CRIME & SAFETY
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. […]
17-year-old girl stabbed to death outside NYC apartment building in broad daylight: cops
A 17-year-old girl was stabbed to death outside a Bronx apartment building in broad daylight Thursday, cops said. The teen was knifed in the chest on Boynton Avenue near Watson Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood around 2:15 p.m., authorities said. She was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where she was...
Queens Couple Each Sentenced to 25 Years to Life in Prison for the Beating Death of 5-Year-Old Son
Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Valerie Owusu, 28, and Emmanuel Addae, 28, of Corona, Queens, were each sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after a jury found them each guilty of Murder in the Second Degree, for the 2021 beating death of Owusu’s 5-year-old son, King Owusu.
Assault on NYC Subway: Woman Attacked in Queens
In a disturbing incident that highlights the safety concerns on New York City’s subway system, a 55-year-old woman became the victim of a violent assault on a train in Queens. According to the NYPD, the attack occurred last Sunday evening at the Jackson Avenue and Queens Boulevard subway station in Long Island City.
‘No sentence will ever be enough:' Man pleads guilty in drugged driving crash that killed Long Island family
Four people, a father along with his 12-year-old daughter, 11-year-old son and 6-year-old granddaughter were killed in a high-speed car crash on Sunrise Highway in Massapequa on Aug. 6. 60-year-old Pat Huntley was out with his children and grandchild celebrating a new job when a speeding car slammed into the...
Massive fire engulfs NYC supermarket, spreads to 4 buildings, injuring 7 and displacing 30 residents
A massive fire tore through a Brooklyn supermarket Wednesday evening, injuring seven people and displacing about 30 residents as it quickly spread to four neighboring apartment buildings. The blaze began just before 6 p.m. inside Christa’s Kitchen & Market on Bushwick Avenue in Bushwick and grew to at least a five-alarm fire with over 250 smoke-eaters responding, FDNY officials said at the scene. The seven wounded all suffered minor injuries and included six firefighters — five of whom were transported to local hospitals — and a civilian who was being treated for smoke inhalation at the scene. “This fire impacted...
NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ indicted for tenant harassment weeks after being jailed over building violations
The Big Apple’s so-called “worst landlord” Daniel Ohebshalom has been indicted for allegedly harassing rent-regulated tenants with “unlivable” conditions to drive them out of units so he could sell the buildings to make a buck, prosecutors said. The latest legal trouble for Ohebshalom came barely a month after he was locked up over hundreds of violations at just two of his Manhattan properties. He was charged Wednesday by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over a pattern of alleged tenant abuse dating back years — which consisted of forgoing maintenance until units fell apart, withholding heat and hot water during...
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