Two men hung a noose from a Queens water tower, then apparently stopped to snap a picture of it with a cell phone, cops said Sunday. The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident as a possible bias crime. The men hoisted the noose from a tower on top of a building on … Read more
A pair of crazed cyclists attacked a man on the Upper West Side, critically injuring him after one of attackers beat the victim over the head with their bicycle, cops said Thursday. The 45-year-old victim was walking near the corner of W. 82nd St. and Central Park West on the edge of the park around … Read more
Relatives of a pedestrian killed by an e-bike rider on a Brooklyn street said there should be stronger laws to regulate the motorized vehicles — and tougher penalties for reckless riders. “There needs to be more strict laws regarding this,” said Elvira Ramirez Cruz, whose nephew Luis Cruz, 49, was mowed down by an e-bike … Read more
Early on the day a Brooklyn mom is accused in connection with the drowning of her 6-year-old daughter Madeline Tavarez during a bathtub baptism, she sent the girl’s aunt an ominous message. “Pray for peace and for Madeline the devil wants her bc she is not baptized,” reads a text to the aunt viewed by … Read more
A 54-year-old woman serving a year on Rikers Island for misdemeanor assault died early Thursday, with her son charging the notorious Queens detention center “killed her.” The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility and is the fourth fatality connected to New York City jails since Feb. 19. It comes … Read more
A Ponzi schemer’s “extraordinary” cooperation with authorities wasn’t enough to spare him federal prison time, after one of his many victims spoke out in court about the enormous human cost of his multimillion-dollar scam. Gregory Altieri, a former Long Island jewelry business owner, was sentenced to two and a half years behind bars Thursday, after … Read more
A clubgoer left in critical condition after he was set on fire as he left a nightspot near Times Square is a well-liked party promoter who organizes celebrity shindigs, a friend said on Monday. Mark Whyte, 45, is in critical but stable condition and a lot of pain a day after a man doused him … Read more
Police released photos Saturday of a masked suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a 33-year-old man last month. The unidentified gunman allegedly shot in the back both Kemahni Smalls, who had just been released from prison a year ago, and a 32-year-old man in front of a Shaking Crab restaurant near Pelham Parkway South … Read more
A man was fatally stabbed after he was jumped in downtown Brooklyn, officials said Saturday. Michael Hernandez, 27, was walking near the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush Aves. — a few steps from the Barclays Center — about 9 p.m. Friday when a group of people raced over and attacked him in the street, witnesses … Read more
Two men were busted for operating a deadly counterfeit pill factory out of a Harlem apartment, where authorities seized over 30,000 fentanyl-laced pills and loaded guns, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Shamel Robinson, 31, of Manhattan, and Brandon Morris, 30, from Rock Hill, S.C., face multiple charges of criminal possession of controlled substances and criminal possession of … Read more