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

Queens middle school teacher busted for allegedly raping teen

Queens middle school teacher busted for allegedly raping teen

A Queens middle school teacher was busted Tuesday morning for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenager, cops said. David Ospino, 36, who teaches at Intermediate School 204 Oliver Wendell Holmes Middle School in Long Island City, faces charges of rape and endangering the welfare of a child. The alleged victim was not a student at the … Read more

Gotti grandsons busted for Queens beatdown of in-law over robbery

Gotti grandsons busted for Queens beatdown of in-law over robbery

Two grandsons of the late Gambino crime boss John “Teflon Don” Gotti were arrested for beating up an in-law during an old-school neighborhood street beatdown, officials said. Brothers Frankie Gotti, 27, and John Gotti, 31, allegedly assaulted brother-in-law Gino Gabrielli for breaking into a Howard Beach home John Gotti shares with his wife, Eleanor Gabrielli, … Read more

Puppy who chewed dead Queens baby’s face was to be trained as service dog: parents

Puppy who chewed dead Queens baby’s face was to be trained as service dog: parents

The puppy who chewed off the face of a Queens baby girl who had just died in her parents bed was going to be trained as a service dog for the baby’s non-verbal autistic stepbrother, the heartbroken parents said Thursday. The mother and stepdad of 6-week-old Kiyanna Winfield say she was born with a heart … Read more

Suspect arrested in Virginia for beating NYPD cop and stealing gun in Bronx beatdown

Suspect arrested in Virginia for beating NYPD cop and stealing gun in Bronx beatdown

A suspect wanted for the caught-on-video beatdown of an off-duty NYPD cop robbed of his wallet and pistol has been captured in Virginia, cops said Tuesday. U.S. marshals, working with the NYPD, used the handcuffs belonging to the wounded cop when they took 23-year-old Taveon Hargrove into custody, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on X. … Read more