Bronx BMW driver arrested for fatally striking 75-year-old man returning home from mosque

Bronx BMW driver arrested for fatally striking 75-year-old man returning home from mosque

A BMW driver has been arrested after a four-month investigation for fatally striking a 75-year-old Bronx man walking home from mosque, police said Thursday. Rafael Delgado, 61, was charged Wednesday with reckless endangerment, failure to yield and failure to exercise due care, cops said. Victim Wahid Miah had the right of way as he crossed … Read more

Long Island child therapist pleads guilty to sharing baby rape child pornography

Long Island child therapist pleads guilty to sharing baby rape child pornography

A Long Island child therapist admitted Wednesday she collected and shared baby rape videos online, and even pretended to be the one doing the raping in online chats. Renee Hoberman, 37, who also goes by the name Rina, pleaded guilty to receipt and distribution of child pornography in Long Island Federal Court, after she posted … Read more

Eight indicted in bust of violent ’18th St. Gang’ feds say took over Queens street

Eight indicted in bust of violent ’18th St. Gang’ feds say took over Queens street

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn announced Monday the indictment of eight members of the violent 18th St. Gang, including the leader of their Queens crew, on racketeering, assault and other charges. The suspects are all accused of being members of the “54 Tiny Locos” clique of the 18th St. Gang — a transnational gang and MS-13 … Read more

2 court officers slashed in Manhattan Criminal Court, attacker arrested

2 court officers slashed in Manhattan Criminal Court, attacker arrested

Two court officers were stabbed and slashed by an apparently emotionally disturbed man at Manhattan Criminal Court Monday morning in what authorities called a “targeted attack.” When Jonathan Vohl, 37, first arrived at the courthouse about 9:44 a.m., he lined up at a metal detector and started the process of having his belongings scanned inside … Read more

Grandma of 2-year-old Montrell Williams, drowned in Bronx River, says NYPD botched response

Grandma of 2-year-old Montrell Williams, drowned in Bronx River, says NYPD botched response

The mourning maternal grandmother of 2-year-old Montrell Williams said she is filled with contempt for the boy’s father accused of tossing the toddler in the Bronx River — and for NYPD cops she accuses of not moving quickly enough to find the victim. Octavia Roane is heartbroken over the horrific death of her only grandchild, … Read more

Garbage truck, MTA bus, oil truck accidents claim 3 lives in NYC in 1 day

Garbage truck, MTA bus, oil truck accidents claim 3 lives in NYC in 1 day

A 26-year-old man riding a gas-powered moped died after a Department of Sanitation-commissioned garbage truck smashed into him in Brooklyn, police said Friday. Both vehicles were traveling westbound on Bushwick Ave. in East Williamsburg around 9:30 a.m. when the 20-year-old garbage truck driver plowed into the moped rider while trying to turn right onto Flushing … Read more

Double shooting outside Bronx smoke shop leaves 2 men in critical condition

Double shooting outside Bronx smoke shop leaves 2 men in critical condition

Two men — possibly brothers — were shot in the Bronx Friday night, with both near death, police and sources said. The pair were hanging out outside a smoke shop on Dyre Ave. near Light St. in Baychester — near the last stop on the No. 5 subway line — when a man opened fire … Read more

Body believed to be missing 2-year-old Bronx boy Montrell Williams found in East River

Body believed to be missing 2-year-old Bronx boy Montrell Williams found in East River

A body believed to be missing 2-year-old Bronx boy Montrell Williams was recovered from the East River Wednesday afternoon, police sources said. Investigators are working to officially confirm the identity of the child’s body found in the waters off Ferry Point Park in the Bronx near the Whitestone Bridge at 12:18 p.m. “We are grieving, … Read more

Harvey Weinstein convicted in Manhattan sexual assault retrial in split verdict

Harvey Weinstein convicted in Manhattan sexual assault retrial in split verdict

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted on a sexual assault charge in a split verdict in Manhattan Wednesday, a year after the verdict in his landmark 2020 trial was overturned. Despite tension among jurors, the panel of seven women and five men found Weinstein guilty after five days of deliberation of conducting a criminal sex … Read more

Harvey Weinstein judge denies mistrial bid in NYC sex assault retrial as jury deliberations continue

Harvey Weinstein judge denies mistrial bid in NYC sex assault retrial as jury deliberations continue

A Manhattan judge in Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault retrial denied his motion for a mistrial Friday after a juror said he heard fellow jurors talking about another member of the panel in a courthouse elevator. Jurors ended the day without a verdict and are due back in Manhattan Supreme Court Monday morning. Weinstein’s lawyers … Read more