NYPD Officer Charged With Attempting to Disseminate Indecent Material to a Minor
An NYPD officer, Travis Desouza, has been formally charged with multiple crimes including attempted dissemination of indecent material to a minor. Desouza, who was part of the Law Enforcement Explorers program—a youth initiative of the NYPD—allegedly used a digital platform to send sexually explicit messages to what...
In an effort to slow traffic, city installs 3 new speed humps on this...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Those drivers speeding in Westerleigh will need to slow down or risk damaging their vehicle. The Department of Transportation recently installed three speed humps on Westcott Boulevard, a residential street in Westerleigh, in an effort to slow down traffic. “A driver’s speed can mean the...
7 charged in shooting outside high school on Staten Island in 2022; gang-related, D.A....
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Seven young men have been charged in connection with a 2022 shooting outside Tottenville High School that left an innocent 14-year-old bystander injured. The following individuals have been charged in connection with the shooting, which played out just before 2 p.m. on Oct. 25, steps...
Staten Island’s first BJ’s Wholesale Club is ready for its grand opening: Here’s an...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The aisles are fully stocked with groceries and the bakery is already pumping out batches of fresh cookies, cakes and pies. Electronics, apparel and home goods — many labeled with some deeply discounted price tags — are also on display. Staten Island’s first BJ’s Wholesale Club is ready for its...
These Staten Island neighborhoods plagued by lack of healthcare coverage
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The longstanding geographic disparities on Staten Island persist, with some North Shore residents more than twice as likely to lack health insurance than their South Shore counterparts. The Advance/SILive.com recently analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s PLACES:...
A slice for only a buck? You can get it at one Staten Island...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Remember those $1 slice deals pizzerias once offered pre-COVID? It’s been too long — and, by some standards, never to return considering food prices these days — except at one Staten Island pizzeria, courtesy of ordering platform Seamless. From April 22 to...
Man brutally beaten, then robbed of car and $50K Rolex watch on Staten Island;...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — What began as a confrontation devolved into a brutal beatdown and robbery of a 36-year-old man in Great Kills on Friday, according to authorities. Among the items allegedly unlawfully taken from the victim: a vehicle worth about $85,000, and a watch worth $50,000, a law enforcement source told...
After 28 years, NY homicide victims identified as Mobile native and her daughter
MOBILE, Ala. -- For nearly 30 years, remains of a mother and child went unidentified in New York. "Jane Doe No. 3" and "Baby Doe" -- as they were known -- now have names, faces and a tie to our Gulf Coast area. Officials announced Wednesday that Jane Doe No....
Duo on bikes beat up victims in their 70s in UES attack
Police are searching for two women on bikes accused of beating up victims in their 70s in an Upper East Side attack last week.
Nearly 200 glassine envelopes of heroin seized from woman on Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Police confiscated heroin, cash and cell phones from a 36-year-old woman from Annadale inside the 120th Precinct stationhouse in St. George last week. Officers seized 190 glassine envelopes containing heroin in the form of a tan powder and a rock of cocaine from Tiffany Stavola on April 17 at...
