Weekly Safety Report: Drug Homicide, Child Kidnapping, and Shots Fired on Staten Island

This week in Staten Island, New York, there were three notable incidents. A drug dealer was sentenced for a homicide and made derogatory remarks towards detectives. A three-year-old girl was kidnapped by her mother, who does not have custodial rights. And an ex-convict was found guilty of criminal possession of a weapon after a shots fired incident.

Staten Island dealer sentenced in drug den homicide , has words for detectives in court

The Staten Island Advance12-21-2023

A South Shore drug dealer, Musad Khan, was sentenced for a homicide in state Supreme Court. Upon being escorted out of the courtroom, Khan made derogatory remarks towards detectives.

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Police : 3-year-old kidnapped by mother on Staten Island

ABCNY12-18-2023

Randalae Rhodes, the mother of a three-year-old girl named Kadence, kidnapped her own daughter. Rhodes does not have custodial rights. The incident occurred at Curtis Place in St. George.

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ShotSpotter response on Staten Island ends in guilty verdict for ex-con headed back to prison

The Staten Island Advance12-20-2023

Desmond Thomas, an ex-convict, was found guilty of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. This conviction was related to a shots fired incident in Mariners Harbor. Thomas was sentenced to nine years in prison followed by five years of post-release supervision.

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