A 15-year-old was ordered held without bail in the caught-on-camera killing of a 14-year-old boy in a Bronx playground, officials said Friday. The teen, who was ordered to a juvenile facility until his next court date, was the last of four suspects charged in the death of Angel Mendoza to be arraigned, officials said. Cops … Read more
The National Dominican Day parade will start two hours earlier and run fewer blocks, with 500 more cops assigned compared to last year, when one man was slashed and the celebration was shut down early, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Friday. “From my perspective, having looked at what occurred last year and the staffing numbers, … Read more
A carriage horse collapsed and died on a Manhattan street Tuesday afternoon, officials said — reigniting the debate over use of the animals. The 15-year-old Standardbred Cross horse named “Lady” was on her way from Central Park to her stable when she suddenly collapsed around 2:28 p.m. near West 51St. and 11th Ave. in Hell’s … Read more
A driver struck and killed a 47-year-old pedestrian crossing a Brooklyn street, then left the scene, police said Sunday. The crash happened around 3:45 a.m. on Saturday at Broadway and Suydam St., on the Bedford-Stuyvesant-Bushwick border, cops said. Police found the man dead at the scene, then determined that an unknown vehicle struck him while … Read more
Two men were wounded, one fatally, in a spray of bullets during a gathering in a Brooklyn playground early Sunday, police said. The victims were hanging out in Powell Playground on Glenmore Ave. near Powell St. in Brownsville when shots rang out about 12:35 a.m., police said. Medics rushed a 42-year-old man shot in the … Read more
Sebije Nelovic is the one who got away — the cleaner who dodged death as the Park Ave. shooter opened fire on her but missed. She somehow managed to flee and hid in a supply closet, where she stayed for nearly three hours until police pulled her out. The 65-year-old employee of Rudin Management was … Read more
A man stabbed with his own knife in a West Village subway station died in a clash with two brothers he attacked for giving him a “dirty look”, police sources told the Daily News on Monday. The brothers, ages 20 and 24, had just exited a No. 1 train at the 14th-St.-Seventh Ave. subway station … Read more
A 1-year-old girl was thrown down a garbage chute by her uncle, sending her tumbling three floors to the basement incinerator inside a Staten Island apartment building Monday afternoon, cops said. The baby suffered only minor abrasions to her torso after being tossed down the chute inside the seven-story building near Steuben St. and Weser Ave. … Read more
A man dozing aboard a Manhattan subway train early Monday morning woke up to a nightmare — a belligerent straphanger who ended up stabbing him in the head. The 56-year-old victim was sleeping on a southbound 1 train when Geovalny Alcantara, 20, sat next to him around 6:14 a.m.. The victim woke up from his … Read more
The badly decomposed body of a man believed to be in his 40s was found in a van on a Queens street, police said Monday. The corpse was discovered in a white van parked on Calloway St. near Otis Ave. in Corona about 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, cops said. There were no obvious signs of … Read more