POLICE BLOTTER

ARREST MADE AFTER SUBWAY PUSHING DEATH

Police made an arrest in relation to the death of a 22-year-old Hispanic man who was pushed in front of an oncoming subway early yesterday morning in Sunnyside, Queens. At around 5 a.m. yesterday, Edison Guzman was shoved onto the tracks after a dispute with another Hispanic man on the platform of the 7 train at the 52nd Street and Lincoln Avenue subway station, according to the Police Department. The suspect immediately fled the scene, according to police, and Guzman was pronounced dead on arrival by emergency medical technicians. The Police Department later announced the arrest of Richie Molina, 19, of Brooklyn, in relation with the killing. Charges against him were pending yesterday evening. Service on the 7 train was eventually fully restored after several hours of delays.

– Staff Reporter of the Sun

POLICE ARREST MAN FOR ATTEMPTING TO BRIBE OFFICER

Police arrested a 27-year-old man for bribery yesterday after he offered his arresting officer $15,000 to release him.

Flores Gomez had been arrested earlier that morning for drunk driving after he drove his car into three parked vehicles in Washington Heights. He repeated his bribe offer to the arresting officer’s supervisor at the 34th Precinct on 183rd Street and Broadway, and then commissioned an acquaintance to deliver the money to the station.

The woman did not know what the money was for, according to police, and was not held, though the $15,000 was confiscated.

– Staff Reporter of the Sun

WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN UPPER EAST SIDE APARTMENT

A 21-year-old woman was found dead of neck wounds in an Upper East Side apartment last night, police said.

The woman’s boyfriend called police at about 7 p.m. to report that he had discovered her unconscious upon entering the home, Sergeant Geri Falcon, a police department spokeswoman, said.

Police were treating the death as a homicide. The woman’s name was not released, and no further information was immediately available.

– Associated Press

STATEWIDE

STUDIOS BETTING AMERICANS READY TO WATCH 9/11 MOVIES

It’s been more than four years since terrorists crashed Flight 93 in rural southwestern Pennsylvania, killing 40 crew members and passengers. And some movie producers are hoping American audiences are now ready to watch what happened during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

Outside of London this month, British writer-director Paul Greengrass began shooting a Flight 93 movie, produced by Universal Pictures and Londonbased Working Title Films. In Los Angeles, American filmmaker Peter Markle is finishing up his movie, produced by Fox Television Studios for the A&E cable network.

The films are part of a growing trend of new September 11-themed movies. Oliver Stone is shooting an untitled 9/11 film; Mike Binder’s “Reign O’er Me” deals with 9/11-related grief; and a movie adaptation of the book “102 Minutes,” and a TV miniseries on the 9/11 Commission’s findings are planned. Industry experts say it’s not surprising filmmakers would want to tell the story of that day.

“It’s probably the most dramatic story of my lifetime. It is a seminal event for people who are younger than the World War II generation,” Delia Fine, A&E’s vice president of film, drama, and music, said.

– Associated Press

NEW YORK SOLDIER KILLED IN IRAQ ON THANKSGIVING DAY

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – A soldier on his second tour of duty in Iraq was killed in Baghdad on Thanksgiving, the military said Saturday. Staff Sergeant Steven Reynolds, 32, of Jordan, was traveling in a vehicle that went over a bomb in the road and flipped into a canal, a spokesman at Fort Lewis,Wash., Dick Devlin, said.

Also killed was Private First Class Marc Delgado, 21, of Lithia, Fla. Both were assigned to the Army’s 170th Military Police Company, 504th Military Police Battalion, 42nd Military Police Brigade.

Reynolds was home on leave in October and told his family not to send him any more mail because he would soon be back for good. His mother said he wanted to be a soldier even as a toddler.

“He was so happy when he got his orders to go overseas,” Shirley Reynolds said. He enlisted after graduating in 1992 from Jordan-Elbridge High School, 17 miles west of Syracuse.

– Associated Press