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Marine Who Put Man Into Fatal Chokehold on NYC Subway Acted in Self-Defense, Lawyer Says
Lawyers for the 24-year-old man at the center of the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a Manhattan subway train said their client “never intended to harm” the 30-year-old homeless man, and “could not have foreseen his untimely death.”
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NYC Subway Chokehold Death Ruled a Homicide, As Groups Demand Justice for Jordan Neely
The death of a homeless man who allegedly had threatened passengers aboard a New York City subway and was put into a chokehold by one of the riders has been deemed a homicide, according to the medical examiner.
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Death of Acclaimed NYC Fashion Designer Who Dressed Gaga Ruled Homicide 8 Months Later
It was July 24, 2022. NYPD officers responding to a 911 call at a Manhattan apartment building found a 35-year-old woman unresponsive in a bedroom. She had no obvious signs of trauma. On Friday, eight months to the day she was found, police identified the woman as Kathryn Marie Gallagher, a Pennsylvania-born painter and “internationally-recognized fashion designer,” according to her…
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Man Arrested in Brutal Beating of NYC Candy Legend Outside East Village Sweet Shop
The man police say was behind the beating of a 90-year-old Manhattan candy store legend, left bleeding on the ground outside his East Village shop he has run the last 50 years, has been arrested. Luis Peroza was arrested late Friday, days after Ray Alvarez, owner of the eponymous Ray’s Candy Store, was the victim of the 3 a.m. attack…
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A Woman Broke Into Robert De Niro's NYC Townhouse While He Was Home
A recidivist burglar with more than two dozen prior arrests has been arrested for allegedly breaking into Robert De Niro’s Upper East Side home and snatching up all the presents around his Christmas tree while he was home, according to two senior police officials with direct knowledge of the investigation.
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Body Found at West 4th Street Subway Station
A dead man was found between two tracks under a stairwell ramp in a bustling West Village subway hub early Thursday. Cops say the man, whose age and identity remain unclear at this time, had apparent stab or slash wounds to his torso when MTA workers doing a track inspection shortly after midnight discovered him in the area off the…
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NYC Family Murder Suspect Runs Out of Gas in Virginia, Found Covered in Blood: Sources
The 22-year-old man suspected of killing three relatives at the family’s Queens home was apprehended hundreds of miles away, out of gas on the side of the road and covered in blood, a senior law enforcement official said. State police in Virginia found the man hours after he allegedly stole the minivan belonging to one of his victims and...
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WATCH: Man Torches NYC Restaurant Over Wrong Chicken Biryani Order, FDNY Says
The man allegedly started the fire after the restaurant messed up his order of chicken biryani.
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WATCH: Man Torches NYC Restaurant Over Wrong Chicken Biryani Order, FDNY Says
New video from the FDNY shows the moments a man allegedly torched a Queens restaurant after his order — chicken biryani, specifically — came out wrong, authorities say.