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Boy, 16, charged with manslaughter in deadly shooting of 17-year-old girl, claims he was playing with a gun: sources
Deaza Barkley, 17 – who had dreamed of joining the Air Force after graduating high school – was found with a deadly gunshot wound to her head inside the home...
NYC kingpin nicknamed 'Ghost' who ran $10K-a-week drug ring is back on streets after Biden commutation
Johnny "Ghost" Perez was part of a Times Square drug crew busted in 2021.
Ebola ruled out in NYC urgent care hazmat scare -- may be norovirus instead
Two sick patients suspected to be infected with Ebola were taken from an Upper East Side urgent care to the hospital by first responders in hazmat suits Sunday morning, law...
Utah man accused of threatening to shoot up NYC synagogues arrested entering Lincoln Tunnel: cops
Ramirez is being held at Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny, sources said.
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...
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.
NYC man chopped up and dumped in river was killed while on phone -- and caller heard the whole thing: nephew
“My uncle felt sorry for him," the victim's nephew said. "He said he saw the kid grow up and that he had problems with his mother, and she threw him...
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.
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...
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.
MTA worker’s teeth knocked out by subway vagrant, leaving him afraid to return to work
A city transit worker who was slugged in an unprovoked attack last month said it's gotten so scary in the subway system that he's afraid to return to work.
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.
'Hateful bigot' attacks Jewish man in NYC lobby with unhinged rant: 'I want ISIS to kill all of you!'
“As I got closer, I heard the word ‘Jew’ being thrown around, and ‘genocide’ and ‘Israel’ and ‘Palestine,’ and I just knew immediately," a witness 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...
Hero, 15, saves female friend in NYC subway from beer-chugging migrants — but judge sets one free
A 15-year-old boy said he was with a gal pal when a pair of drunk migrants mugged him at a Brooklyn subway station -- and was shocked to learn one...