UPDATE: Swatting Call Claimed Murder, Hostage In Saddle Brook, All False, Chief Says
New details have been released in what police say was a swatting call that rocked a Saddle Brook family Thursday night, July 10. Officers were called to 222 Market St., around 11:04 p.m., after an unknown male claimed he had shot his mother and was holding his brother hostage, Saddle Brook Police Ch…
Bear sighting in Fairfield, NJ
A black bear sighting has caused some scares in a New Jersey neighborhood. FOX 5 NY's Duarte Geraldino reports what authorities and residents have to say.
Hit-and-run BMW driver kills two pedestrians on NYC street before zooming off: cops
Two men were killed when a hit-and-run BMW driver rammed into them as they crossed a Brooklyn street early Friday, cops said. The two men, 80 and 59, were crossing Third Avenue at 52nd Street in Sunset Park around 4:20 a.m. when the motorist struck them while heading south on the avenue, authorities said. Wife of...
Third Arrest Made After Woman Robbed at Gunpoint Walking Dog: Montclair PD
Christopher Gomez, a 19-year-old Jersey City resident, was arrested at his home, police said. His accomplices, Wesley Garcia, an 18-year-old Jersey City resident and Kirvin De La Rosa, a 19-year-old Edwardsville resident, were arrested last month, Montclair police said. On Sunday, June 1 at 12:45 p.m., a woman was...
Remembering The Newark Rebellion 58 Years Later: How Much Has Really Changed?
Lawrence Hamm was just a child when the city he called home erupted in the Newark Rebellion of 1967. He recalled him and his mother taking shelter in his grandparents’ house, witnessing the National Guard rolling into their community with rifles and tanks. They were unable to leave the house for several days. Broken...
Dreams deferred, not denied: Graduation held for young inmates at Rikers Island | Exclusive
The East River prison allowed one news crew, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, onto their grounds to witness the triumph and determination of young detainees, awaiting their cases to be adjudicated by the courts.
Zohran Mamdani Railed Against NYPD — Argued Police Shouldn’t Respond to Domestic Violence Calls
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee to serve as the next mayor of New York City, railed against the NYPD during a 2020 podcast. The post Zohran Mamdani Railed Against NYPD — Argued Police Shouldn’t Respond to Domestic Violence Calls first appeared on Mediaite .
Cuomo, Adams face calls to unite behind 1 NYC mayoral candidate
An expert said it's unlikely any candidates will want to withdraw.
Family Demands Answers After 18-Year-Old Dies In NYPD Custody: ‘We Just Want The Truth’
The family of 18-year-old Bronx college student Saniyah Cheatham is questioning official claims that the teen died by suicide while in New… The post Family Demands Answers After 18-Year-Old Dies In NYPD Custody: ‘We Just Want The Truth’ appeared first on Shine My Crown .
NYC launches 24/7 crackdown on open-air drug use in the South Bronx
THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – The Hub in the South Bronx, centered around East 149th Street and Third Avenue, has become ground zero in New York City’s fight against public drug use and homelessness. But this week, residents noticed a major shift. Metal barricades now surround Roberto Clemente Plaza, and a mobile NYPD...
