After Allegedly Killing His Wife, He Said He Felt Guilty — So He Stabbed...
A New York man already wanted for the murder of his current wife has now pleaded guilty to killing his ex-wife in a gruesome attack that unfolded while he was on the run. Timothy Taylor, 41, admitted to the brutal stabbing of his ex-wife, Tishawn Folkes-Taylor, in Schenectady, New York, on May 28, 2023. Prosecutors...
Four months after guard strike, prison staffing crisis persists
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. In February, thousands of New York state prison guards walked off their jobs. With no officers to watch over daily operations, officials locked incarcerated people in...
Rikers detainee dies from medical emergency at jail, NYC correction agency says
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today. A man detained at the notorious Rikers Island jail complex died on Tuesday due to a medical emergency, jail officials said, marking the ninth reported death of someone in or recently released from the New York City Department of Correction's...
New York man arrested in Maine on firearm trafficking charges
FILE -- A New York man will spend 45 months in prison for conspiring to traffic firearms from Maine to New York. 32-year-old Tyquinn Montell cannon pleaded guilty in June of last year. According to court records, beginning in May 2022 Cannon knowingly conspired with others in Maine and New...
Former NYC Correction Captain Convicted for Collecting Over $200,000 in Social Security Disability Fraud
(WNY News Now) – Marc Silverman Jr., a former New York City Department of Correction captain, pleaded guilty to felony charges after unlawfully collecting more than $200,000 in Social Security disability benefits while working full-time as a school bus driver. NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Letitia James...
N.J. police dispatcher, correctional officer arrested in drug bust
The Hudson County Prosecutor's Office says Ileana Hernandez, Thomas Mannion and Marquis Santiago were arrested last week.
Guitar Center employee allegedly charged over $5,000 to credit cards that belonged to “rude”...
The 18-year-old reportedly chose “customers who were rude to him, used foul language, and made situations bad for him” as his victims
Driver in awful NYC crash that killed 2 is held without bail as twisted...
The driver of a stolen rental car left two bystanders “severely dismembered” before fleeing the fatal crash soaked in blood — leaving an open bottle of tequila and two 9mm guns in the wreck, Manhattan prosecutors revealed Tuesday. The new details emerged as 23-year-old Autumn Donna Ascencio Romero was arraigned on...
Zohran Mamdani’s disdain for the law is disqualifying — and dangerous
Zohran Mamdani’s many antics — setting to music his love for those who provide material support to Hamas , shutting down major transportation hubs with rush-hour protests, refusing to condemn calls for a globalized intifada and flipping off Christopher Columbus , to name just a few — make it easy to lose sight of the...
30-year-old man injured in shootout involving 2 gunmen in Harlem; 1 teen in custody
NYPD officials say there were two suspects, one on a kick scooter and another on a Citi Bike, firing guns on Lenox Avenue between 114th and 115th streets.
