A Manhattan paralegal was fatally stabbed by his girlfriend inside his Bronx apartment, police said Tuesday. Dwayne Valentine, 40, was stabbed in the chest at his home on Grand Ave. near W. 190th St. at about 11:05 p.m. Monday, cops said. He died at the scene. “Dwayne was a remarkable young man, smart, very quiet and … Read more
A young man was fatally struck in the head by a stray bullet while paying a visit to the Bronx convenience store where he used to work, shocked friends and relatives said Thursday. Daoud “David” Marji was walking back to Unk Candy and Grocery on University Ave. near W. Kingsbridge Road after grabbing a vape pen … Read more
A New York City private equity attorney was accused of drugging, restraining and beating six women — including savage attacks with shock collars and cattle prods intended for livestock — in a bombshell indictment filed in Manhattan on Thursday. The charges were unveiled against Ryan Hemphill, 43, in Manhattan Supreme Court, where he was arraigned … Read more
Earth Day environmental activists defaced Lower Manhattan’s iconic Charging Bull statue Tuesday, then rushed to clean it up before cops arrived, officials said. Videos on social media and photographs from the scene show a handful of Extinction Rebellion activists spray-painting “Greed=Death” onto the flank of the life-size Arturo Di Modica sculpture on Broadway near Morris … Read more
A 38-year-old mentally ill woman and her 8-year-old autistic son mysteriously died in a Bronx home, leaving her 4-year-old traumatized daughter alone in the apartment with the two corpses for several days, police said Saturday. The little girl was heard “screaming for days” inside the E. 231st St. home near White Plains Road in Wakefield … Read more
A 61-year-old man sleeping under a box truck parked on a Bronx street was killed early Thursday when the driver pulled out of the spot, not knowing anyone was beneath the vehicle, police said. The victim was run over by the Hino 338 truck on Coster St. near Randall Ave. in Hunts Point at about … Read more
One man was killed, and two others injured Wednesday in a bloody brawl inside an upper Manhattan deli, police said. Police responded to a call of an assault around 5:30 p.m. near Broadway and W. 212th St. in Inwood — where a 24-year-old man was found outside the Ameer Deli and Grill, fatally stabbed in … Read more
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Tuesday called on Bronx and Manhattan prosecutors to crack down on recidivist criminals going through their courts and “reevaluate any blanket policies” that put them back on the streets without consequences. “These [blanket policies] are not isolated mistakes or unintended consequences,” Tisch said at the City Law Breakfast at New … Read more
A retired NYPD cop took bribes to search police databases when he was on the force, feeding his criminal cousin info to help members of a burglary ring, prosecutors said Monday. Richard Arce, 54 sold his police shield for cheap, typically taking $40 to $50 for each search, according to Brooklyn prosecutors. He fed his … Read more
A man in a “Ghost Face” sweatshirt from the “Scream” horror movie franchise raped a 50-year-old woman on a secluded residential block in Queens, police said Saturday. The victim was nearing the corner of 162nd St. and 89th Ave. in Jamaica at about 3 a.m. Friday when the suspect grabbed her from behind, cops said. … Read more