May 6, 2008
Acquittal in fatal shooting of 'hero' NYC sanitation worker
A Brooklyn jury has acquitted a man of charges in the fatal shooting of a sanitation worker who once helped rescue a 4-year-old girl from a burning building.
But the jury found Anthony Williams guilty of robbery the night sanitation worker Damon Allen was killed at a party in the Crown Heights section in 2006.
The 33-year-old sanitation worker was recognized by the department and Mayor Michael Bloomberg with a Gold Medal of Honor for helping rescue the girl.
Williams faces 25 years for robbing a man outside the party. Read more
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