Bronx Crips Member Pleads Guilty In 2021 Murder
Alieu Jarjou, a member of the Rollin 20s set of the Crips, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to a racketeering conspiracy that prosecutors say included the March 9, 2021, daylight killing of 30-year-old Jadon Robinson in the Bronx. Jarjou admitted he shot Robinson to boost his standing in the gang and now faces...
Bronx Parole Raid Erupts In Gunfire As Cops Shoot Man In Mott Haven
What began as a Thursday morning police search in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx ended with officers shooting a man, according to officials and local sources. The man was hit near 105 Willis Avenue and taken to a hospital in unknown condition after police opened fire. Sources told reporters he appeared to point...
Queens house fire draws 192 FDNY personnel, contained after two-hour battle
Crews respond within minutes to fully engulfed home on Van
2 men killed in separate shootings an hour apart in the Bronx
It was a violent night in the Bronx on Thursday, where two men were fatally shot in separate incidents just about an hour apart.
NYPD searching for 5 individuals in Staten Island bicycle robbery of 11-year-old
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying five individuals wanted in connection with an alleged armed robbery of an 11-year-old boy in the 123rd Precinct. Police said the incident occurred March 28 at approximately 6:15 p.m. near Ramona...
Elmhurst Pizza Boss Takes Down Box-Cutter Suspect In Wild Shop Showdown
A routine night at Louie’s Pizzeria on Baxter Avenue in Elmhurst turned chaotic on April 1 when a man suddenly pulled out a box cutter inside the shop. Owner Louie Suljovic did not hesitate, throwing himself at the suspect and pinning him to the floor until officers arrived. His split-second move kept roughly 15...
Late-Night Bronx Shooting Outside River Park Towers Turns Deadly
A 21-year-old man was shot and killed late Thursday outside a Morris Heights apartment tower, according to police. Officers responding just after 10 p.m. to 30 Richman Plaza found Justin Chatfield with a gunshot wound to the torso. EMS rushed him to SBH Health System, where he was pronounced dead. Police said a...
NYC migrant shelter corruption arrests are just the tip of the iceberg
A new federal indictment charges an ex-NYPD sergeant and three others with corruption in connection with a probe of migrant-shelter contracts . But the alleged bribery and kickback scheme is just the tip of an iceberg in a city where corruption has become endemic, thanks to the abuse of eternal “emergency” contracts,...
‘Why aren’t you dying?’: Son beat his 75-year-old mother into the ground and choked...
A man in Long Island, New York, is accused of trying to kill his mother during an argument and exclaiming "why aren't you dying" as he choked her. John Strano, 37, has been charged with second-degree attempted murder, two counts of second-degree assault, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, and...
Nearly 1,000 hospital workers get layoff notices
With 967 job cuts just announced in Bayonne, Hudson Regional Health says the site is still undergoing transfer from the previous operator.
