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

NYC high schoolers protest Trump admin policies on education, immigration

NYC high schoolers protest Trump admin policies on education, immigration

Several hundred New York City high school students walked out of class Tuesday to protest the Trump administration’s threats to immigrant students and higher education. Around noon, students from at least 25 schools, including the Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School and Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, descended on Union Square Park … 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

How GPS ankle monitor exposed ex-con accused in Randalls Island attack of single mom Diana Agudelo

How GPS ankle monitor exposed ex-con accused in Randalls Island attack of single mom Diana Agudelo

Hours after allegedly bashing in Diana Agudelo’s skull during a chance encounter on Randalls Island, ex-con Miguel Jiraud tried to paint himself as a good Samaritan who did the right thing and called 911 after innocently finding his victim’s broken body near a bike path. But his court-ordered GPS ankle monitor — a stark, uncomfortable … Read more

NYC crypto trader accused of Italian man’s kidnap, torture threatened to kill his family to get Bitcoin password: prosecutors

NYC crypto trader accused of Italian man’s kidnap, torture threatened to kill his family to get Bitcoin password: prosecutors

The 37-year-old crypto trader accused of kidnapping a 28-year-old Italian man inside a luxurious SoHo apartment repeatedly shocked his victim with electric wires, held him upside down from the top of a staircase, cut his leg with a saw and threatened to kill the victim’s family — all to get the password to the man’s … Read more

Kid Cudi tells NYC jury his Porsche was blown up after Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs threatened his life

Kid Cudi tells NYC jury his Porsche was blown up after Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs threatened his life

Kid Cudi took the witness stand at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Manhattan sex trafficking trial Thursday, telling a jury about how his Hollywood Hills home was burgled and his Porsche was torched in his driveway after the hip-hop mogul learned he was dating Casandra “Cassie” Ventura. On the stand in Manhattan federal court, the “Day ‘n’ … Read more

Woman sentenced to 23 years for shooting friend to death at Brooklyn vigil

Woman sentenced to 23 years for shooting friend to death at Brooklyn vigil

A woman was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison for the cold-blooded execution-style slaying of a longtime friend on a Brooklyn sidewalk where mourners had gathered to light candles and pay tribute to a mutual pal. Claudia Banton, 46, had attended the same funeral as victim Delia Johnson a day before the 2021 … Read more

Two slashed, one stabbed in bloody Manhattan fight

Two slashed, one stabbed in bloody Manhattan fight

Two men were slashed and a third was stabbed during a bloody brawl on Manhattan’s East Side early Saturday, cops said. Cops arrested the 20-year-old stabber following the 3:35 a.m. fight on Lexington Ave. near E. 28th St., in Kips Bay, police said. Witnesses said Arlo Willner and three other men were arguing near the … Read more