New York top cop surrenders to corruption charges

FORMER New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik surrendered yesterday to face federal corruption charges, in what could prove to be an ongoing embarrassment for presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani.

A law enforcement official said Mr Kerik surrendered to the FBI in suburban White Plains. He was to be fingerprinted and processed, then taken by US marshals to the federal courthouse.

Mr Kerik, 52, the police commissioner under then-Mayor Giuliani has been indicted by a federal grand jury on corruption charges.