A 17-year-old boy who fled Ecuador to escape its violent gangs was killed when a dirt bike he was riding with a friend collided with a minivan just two blocks from his Bronx home, officials said Tuesday. Juan Alexander Quizhpi Naranjo was riding north on Metcalf Ave. with a 14-year-old girl seated behind him when … Read more
The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing 51-year-old fisherman who is presumed dead after his boat capsized in the waters off Queens on Sunday, killing three of his friends. The search was ended for Bronx resident Vernon Glasford at 6 p.m. on Monday, with his body still missing. Glasford was on the … Read more
Karl Jordan, one of the men convicted of killing Run-DMC legend Jam Master Jay, was stabbed in the MDC Brooklyn jail, the Daily News has learned. Jordan, 41, survived the attack and was hospitalized after he was stabbed during a weekend fight at the Sunset Park lockup, where he’s being held as he awaits sentencing, … Read more
A three-man burglary team has spent the last three months targeting mom-and-pop pharmacies throughout New York City, stealing cash and opioids — but NYPD detectives may have scored a break in the case after their last heist, officials said Saturday. Cops recovered clear surveillance images of one of the men responsible for the 10 heists … Read more
A video recording of a man with a bullhorn shouting vile anti-Islamic obscenities outside a Brooklyn mosque has left worshippers rattled and local politicians including Gov. Hochul decrying the hate-filled act. The unidentified man, whose face is covered by a ski mask and who appears to be wearing a Make America Great Again red baseball … Read more
Two headphone-snatching hooligans are being sought for robbing seven people in a weeklong spree in lower Manhattan and Staten Island, police said Thursday. Cops believe the young suspects use the Staten Island Ferry to transport back and forth between the two boroughs following the first robbery on Feb. 10. The thefts have continued through Tuesday, … Read more
The president of the probation officers union on Monday blasted the way Department of Probation leadership handled the case of the 5,000 bullets that went unaccounted for from the NYPD’s firing range at Rodmans Neck in the Bronx. Dalvanie Powell told the Daily News the two female probation officers who discovered the problem last July … Read more
More than 100 Department of Correction officers turned out Friday at an Upper West Side hospital to applaud the release of a female colleague who was seriously injured after she was punched in the face by a man held on Rikers Island who is accused of also previously attacking an MTA station agent. The officers … Read more
A 14-year-old boy has died after being stabbed in Queens in a possible gang attack, police said Friday. The victim was stabbed in the abdomen around 3:30 p.m. near 38th St. and Queens Blvd. in Sunnyside, police said. Medics rushed the boy to Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, but he could not be saved. … Read more
A federal appeals court has rejected fallen R&B star R. Kelly’s bid to overturn his New York sex trafficking and racketeering conviction. Kelly, 58, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison in June 2022 on racketeering and sex trafficking charges, argued through his attorneys that he didn’t run a racketeering enterprise because his employees … Read more