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String of vandalism stirs worry among residents in Queens
OZONE PARK, N.Y. (PIX11) — Homeowners in Ozone Park are on edge after several homes on the same block had their windows broken by someone throwing a brick or bricks. Police say the three homes on Gold Road in Ozone Park were hit in separate incidents on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week. The criminal […]
Loose Horse Found Near New Rochelle Starbucks
The horse was found by New Rochelle Police early on Friday morning, May 3 after escaping from its owners in Larchmont. Eventually, after running through Larchmont, the horse made its way to New Rochelle, where it was found in the parking lot of the Starbucks at 80 Huguenot St. across from a Taco Bell, according to the Fairfield-Westchester Professional Horsemen's Association.
Man dies in explosion at Queens garage while working on vehicle: sources
JAMAICA, Queens (PIX11) – A man died in an explosion at a Queens garage early Thursday morning, sources told PIX11 News. A fire broke out at the garage on 89th Avenue in Jamaica around 1:58 a.m., according to the NYPD. A 47-year-old man was found unconscious and unresponsive with burns on his body, police said. […]
Couple Sentenced For Murdering Boy Found At Brentwood Home
Valerie Owusu and Emmanuel Addae, both 28 and from Queens, were each sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, May 1. It followed a two-week trial after which jurors found the couple guilty of fatally beating Owusu’s 5-year-old son, King. Prosecutors argued...
NJ man arrested for threatening to 'shoot up' JFK in unhinged video to estranged wife, driving to airport with guns
A New Jersey man was arraigned on Friday for driving to JFK Airport earlier this week to meet his estranged wife after he sent her a menacing video with visible guns in which he said he would “shoot up” the transit hub when she got in from a trip.
NYC man pleads guilty to selling exotic animal parts
A New York City man has pleaded guilty to attempting to sell prohibited wild animal parts, including a cougar head. Usher Weiss, 26, met with an undercover investigator for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Nov. 2, 2023, according to a news release from the department. The two met at a basement in Brooklyn, where Weiss gave the undercover investigator a cougar head mount for $900. Weiss also offered a "full cheetah head mount" for $10,000, the news release said. Weiss and the investigator met a second time in December, where he handed the undercover investigator the cheetah head...
NYC politicians demand Mayor Adams discipline NYPD Chief John Chell over ‘dangerous’ tweets
More than three dozen local elected officials are calling on Mayor Adams to discipline NYPD Chief John Chell over “illegal” and “dangerous” social media attacks that the police honcho has leveled against lawmakers, journalists and others in recent months. In a Friday letter to Adams exclusively obtained by the Daily News, the group of 39 Democratic politicians, led by City Comptroller Brad ...
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