An unsuspecting and innocent Montrell Williams stood next to his dad for several minutes on an expressway overpass last month before the unhinged father hoisted the toddler over the railing and into the cold, murky waters of the Bronx River below, prosecutors said Thursday. “Montrell was seen alive and standing near his father moments before … Read more
A 50-year-old man found stabbed in the back of the neck at a Greenwich Village subway station has died, police said Tuesday. The city’s medical examiner on Friday declared the death of Vincent Norman a homicide after he succumbed to his injuries at Bellevue Hospital. Transit officers were conducting an inspection at the W. Fourth … Read more
A Brooklyn ballet dancer who stopped into his local 99-cent store to buy balloons — only to be attacked with a razor by a 79-year-old worker accused of spewing homophobic slurs — says the suspect appeared to be trying to stab his eye out. Nathaniel Platt was in a hurry to make a dance performance … Read more
Around three dozen people were injured after a mega yacht struck a Hudson River dock in upper Manhattan on Saturday afternoon, the FDNY said. First responders rushed to the scene around 4:18 p.m. near the Henry Hudson Parkway and W. 130th St. off of West Harlem after a large cocktail cruise ship with several hundred … Read more
New York City elected officials and the NYPD announced Saturday night an increase in police presence at sensitive sites following the U.S. striking three Iranian nuclear facilities. “We’re tracking the situation unfolding in Iran,” the NYPD said in a post on X around 9 p.m., an hour before President Trump discussed the strikes in a … Read more
A BMW driver has been arrested after a four-month investigation for fatally striking a 75-year-old Bronx man walking home from mosque, police said Thursday. Rafael Delgado, 61, was charged Wednesday with reckless endangerment, failure to yield and failure to exercise due care, cops said. Victim Wahid Miah had the right of way as he crossed … Read more
A Long Island child therapist admitted Wednesday she collected and shared baby rape videos online, and even pretended to be the one doing the raping in online chats. Renee Hoberman, 37, who also goes by the name Rina, pleaded guilty to receipt and distribution of child pornography in Long Island Federal Court, after she posted … Read more
After a year of delays, Grand Central Madison is expected to get its first bar-restaurant next month — an eastern outpost of the well-known Penn Station pub Tracks. “I’m very excited to come into Grand Central,” Bruce Caulfield, co-owner of the transit watering hole, told reporters Monday. “I’ve already hired staff.” “I grew up on … Read more
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn announced Monday the indictment of eight members of the violent 18th St. Gang, including the leader of their Queens crew, on racketeering, assault and other charges. The suspects are all accused of being members of the “54 Tiny Locos” clique of the 18th St. Gang — a transnational gang and MS-13 … Read more
Two court officers were stabbed and slashed by an apparently emotionally disturbed man at Manhattan Criminal Court Monday morning in what authorities called a “targeted attack.” When Jonathan Vohl, 37, first arrived at the courthouse about 9:44 a.m., he lined up at a metal detector and started the process of having his belongings scanned inside … Read more