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Couple dead in Brooklyn murder-suicide witnessed by killer’s own mother
A man shot his 29-year-old girlfriend to death before turning the gun on himself in a horrifying murder-suicide that the gunman’s own mother witnessed in the Brooklyn apartment the family shared, the distraught woman told the Daily News. The double shooting took place in a fourth-floor apartment on Avenue I near Ocean Ave. in Midwood just after 10 a.m. Monday, according to police. Teddy ...
One of the Bronx's only 2 movie theaters is closing. Here's why.
NEW YORK -- The Bronx will be down to just one movie theater for the entire borough after the Concourse Plaza Multiplex Cinemas closes. The Bronx Borough President's office received a statement from Showcase Cinemas in April confirming the theater on 161st Street is closing, citing "failure to come to terms with a new lease agreement."The statement reads in full:Showcase Cinemas confirms the closure of Concourse Plaza Multiplex Cinemas after failure to come to terms with a new lease agreement. The cinema will cease operations following the close of business on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Members of our Starpass loyalty program...
Brooklyn man fatally shot by police was mentally ill, father says, calling response excessive
The man shot to death by police in Brooklyn over the weekend was suffering from mental illness, according to his father, who criticized the cop response as excessive. Andre Mayfield’s father believes his son was going for a walk when he tapped on the window of an NYPD vehicle, where two officers inside had just finished up responding to a domestic violence call on Eldert St. near Central Ave. ...
NJ woman charged in 12-year-old girl’s suspected overdose death
A woman was charged after a 12-year-old girl was found unresponsive in a New Jersey home on Saturday afternoon and died in a suspected overdose. Frances Caso, 48, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and drug possession.
‘Landmark’ NYC ice cream parlor faces eviction as locals say it’s a sign neighborhood just isn’t the same
An iconic, decades-old Brooklyn ice cream shop is set to be evicted this summer – leaving neighbors and longtime customers distraught over the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood. “We have been here since May 1984 – 40 years,” said Anthony “Tony” Fongyit, 74, the owner of Scoops Ice Cream Parlor on Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. “A lot of people have been upset. It’s heartbreaking right now to see what’s going on with this lease situation,” he told The Post. Fongyit was ordered to vacate the storefront within four months when his landlord brought him to civil court earlier in May, following about five...
Man killed after struck by box truck and SUV in Brooklyn street, police say
A man was killed after getting clipped by the side of a box truck, then hit again by an SUV driver while crossing a street in Brooklyn, according to police. The driver of the box truck was heading east on Atlantic Avenue at Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights around 9:15 p.m. Sunday when he struck a pedestrian who walked off the sidewalk and into the right lane of traffic, police said. The truck's passenger's side mirror hit the man, sending him to the ground, and the truck ran him over.
NCPD: Flushing Man Accused of Punching Police Officer in Face During Drunk Driving Arrest
The Public Information Office reports the arrest of a Flushing man for an Assault that occurred on Sunday, May 26, 2024 at 4:35 a.m. in Mineola. According to Police, Lynbrook Officers were processing defendant Deshawn Gatewood, 28, of 6123 156th street, at the Nassau County Police Department Headquarters, located at 1490 Franklin Avenue, for a DWI arrest that occurred within their jurisdiction.
Juvenile Busted While Joy-Riding in Stolen Vehicle in Elmont, Officials Say
The Fifth Squad reports the arrest of a male juvenile for an incident that occurred on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 12:40 pm in Elmont. According to Detectives, Officers received a 911 call for a stolen vehicle from Belmont Boulevard. Prior to police arrival, officers observed a 2020 white Volkswagen matching the vehicles description traveling at a high rate of speed southbound on Elmont Road.
Men wanted for blasting NYPD traffic agent in face with fire extinguisher in Harlem
A group of men pulled up alongside an NYPD traffic enforcement agent in Manhattan and blasted him in the face with a fire extinguisher, police said Monday. The trio were in a gray sedan when they approached the 43-year-old traffic agent, who was sitting in a marked NYPD vehicle near the corner of Saint Nicholas Ave. and W. 118th St. in Harlem around 6:50 a.m. Thursday, cops said. Video posted ...
Lunatic ex-con who torched NYC straphanger grimaces as judge sets bail at $250K
The crazed firebug who allegedly torched a straphanger on a subway train over the weekend gave a vacant grimace in Manhattan court Monday as a judge set his bail at $250,000 — and prosecutors revealed he’s an ex-con with a lengthy rap sheet. Nile Taylor, 49 — who’s accused of tossing a flaming can of alcohol at Petrit Alijaj, 23, Saturday — has previously done prison time for gun and forgery busts, prosecutors said in Manhattan Criminal Court. Evidence in the case of his latest fiery attack is overwhelming, assistant District Attorney Aryan Ahmadian said. “This is a strong case,” Ahmadian told Judge...
Man stabbed to death in Bronx homeless shelter
A man was stabbed to death in a Bronx apartment building Sunday afternoon, police said. Officers were called to the building on Landing Road near the Major Deegan Expressway in University Heights just after 2:15 p.m., cops said. Once there, they discovered 25-year-old Eric Worrell suffering from a stab wound to the neck. Medics rushed him to St. Barnabas Hospital, but he could not be saved. ...
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