A rabbi who claims to have conducted more than 2,000 divorces is being probed as part of a group of people who allegedly pressured men into giving their wives religious divorces.
On Saturday night, police charged a neighbor, Akeen Bernard, with assault, criminal possession of a weapon, endangering the welfare of a child, and tampering with evidence.
The New York City police commissioner says detectives are looking for a balding, middle-aged man in connection with the shootings of three shopkeepers, all of Middle Eastern descent.