An off-duty court officer who shot and killed a man trying to rob him at gunpoint outside a Queens Dunkin’ Donuts was justified in his use of deadly force, officials said Thursday. Ian Caine, 50, will not face any charges in the September shooting death of Kadeem Trotter, said Queens DA Richard Brown.

Caine was in uniform Sept. 17 for his weekend job as a security guard when the robber approached him near the coffee shop on Liberty Ave. and Merrick Blvd. in Jamaica at about 8:45 p.m., cops said. As the officer — who had a gun clearly visible in his holster — went to step into his car parked outside the store, Trotter, 24, stepped up to him and whipped out a gun, police said. The robber demanded cash and the officer’s handgun, cops said.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

Two hijackers who overtook a Libyan plane and diverted it to the Mediterranean island of Malta have threatened to blow it up with hand grenades, officials and local media said.

The Afriqiyah Airways flight was carrying 111 passengers — including one baby — from Sebha in southwest Libya to Tripoli when two people took it over, Malta media reported. The duo landed the jet in Malta and have allegedly threatened to detonate hand grenades. Emergency crews and police are on the tarmac and working to diffuse an “unlawful interference,” The Malta airport authority said. The tiny Mediterranean island is about 300 miles north of the Libyan coast.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

An Arkansas man accused of shooting a 3-year-old boy to death during a road rage incident is behind bars after being on the lam for over five days, officials announced.

Greg Holmes, 33, turned himself into authorities in Little Rock Thursday after his parents worked together with U.S. Marshals to ensure his peaceful surrender, cops said. He was booked at the Pulaski County Jail later in the evening on two counts of making a terroristic act and one count of capital murder for allegedly killing little Acen King during a traffic stop on Saturday.Holmes, who has a lengthy rap sheet that includes domestic battery, allegedly became impatient at a stop sign after the victim’s grandmother, Kim King-Macon, apparently didn’t move “fast enough,” cops said. He began honking his horn and when King-Macon honked back, things escalated quickly and tragically.(nydailynews.com)…[+]