crime
Bitter former JetBlue employee arrested for calling in fake bomb threat at JFK's TWA Hotel
A disgruntled former JetBlue employee was arrested Wednesday for calling in a phony bomb threat and leaving a cellphone with a note that read "explosive device" inside the TWA Hotel...
Maniac accused of killing dad, brother with hammer thought family was downloading child porn on his email, putting poop in his food: cops
"I just murdered my brother and father," he told police.
Crime-plagued NYC bodegas implementing 'panic buttons' to combat ballooning violence
A group representing New York City bodegas said it is launching a "panic button" pilot program to help small shop owners combat the rash of violence that has placed them...
Victim of NYC antisemitic dog poop attack predicts attacker will get slap on the wrist if caught
The Jewish man who had a bag of dog feces hurled at his face by a bike-riding bigot predicted his attacker won't spend a day in jail if he's eventually...
Woman doused with bleach, bludgeoned by four in NYC furniture store mugging
Two men and two women stormed up to the 24-year-old victim inside the Fat Albert and Hollywood Furniture store in Mott Haven around 5:45 p.m., authorities said.
Carjacker with 'sausage fingers' fails to break into Tesla after failing to grasp door handles
Extraordinary footage from New Zealand shows the moment a carjacker fails to enter a Tesla, proving the popular EV’s “clever handles have prevented crime”.
Mom of missing schoolgirl named suspect in 2022 disappearance a month after prison release
Since the mother’s release, investigators put out a flyer with Diana’s face next to her missing daughter and believe she may know or have something to do with her daughter’s...
Wild video shows woman, 58, viciously attacked in NYC by baseball bat-wielding thugs
The two attackers -- dressed head-to-toe in black -- ran up behind their target, with the first suspect delivering a punch to the back of her head.
NYC's East Village has gone back in time to the bad old days of 'Rent'
In 1996, "Rent" was a snapshot of a downtown neighborhood in the papers for all the wrong reasons. Now the East Village is right there again.
NJ video game nut flies to Florida overnight to attack online rival with hammer: cops
Edward Kang is facing attempted murder and burglary charges after flying to Florida overnight to attack a rival gamer with a hammer in his own home, authorities said.
Fatal NYC shooting on luxury store-lined block could have been botched robbery: sources
A 31-year-old was fatally shot early Tuesday on a SoHo block lined with posh shops -- during what appeared to have been a botched robbery, cops and sources said.
12-year-old murder victim fought for her life -- leaving bite and scratch marks on illegal migrant: prosecutors
Johan Jose Rangel Martinez allegedly said that he had to "finish what he started" as he covered her mouth, prosecutors said.
NYC bodega worker describes vicious hammer attack that left her blacked out, battered: 'I'm afraid now'
Oralia Perez, 41, was beaten by a customer at A&D Deli Grocery on East 188th Street on Saturday morning.
Who suffers from defunding the police? This blue city has over 1,000 unsolved murders
One major Midwest city has more than 1,000 murder cases over last decade that remain unsolved as police battle staff shortages, budget cuts.
Teen found covered in dried blood in wrecked truck is 'uncooperative' with cops as they probe bizarre mystery
“There is a large amount of blood along the driver’s side A-frame, as well as the outside of the bed.”
Video shows LA DA's right-hand man arrested in DUI stop: 'You've pulled over the wrong person'
LA DA George Gascon's No. 2, Joseph Iniquez, recorded altercation with Azusa PD.
Will a crime wave in this Pennsylvania city shape the 2024 election outcome?
Scranton, the Electric City and boyhood home of President Joe Biden, will likely figure in the political headlines throughout the 2024 election season.
Fillmore East plaque vanishes from NYC building, sparking rock'n'roll mystery where Jimi Hendrix, Allman Brothers graced the stage
A metal plaque commemorating the Fillmore East — one of the most storied, iconic venues in music history — has vanished from the site of the long-shuttered Lower East Side...
We must fight Soros prosecutors and end rampant violence
Soros has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to influence elections at every level, in every corner of the country.
'Horrid' NYC street where 3 people were stabbed in broad daylight was 's--thole' long before fatal attack, locals say
Open-air heroin use, mentally disturbed homeless people, human waste and troubling spasms of violence have turned a stretch of the East Village into a "s---thole," locals say.