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Brazen Early-Morning Burglary in Manhasset; Three Break into Louis Vuitton Store & Make Off with Merch, NCPD Says
The Sixth Squad reports the details of a Burglary that occurred on Friday, May 3, 2024 at 3:15 am in Manhasset. According to detectives, Sixth Precinct officers responded to Louis Vuitton, located at 2112 Northern Boulevard, for a Commercial Burglary. Upon arrival, it was determined that three unknown subjects, all wearing masks and gloves, entered the store by pulling open the locked front door.
Fraud investigator for NYC Dept. of Homeless Services charged with COVID fraud
A fraud investigator for the New York City Department of Homeless Services stole homeless people’s personal information during the COVID pandemic, then sold that info to an identity theft scammer, federal authorities allege. Brooklyn resident Olabanji Otufale, 41, abused his position by accessing names, dates of birth, Social Security...
Cherry blossoms under attack by branch-shaking social media influencers at Brooklyn Botanical Garden
OK, bloomer. Hoards of insufferable social media influencers have been aggressively shaking the cherry blossom trees at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden to get the perfect shot — forcing security guards to shoo them away “40 or 50” times daily, The Post has learned. Dozens of selfie snappers were spotted yanking branches so pink petals would flutter down like snow, while others pulled and twisted limbs to get Instagram-worthy footage of the flowers next to their faces, according to visitors and workers. Some of the arbor abusers were even seen climbing the beloved trees — which have reached the peak of their yearly bloom...
Darkness on the edge of state route 878
Roughly 50 lights, on the Lawrence side of the Atlantic Beach Bridge, remain dark, and Samuel Nahmias, now a candidate for Lawrence mayor, says it is because the village is hesitant to accept financial help and responsibility for the problem. Nahmias, chairman of the Nassau County Bridge Authority, made his...
‘The cannabis place’: New York and Jersey’s fiery path to roll out legal marijuana
This is part one in a multi-part series examining the budding Tri-State Area recreational marijuana industry. NEW YORK (PIX11) — Both New York and New Jersey legalized cannabis in early 2021– but took very different paths to putting pot in the hands of consumers. Perhaps nobody understands that better, Osbert Orduna. The service-disabled Veteran is […]
NY AG releases video of NYPD officers shooting man in Queens
QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) – Body camera footage released Friday by Attorney General Letitia James shows the minutes leading up to NYPD officers shooting and killing an emotionally disturbed man, Win Rozario, in his Queens home. By law, the attorney general’s office is required to investigate any case when an officer discharges their weapon and it […]
Brooklyn Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Waycross Bank Heist and Kidnapping
A former Brooklyn man with a knack for robbing banks just hit a major roadblock. Matthew McCloskey, 34, now an ex-resident of Waycross, got slapped with a 14-year stretch in the federal slammer for a bank heist in the Georgian city. In a statement obtained by the U.S. Attorney's Office, it was confirmed that McCloskey, who copped to the crime, will be serving his time concurrently with a state sentence for kidnapping tied to the same incident. A fed judge also threw in a bill for $877 in restitution and flagged a three-year supervised release post-prison for the hapless crook. Remember, no parole when Uncle Sam's your jailer.
Man punched 71-year-old woman in Brooklyn: NYPD
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Investigators are searching for a man accused of punching a 71-year-old woman in an unprovoked attack in Brooklyn Thursday. The incident occurred at 9:31 a.m. at the intersection of Saint Felix Street and Lafayette Avenue, authorities report. The suspect allegedly punched the woman in the face before running away, police said. […]
$20K in cash stolen during cryptocurrency exchange in Manhattan hotel: NYPD
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – A man had $20,000 in cash stolen from him during a cryptocurrency exchange at a Manhattan hotel last Saturday, according to the NYPD. The 40-year-old man told police his friend set up a meeting for him to exchange the cash for crypto inside the Sonder Battery Park Hotel around 5 p.m. […]
She was shot outside her NYC school. A year later, her mom’s still fighting for justice
When a teenage girl found her sister bleeding outside their Williamsburg high school, their lives were forever changed – and it’s time for their school to “do the right thing,” the family’s lawyer, John Beatty, told PIX11 News on Thursday in an exclusive interview.
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