Edward Caban (center) was formally appointed Police Commissioner in July. He succeeded Keechant Sewell. Crime stats collected by the NYPD have featured a categorical decline in incidents this year. ( Photo via NYC’s Mayor’s Office) NYPD Says Overall Crime Rate Is Down Compared to Last Nov., Hate Crimes Still Surging According to the NYPD’s latest stats roundup, the overall NYC year-over-year crime rate dropped by 4.1 percent last month.... News 07 Dec 2023 | 11:51
Ruja Ignatova, the founder of OneCoin and a target on the FBI’s Most Wanted List, has not been seen since 2017. She was hit with wire fraud and money laundering charges. Her colleague at OneCoin, Irina Dilkinska, pleaded guilty to similar charges. ( Photo via FBI ) As Colleague Cops Wire Fraud Plea, OneCoin “Cryptoqueen” Remains on FBI’s Most Wanted List A compliance officer for the disgraced crypto outfit OneCoin pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in a Manhattan... News 26 Nov 2023 | 07:48
After an 85 year-old man was abruptly shoved onto the tracks at the Rockefeller Center subway station on November 15, 30 year-old suspect Brittan Jones (above) was taken into custody. ( Photo via GeneralPunger on Wikimedia Commons) Man Arrested After 85 y.o. Shoved Onto Rockefeller Center Subway Tracks An 85 year-old man was violently shoved onto the tracks at the Rockefeller Center subway station on Wednesday, November 15.... News 20 Nov 2023 | 11:24
Following a carriage horse collapse in August 2022, coachman Ian McKeever has been charged with animal torture. Carriage steeds (such as the one above) are popular with tourists, who often ride them in Central Park. ( Photo via Wikimedia Commons) Coachman Charged With Animal Torture After Horse Collapses, Is Euthanized A coachman has been charged with animal torture, after his long-suffering carriage horse collapsed on W. 45th St. in the... News 17 Nov 2023 | 07:01
John Rote, a 43 year-old Queens resident that NYPD officers claim allegedly shot at 49 year-old Matthew Roesch, after the latter was seen sticking up a woman at the 49th St. subway station. ( Photo via NYPD ) Dual Arrests: Man Tries to Rob Woman at 49th St. Subway Stop, Vigilante Shoots at Robber An attempted robbery dramatically escalated into a Wild West scenario at the 49th St. subway station (serving the N, R and... News 12 Nov 2023 | 04:52
A glass bottle wielding lunatic attacked a man outside Whole Foods on Sixth Ave. near Bryant Park in October and minutes later went inside and seriously injured a woman on the second floor before coming downstairs, boarding an uptown D train and attacking his third victim. Photo: Tripadvisor Glass bottle Attacker’s Bail Is Set at $100,000 After Lunatic’s Spree Injures 3 in Midtown Late afternoon on October 5th, Michael Howell started his series of glass bottle attacks on the sidewalk outside of a Whole... News 08 Nov 2023 | 10:17
A 16 year-old boy was shot in front of the famous Theatre District restaurant Sardi’s on Halloween night. ( Photo via Google Maps ) Suspect Still At Large After Teenager Shot Near Sardi’s on Halloween A 16 year-old teenage boy was shot in the left shoulder near Times Square on Halloween, with “several” persons of interest... Home 06 Nov 2023 | 04:55
Law & Order: SVU was inspired from the NYPD’s Special Victims Division. Now, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is adding an advisory council to his office’s own one-year-old Special Victims Division. ( Source: NBC) Manhattan DA Invites Stakeholders to Provide Input on Special Victims Division Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the creation of the Special Victims Division Advisory Council, hoping that... News 27 Oct 2023 | 05:12
Sabir Jones, 45, was reportedly arrested in Newark in connection with two October 18 assaults at the Fifth Avenue/53rd St. station. One involved a subway shoving that left a 30 year-old woman in critical condition, while the other left a 26 year-old student with a broken jaw. ( Photo via NYPD ) Suspect Arrested After Woman Shoved Into E Train, Student’s Jaw Busted on UES An unidentified 30 year-old woman was shoved into an incoming E train at the Fifth Ave.-53rd St. station on Wednesday, October... News 26 Oct 2023 | 10:36
Ashely Fox, pictured left, is the owner and co-founder of the studio where the shooting occurred. ( Photo via Foxy Fitness & Pole Training Studios) Man Shot Dead at Pole-Dancing Studio, Naked Dancers Flee Into Night A man was shot in the stairwell of a pole-dancing studio–near the Koreatown enclave–in the wee hours of October 15. NYPD... News 18 Oct 2023 | 11:37
A bystander video depicting Norton Blake beating Laurell Reynolds with a cane at the W. 116 St. & Lenox Ave. subway station. ( Photo via @EJonatha4766004 on Twitter) Man Indicted for Allegedly Beating Woman With Her Own Cane at Lenox Ave. Subway A Bronx resident who beat a woman with a cane at the W. 116 St. & Lenox Ave. subway station has been indicted for the September... News 04 Oct 2023 | 07:21
Quadiar Diggins, 17, took several photos of himself flaunting illegally acquired firearms, prosecutors said. Photo: ( Manhattan District Attorney’s Office) 5 Manhattan Residents Indicted for Shootings and Robberies in Months Long Crime Spree Five young men, who were arrested over a period from May 10 to September 19 in connection to a series of shootings and robberies... News 03 Oct 2023 | 12:01
Erich Ulrich sitting to the right of Mayor Eric Adams in September of 2022, when he was the Department of Buildings Commissioner. He has now been indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney for various alleged counts of bribery undertaken in that role (and others). ( Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) Former DOB Commissioner & His Associates Indicted For Bribery by Manhattan D.A. Erich Ulrich, 38, has been indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office for allegedly accepting $150,000 in bribes... News 18 Sep 2023 | 04:23
Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban (in the matching tan suits) at a September 6th press conference, where they proclaimed their desire to eliminate car thefts via police tech and PSA campaigns. ( Photo via NYC’s Mayor’s Office) As Overall Crime Rate Drops, Adams Targets Surging Car Theft Craze As the blaze of a disconcerting September heatwave beat down on assembled hangers-on, NYC Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner... News 08 Sep 2023 | 10:22
Aleksandra “Ola” Witek with her two children. All three were said to have been slain by Edison Lopez, the boys’ father and fiancé of Alexsandra in a murder suicide on the UWS. Police discovered all four victims dead with stab wounds inside their W. 86th St. Apartment on the afternoon of Aug. 28th. Photo: GoFundMe Murder/Suicide Horror on W. 86th St: Super Slaughters Fiancé and Their 2 Little Boys Before Killing Self Even seasoned cops were rattled by the grisly murder scene that greeted them on the fourth floor of 328 West 86th St. Monday,... News 05 Sep 2023 | 03:12
