Patrick Reilly

Patrick Reilly

About the Author

Patrick Reilly is a reporter for the New York Post covering national and New York City news since 2021. He graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx with a degree in English language and literature in 2018. After that, the proud Jersey Shore native got his start covering local news around the beautiful beach towns of Monmouth County, where he can often be found lounging by the ocean listening to The Boss in the summer months.

The Archive

Former ‘American Ninja Warrior’ champ sentenced to 10 years for child porn, exploitation

Andrew Drechsel, 35, must additionally serve 15 years of supervised release and pay the victim $100,000 in restitution, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Sleeping couple wakes up to truck attached to their camper being carjacked by thief: ‘Just test driving’

A bumbling thief in Colorado carjacked a truck that was pulling a camper -- which was carrying a sleeping couple who awoke during the joyride and called the cops.

Illegal migrant fatally shoots two workers at Texas Chick-fil-A: police

Mendoza’s spouse, an employee at the fast-food joint, identified him to authorities, according to an arrest report. It’s not clear what motivated the deadly shooting.

Texas mom tells The Post she was kicked off United flight for misgendering flight attendant

A Texas woman traveling with her 16-month-old son and mother claims she was kicked off her flight home Wednesday after she accidentally misgendered a flight attendant. Jenna Longoria, a women's...

Another mysterious monolith pops up in US, this time in northern Colorado

The Colorado monolith is the latest to spring up inexplicably all over the world.

China's lunar probe returns to Earth with first-ever rock samples from 'dark side' of moon

“This is a global first in the sense that it’s the first time anyone has been able to take off from the far side of the moon and bring back...

Boy, 6, drowns in New Jersey day camp pool: 'Absolutely devastated and heartbroken'

“Our thoughts at this most difficult time are with our camper’s family, friends and loved ones."

OceanGate co-founder to lead dive into 'virtually unexplored' ocean sinkhole year after Titan sub implosion: 'Expect the unexpected'

“Venturing into uncharted waters, our team will have to ‘expect the unexpected.’”

Wealthy white couple allegedly kept their black adopted children as slaves, locked them in barn: report

Donald Ray Lantz, 63, and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 62, pleaded not guilty to more than a dozen new charges on Tuesday after several kids were found locked in a crumbling...

Julian Assange pleads guilty to publishing American military secrets -- allowing him to head home to Australia

Julian Assange has pleaded guilty to publishing classified American military secrets, according to reports –  opening the door for the WikiLeaks founder to return home to Australia for the first...

Beachgoer looking for turtle nests finds bricks of cocaine worth $4M

A man scouring a north Florida beach for sea turtle nests stumbled instead upon more than 70 pounds of cocaine bricks with a street value of $4 million, according to...

Hero cops race to rescue kids as dad allegedly tries to drown them at Conn. beach: 'Guardian angels'

“It was obvious at this point that the male… was deliberately drowning his children,” police said.

Vandals spray paints ‘F--k Elon’ on 34 new Tesla Cybertrucks in Florida

Vandals with an apparent vendetta against Tesla CEO Elon Musk spray painted “F—k Elon” on 34 brand new Cybertrucks in Florida. Fort Lauderdale police received a call around 8:30 Thursday...

Elon Musk fathered a third child with Neuralink executive: report

Tesla CEO Elon Musk fathered a third child with an executive at Neuralink, his brain-chip implant company, according to a report.

Fights erupt at New Jersey HS graduation in caught-on-camera chaos: 'Egregious behavior'

“This was supposed to be an enjoyable night..."

Dueling porch pirates fight to steal 'very expensive' package seconds after driver drops it off: video

Shocking security footage captured the moment two porch pirates raced each other to a Pennsylvania man’s front door and duked it out over a package just seconds after a FedEx...

Green-haired brute beats NYC deli worker to bloody pulp, sickening video shows

"Abdul lost all of his top teeth, has a broken nose and internal bleeding in his head"

14 adorable puppies rescued from rollover crash in Connecticut: 'Happy ending'

Fourteen adorable puppies were rescued from a rollover crash in Connecticut on Thursday morning, according to officials.

Young girl faints as Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signs controversial Ten Commandments bill: video

“If you want to respect the rule of law, you’ve got to start from the original lawgiver, which was Moses,” the governor declared.