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At least 5 stabbed or slashed – 2 apparently unprovoked – in Sunday spurt of violence in NYC: sources
In the earliest assault, a stranger hugged a 22-year-old man before slashing his neck in what appeared to be an unprovoked attack on Canal Street near West Broadway in SoHo,...
Violent vagrant charged in NYC slashing, arson attack on store worker gets freed without bail
A deranged vagrant who allegedly slashed a worker at a Brooklyn dollar store and then tried to light his victim on fire was cut loose without bail — after just...
Investigation launched after Rikers Island inmate dies in custody – marking first detainee death of 2025
Ramel Powell, 38 died around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday inside the Otis Bantum Correctional Facility within the city’s most notorious lockup, according to the Department of Correction.
Deranged vagrant slashes NYC store clerk with machete, tries to torch him in gum dispute -- while out with no bail
Joaquin Hidalgo already had four open assault cases in the Big Apple when cops said he flipped out at a Brooklyn discount store on Monday, slashing a clerk with a...
Rival NYC gang members spark bloody melee in Manhattan courthouse hallway, leaving two slashed
Rival gang members sparked a melee in a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday, leaving two people slashed and a hallway covered in blood.
Security guards slashed, slugged in scuffle at Times Square nightclub
The bloody Manhattan dispute stemmed from a beef over bag checks at the front door, sources said.
NYC machete attack victim fears brute will return to decapitate his dog
Tayquon Young, 34, is still recovering from the horrifying Friday morning assault, while the brute who attacked him and threatened to kill 4-year-old pup Chanel remains on the loose, an...
2 men stab each other during fight on Grand Central platform in yet another violent subway incident: NYPD
Two men slashed each other as an early-morning clash turned vicious on the subway platform at Grand Central Tuesday, the latest in a rash of violence in and near the...
Convicted child rapist slashed ex, shoved her on NYC subway tracks in front of terrified teen daughters: DA
“Despite what must have been a terrifying attack, one of her daughters was able to pull her mother from the tracks, likely saving her life," Bragg said.
2 men killed, 8 hurt in New Year's Day slashings, stabbings, shootings: cops
In the first homicide of the year, a 50-year-old man was found slashed in the neck around 4:20 a.m. at the corner of West 137th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard...
Alleged Grand Central slasher cries out for his mom at first court appearance for unprovoked attacks
Jason Sargeant, 28, was arraigned on charges of assault and attempted assault.
MTA cleaner slashes man during fight over bleach poured in station: sources
The 47-year-old victim was snoozing on the southbound platform of the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station around 1:45 a.m. when the worker poured bleach on the floor next to him, according...
NYC store security guard slashed in face after trying to stop female shoplifters
A T.J. Maxx security guard was knifed in the face when he tried to stop a group of female robbers from leaving the Brooklyn store during a brazen shoplifting spree,...
'Blacked out' Delta flight attendant slashed co-worker in neck during wild night out in New Orleans: cops
"He has no memory of the incident at all, nothing," the man's attorney said.
Teen stabbed, man slashed as subway arguments turn violent in latest NYC transit chaos
The older victim was standing on the southbound M train platform at 42nd Street-Bryant Park around 9 a.m. when a scuffle with another straphanger turned violent, police said.
Italian tourist slashed by deranged woman in random NYC attack — but says he still loves the Big Apple: 'I am not afraid here'
An Italian tourist who was slashed with a kitchen knife in Midtown Manhattan said he thought he was punched -- and said the NYPD stepped up to help.
Italian tourist slashed in unprovoked attack near Times Square
An Italian tourist was slashed in the hand by a woman he didn't know in Midtown Manhattan Saturday morning, cops said.
Crazed NYC suspect accused of slashing Danish tourist tries to escape handcuffs, talks incoherently through court hearing
Joshua Zinberg repeatedly interrupted his Manhattan Criminal Court arraignment on an attempted murder charge -- screaming to the judge at one point, "Who are you?"
Unhinged suspect in alleged slashing spits on reporters after he's turned in by his own mom
The 25-year-old menace – accused of slashing the 55-year-old out-of-towner on West 86th Street off Columbus Avenue late Wednesday morning – was nabbed around 1 a.m. when eagle-eyed patrol cops...
Elderly man and daughter ID'd as victims in Brooklyn throat slashings, while woman's beau eerily told kin, 'You know what happened': sources
The 46-year-old beau has been taken into custody as a person of interest in the Cypress Hills double slay but has not been charged in the senseless killings of the "very nice'' neighborhood...