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Maniac charged in cold case slaying of transgender performer, 'Puerto Rican Beyoncé' Lorena Escalera: cops
Henry Pacheco, 44, was charged with murder, arson and petit larceny in connection to the May 12, 2012 death of Lorena Escalera, 25, who went by the stage name Lorena...
Rock-hurling NYC bandits smash 70-year-old's car window, steal $20K in broad daylight: cops
The 70-year-old victim was driving in Cobble Hill when the two brutes attacked, authorities said.
15 injured — including 3 firefighters — after massive NYC fire rips through yeshiva dormitory: FDNY
Fifteen people were hurt – including three firefighters — when a massive Friday morning blaze ripped through a Brooklyn dormitory used to house yeshiva students.
EMT busted in 2021 NYC murder of man in botched Range Rover heist: cops
Jordan Hannah, 26, who sources say was hired by the FDNY in January of 2022, was busted around 9 a.m. on multiple charges – including first-degree murder – in the...
Helmet-wearing menaces who allegedly shot, stole $22K Rolex from NYC cellphone store worker charged with attempted murder
During the Astoria dust-up, one of the thieves fired multiple rounds at the victim, hitting him in both legs and his torso, cops said.
Parolee with 20 priors busted in brutal attempted rape of woman while posing as ICE agent in NYC: sources
Leon Howell, 43, took the 51-year-old woman’s iPhone during the brutal Tuesday attack inside the building at Montague and Henry Streets – but that ended up working to cops’ advantage...
NYC roommate busted for hacking 65-year-old to death over food, remains found in suitcase floating in East River: cops
A 23-year-old allegedly confessed to knocking his much older roommate down, stomping on his head and using a makeshift ice pick to stab him 14 times, NYPD sources said.
Crazed commuter slashes NYPD officer with broken wine bottle, bites another during 'all-out dogpile' brawl: cops
The cops were conducting a "transit inspection" on the southbound A/C/E platform at the West 4th Street station in Greenwich Village around 2:45 p.m. when they spotted someone acting erratically...
Brazen burglar scoops up $1.5M in jewelry from NYC Macy's, ditches loot when guard confronts him: cops
The thief apparently entered the department store on Fulton Street near Lawrence Street while it was still open and filled two suitcases that the guard said he picked up from...
Predator posing as immigration agent sexually assaults woman, 51, in Brooklyn basement: cops
A predator posing as an immigration agent dragged a 51-year-old woman into a Downtown Brooklyn basement and attempted to rape her before robbing her in a terrifying Tuesday morning encounter,...
Boyfriend, 41, fatally shoots girlfriend, 32, before turning gun on himself in horrific, caught-on-camera NYC murder-suicide: cops
The gunman opened fire on the woman, striking her in the head outside his Bushwick home before turning the gun on himself — twice, according to authorities, a witness and...
Drunken tractor-trailer driver crashes on LIE — leaving trail of wreckage, spilled fuel: cops
Timothy Murray was driving a Freightliner tractor that was pulling a trailer westbound on the LIE in Dix Hills when he ran off the roadway at the right shoulder, according...
Barefoot brute stabs man with kitchen knife in NYC apartment then runs off with no pants: cops
The two men, 43 and 34, got into a heated argument just after 9 a.m. inside the prewar building on West 45th Street near Ninth Avenue, authorities said.
NYC dad of 4 shot dead, girlfriend 'badly beaten' after confronting stranger parked in driveway spot: cops
Trevor Hughes was blasted in the torso as he and Lavar Davis, 46, got into a heated clash just before 2 a.m. Sunday outside his home on Fowler Avenue near...
Girl, 6, found dead, submerged in filled-up bathtub in NYC home, mom questioned: sources
The girl was discovered unconscious and unresponsive around 1:30 p.m. inside a bathtub within the home on Elton Street near Ridgewood Avenue in Highland Park, cops said.
Career NYC crook who has dodged jail despite dozens of burglary busts is finally held without bail
Al Booker, 41, has managed to rack up more than 40 arrests -- mostly for burglary and criminal mischief -- in a Manhattan crime spree that dates back to 2018,...
Violent teen trio busted for 2 robberies, 1 stabbing in late-night NYC spree: cops
During the late-night crime spree, the two 15-year-olds and one 14-year-old violently robbed a man and woman – and stabbed a 62-year-old man, leaving him in critical condition, authorities and...
Two NYC straphangers punched by hate-spewing attackers in separate subway rides
The victim was riding a northbound F train at Parsons Avenue around 7 a.m. Jan. 13 when the brute approached and snarled, “F–k you Jew and f–k Israel. I know...
Cops search for brazen bandits who posed as deliverymen, tied up and robbed elderly man in NYC apartment
The senior was inside his apartment within NYCHA’s Mitchel Houses on Willis Avenue in Mott Haven around 7:20 p.m. Jan. 19 when two men knocked on his door and claimed...
4 firefighters hurt in massive blaze at long-vacant NYC building: officials
The quick-spreading blaze erupted just before 9 p.m. on the bottom three floors of the five-story structure on West 139th Street near Malcolm X Boulevard, according to the FDNY.