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Rotting bodies found in NYC apartment after friend hit with putrid smell at door: sources
A pair of rotting bodies were discovered inside a Brooklyn apartment morning after a pal of one of the tenants was met with an overwhelming stench at the door, police and sources said Thursday. Police were called Wednesday to the home for a wellness check on a 54-year-old woman after the unnamed pal went to the door to check on his friend because he hadn’t heard from her in weeks, according to sources and the NYPD. Maniac goes on violent crime spree to prove he’s alive after Indian government declares him dead: report That’s when he got a whiff of the smell at...
Attorney General James Announces Takedown of Gun and Drug Trafficking Ring Operating in New York City
New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the takedown of a multistate gun and drug trafficking network that sold assault weapons, ghost guns and other firearms, and cocaine in New York City. The takedown recovered 74 firearms, including nine assault-style rifles, eight assault-style pistols and four ghost guns, over 2,100 rounds of ammunition, and 500 grams of cocaine with a street value of $15,700. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) arrested 13 individuals and charged them with 358 crimes for their roles in trafficking these firearms and narcotics into New York City from New Jersey and Florida.
2 women dead in murder-suicide in Manhattan: police
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Two women were shot and killed in a murder-suicide in Manhattan Friday morning over an ongoing custody dispute, police said. The shooting happened near 519 East 88th St. and York Avenue, steps from Gracie Mansion in Yorkville, just before 9 a.m., according to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny. Authorities found […]
Police searching for man wanted in burglary pattern in Bronx
THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — Police are searching for a man they believe is connected to a burglary pattern in the Bronx. The individual is accused of stealing over $400 in cash, cash register drawers, and beverages, according to the NYPD. The first burglary happened at a restaurant near Williamsbridge Road and Chesborough Avenue around […]
Parents Who Provided Car Guilty of Teen Car Accident Death
Sean Smith (40) and Deo Ramnarine (43) received a sentence in what is believed to be the first prosecution of its kind in New York. The charges were for providing the car that their at-the-time-16-year-old son crashed in Queens last May. The driver, who had only a “junior driver’s license,” had not yet earned the privilege of driving without supervision or within the boundaries of New York City. The boy was driving a bright red 2005 BMW E46, which he slammed into a UPS truck while allegedly doing 101 miles per hour in a 35 zone. Tragically, the boy’s passenger, 14-year-old Fortune Williams, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Retired probation officer shoots dead former daughter-in-law, then herself on posh UES street
Two women were fatally shot on the Upper East Side of Manhattan Friday morning as a baby sat in the backseat of a car nearby, cops and sources said. The apparently domestic-related incident between a woman and her former daughter-in-law unfolded minutes before 9 a.m. on East 88th Street near York Avenue — just a block from Gracie Mansion, according to police and sources. One woman, the daughter-in-law, was pronounced dead at the scene while the other was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival, sources said. 1 woman dead, 1 in critical condition after UES shooting The mother-in-law’s grandson – a 1-year-old boy – was sitting in...
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