment dies in police custody

  A man who was trying to bust into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment in Staten Island died while in police custody yesterday, authorities said. The ex-lover had an...  
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  Retired police captain now a pastor with a gun in Staten Island church

  A pistol-packing retired police captain who worked the city’s mean streets during its darkest decades still lays down the law — God’s law. Tough-talking John Rocco Carlo, now a pastor on Staten Island, saw it all in his 28 years as a...  
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  Man who shot cop he found in bed with his wife indicted for attempted murder

  The Staten Island man accused of shooting an NYPD detective he found in his estranged wife’s home has been indicted in Monmouth County, New Jersey. A grand jury hit Robert Dunbar, 35, with attempted murder charges for allegedly...  

• Foe rips SI hopeful’s ‘conflict’

  A top legislative staffer running for a City Council seat from Staten Island violated the city’s conflict-of-interest law by soliciting campaign contributions...  
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  Sandy buyout offer: 169 on Staten Island say ye$!

  Gov. Cuomo said yesterday that 169 of 192 residents of Staten Island’s storm devastated Oakwood Beach have taken him up on his offer to buy out their Sandy-ravaged homes.  The people who live in the battered neighborhood have been...  

• Bravest ‘wife hit’

  A Staten Island firefighter was arrested for attacking his wife with an iPad, authorities said. Eric Bischoff, a 14-year FDNY veteran, was drunk and arguing...  
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  SI traffic judge’s road rage

  Anger-management counseling hasn’t dulled the ire of New York’s nastiest judge.  Brian Levine, the Staten Island traffic-court jurist with the city’s highest conviction rate and a reputation for lashing out at defendants, flashed his...  

• SI's GOP chief calls it quits

  The leader of Staten Island’s powerful Republican Party abruptly announced his resignation today – a surprise move that could hurt the GOP’s chances to win the...  
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  Turk ‘slay’ drifter had victim coat

  The homeless man suspected in the savage killing of a Staten Island mom in Istanbul was caught on surveillance video trying to sell her leather jacket, Turkish media reported yesterday. The man, an “unbalanced” garbage picker...  
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  Slay-spree trial is set

  An unhinged Staten Island man accused of killing three Brooklyn store owners was found competent to stand trial, a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge ruled yesterday. Salvatore Perrone, 64, repeatedly asked to see his daughter. “She’s the...  
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  SI mom slain by suicidal hubby: cops

  A Staten Island hairdresser was stabbed to death yesterday by her husband, who then plunged the knife into himself in a failed suicide attempt, cops said. Ilona Ganzha, 44, was found dead at 3:40 p.m. after being stabbed repeatedly by...  

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