New York — A Daily News review of the latest NYPD crime statistics shows drugs are a factor in at least half of city homicides – and two out of three victims are black.
New York — Michael Brea, an actor who has appeared on the TV show “Ugly Betty” and the movie, “Step Up: 3D” was arrested for killing his mother, Yannick Brea with a freemason sword, the New York Post reports. “I heard a shriek and a woman yelling ‘help me’,” Vernal Bent said. “We called 911 […]
New York (CNN) — Two former employees of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff have been arrested by the FBI in relation to his massive Ponzi scheme, according to FBI spokesman Jim Margolin. Joann Crupi was arrested overnight in New Jersey and Annette Bongiorno was taken into custody in Florida. Charges against the two will be announced […]
VIA: CNN.COM A driver for the Valentine Cab Co. in Roosevelt, New York, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after he kicked a young boy out of his cab Tuesday for not having any money, police said. Nassau County Police detectives say a 7-year-old boy with special needs was put into a […]
New York City agreed on Tuesday to pay more than $7 million to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the family and two friends of Sean Bell, a 23-year-old black man fatally shot by the police in 2006, on what would have been his wedding day. The decision came after two days of intense negotiations […]
Formspring.me is a fairly new social networking site used by teenagers, mainly designed to allow users to anonymously post questions and comments on other users pages; however, it is growing a reputation as a place to gossip and insult people by posting profane, sexual and intentionally hurtful things.
VIA: WTVD.COM Police say four upstate New York teenagers who tried to hold their breath for the time it took their car to go a third of a mile were hurt when the driver fainted. Authorities say three 19-year-old men and a 16-year-old boy were traveling together late Monday night when they decided to try […]
VIA: CNN.COM Police have arrested former National Football League star Lawrence Taylor in a rape investigation in New York, authorities said Thursday. The Town of Ramapo Police Department issued a statement saying Taylor had been arrested as part of an investigation into a report of a rape Thursday in Montebello, New York. Taylor, a linebacker […]
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Four men accused of trying to bomb synagogues and shoot down planes in New York last spring did little more than go along with a fake plot proposed, directed and funded by the federal government, defense lawyers claim in asking the court to dismiss the case.
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – David Paterson has launched a campaign for a full four-year term as New York’s governor.
