Man sleeping under box truck parked in Bronx killed when driver pulls out
A 61-year-old man sleeping under a box truck parked on a Bronx street was killed early Thursday when the driver pulled out of the spot, not knowing anyone was beneath the vehicle, police said. The victim was run over by the Hino 338 truck on Coster St. near Randall Ave. in Hunts Point at about 7:15 a.m., cops said....
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch cracks down on police misconduct in break from predecessors
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks as she attends the New York City Police Department Guardians Association's Black History Month celebration. Tisch is signaling a tougher approach on officer discipline, imposing stiffer penalties and reversing lenient policies that let misconduct cases slide. [ more › ]
Man, 38, fatally shot in neck inside Bronx smoke shop over fatal ‘misunderstanding’: brother
A 38-year-old man was fatally shot in the neck inside a Bronx smoke shop — a horrifying confrontation that prompted one employee who witnessed the bloodshed to quit on the spot. Preston White was shot inside King Convenience on E. 183rd St. near Bathgate Ave. in Belmont about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, cops said. A bullet...
Everything we know about Luigi Mangione
NEW YORK - A 26-year-old Ivy League graduate who "had everything going for him" is now charged in the high-profile murder of a Fortune 500 CEO. Here's everything we know about alleged killer Luigi Mangione, including his background, his family and how police connected him to Brian Thompson's shooting death.
NYPD commish Jessica Tisch won’t pull punches if NY discovery law deal is weak:...
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch promised Thursday not to pull punches if Albany’s deal to change discovery law doesn’t close “dangerous, unforeseen loopholes” that allow criminals to go free. The yet-to-be-seen tweaks to the state’s evidence-sharing laws need to stop a rash of criminal case dismissals that have...
Clock is ticking to get checks between $10k to $48k from $92 million settlement...
TIME is running out to claim checks from $10,000 to $48,000 in a $92.5 million settlement — and no proof is required. New York City agreed to the payout after a lawsuit claimed officials unlawfully kept people locked up past their release dates. The Department of Correction, which runs the city’s jail system,...
20 alleged gang members accused of terrorizing Bronx arrested, prosecutors say
Twenty alleged gang members accused of terrorizing the West Farms section of the Bronx for over four years have been indicted, prosecutors said. The suspects have been tied to one murder and 14 shootings, reckless gunfire that authorities say put innocent people in harm's way. There are neighborhoods in the Bronx...
‘Scary Ghost Face’ creep busted in knifepoint rape of woman in NYC: cops
The creep in a “Scary Ghost Face” sweatshirt who raped a woman at knifepoint in Queens was busted this week, police said. Rody R. Morales Cu, 20, was nabbed Tuesday night by the NYPD’s Special Victims Unit in connection to the terrifying 3 a.m. Friday attack on a 50-year-old woman in Jamaica, police said. He was...
Top NY fed fights release of cop killer who murdered NYPD’s Eddie Byrne in...
The notorious cop killer who ruthlessly executed NYPD Officer Eddie Byrne in 1988 epitomizes the “worst of the worst” and shouldn’t be granted parole, argued Brooklyn’s top federal prosecutor. US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York John Durham sent New York state parole board members an impassioned letter...
Retired police officer indicted for unlawfully searching NYPD database and sending information to friend...
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that a former police officer and his presumed accomplice have been indicted over a bribery scheme in which the officer allegedly conducted unauthorized searches while assigned to Brooklyn Criminal Court. The information, which included confidential reports and...
