Crime and Courts

Deputies in New York City broke up another massive party held amid a surge in coronavirus cases.

Michelle Howard grew up among the grit and glamour of Atlantic City, New Jersey. She thrived on the energy of the bustling resort town, the 24-hour casinos and endless nightlife. “She was the life of the party,” her daughter, Dawn Register, told Dateline. “She was fun and lively and had a go-getter mentality. But she also wanted the best for…

Police say a man who allegedly stole a New York Post delivery van drove through Manhattan, at one point evading police, before crashing the truck and injuring an officer. The suspect took off with the delivery van shortly after 3 a.m. Friday near Lexington Ave and East 42nd Street, police said. A New York Post driver had hopped out to…

The car came bursting out of a garage, narrowly missing three pedestrians before jetting across the street and barreling through an outdoor dining setup, and coming to a halt just a few feet away from slamming into the front of the restaurant itself

Police reported another attack within New York City’s subway system on Saturday — it’s at least the third violent assault against a passenger of the MTA this week. A man was waiting for a train at the High Street subway station near Cadman Plaza Park in Brooklyn when he was slashed in the face Saturday afternoon. The victim was...

Two men were shot and killed late Friday morning when gunfire was directed at a moving car near JFK Airport, police said. The driver and front-seat passenger in a vehicle traveling on International Airport Center Boulevard in Queens were struck by gunfire and killed around 11:45 a.m., according to the NYPD. The victims, identified by police sources as Nier Vives…

Attorney General William Barr and Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero said the U.S. would drop the charges and allow Mexico to investigate and determine if Salvatore Cienfuegos Zepeda should be tried in that country.

Flames come shooting out from the weapon and high into the air, and later onto the ground, as the man jumps around on top of the bus that had about two dozen riders inside at the time.

A woman was arrested in the attack of two employees of a Maryland ice cream shop.

The previously unknown assailant wanted for a brazen assault against Rick Moranis, star of “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,” has been taken into custody, police said Saturday. The 67-year-old actor and comedian had just gotten back to his Upper West Side building from a morning walk on Oct. 1 when the suspect, without saying a word, allegedly punched Moranis in…

The family said they were attacked in the parking lot outside their Queens home, and when the woman returned to the apartment after her husband was hospitalized, an attacker again threatened their lives

Two women in Maryland say they were attacked while working at an ice cream shop because they asked two customers to wear masks. Nythia Davis and her friend McKeniva drove to work Saturday at a Cold Stone Creamery ice cream shop in Edgewater. The trouble started when a man and woman walked in about 7:30 p.m., passing a sign on…

A Staten Island man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly threatening to kill — or ordering others on social media to kill — protesters, Democrats, politicians and law enforcement members, according to FBI officials

Two newborn boys who were found dead on the patio of a Bronx building Monday afternoon likely were born less than 24 hours earlier, multiple law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation told News 4 Tuesday. Detectives feel strongly that the newborns were twins, but they are awaiting confirmation from the medical examiner’s office. They are also awaiting a…

Authorities are investigating the deaths of two newborn boys who were found wrapped in brown paper on the patio of a Bronx building Monday afternoon, police officials say. According to police, the superintendent of the multi-story building on College Avenue in the Concourse section found the baby boys, both thought to be only a week old, on the patio just…

Several weeks after a brutal beating of a 79-year-old man on a New York City street, the victim has died, police said Wednesday. The NYPD says a man approached Angel Diaz who was outside his apartment on Hoyt Street on Sept. 13. Video surveillance of the incident shows Diaz trying to fend off the man with his cane but the…

The self-improvement guru whose organization, NXIVM, attracted millionaires and actresses among its adherents, was sentenced to 120 years in prison Tuesday on convictions that he turned some followers into sex slaves branded with his initials

A college student visiting New York City was the unintended target of deadly gunfire Saturday morning in Brooklyn, police said. Police officials say 20-year-old Ethan Williams of Indiana was found around 2:30 a.m. on Eldert Street with a gunshot wound to his chest. He later died at Wyckoff Medical Center. The victim’s family says the Indiana University student was...

A Virginia woman who pretended to be a psychologist, treating hundreds of patients and even testifying as a medical expert during custody hearings in court, was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison. Family after family testified in court in Stafford County on Friday about the damage done by Sharonda Avery. These families trusted Avery so much and were so…

A woman is recovering after she was pushed onto the subway tracks at a station in Times Square, police said Friday. The 28-year-old victim suffered minor wrist injuries after a man pushed her from the northbound N/Q/R platform near W 42nd Street and 7th Avenue, according to the NYPD. Police say a man with shaggy hair, beard and navy...