CRIME & SAFETY
Nassau Police Seeking 14-Year-Old Hempstead Girl Reportedly Missing for Nearly 24 Hours
The Missing Persons Squad reports a Missing Juvenile that occurred on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 3:00 pm in Hempstead and reported to police on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 6:45 pm. According to detectives, Jenifer Sierra Barahona, 14, was last seen leaving her Hempstead residence. She is described as a female Hispanic with brown hair, brown eyes, 4’11” tall and 99 pounds. Her clothing description and destination is unknown.
Teen fatally shot in head by bike-riding gunman in Soho: sources
A teenager was shot in the head by a gunman on a Citi Bike outside a high-end hotel in Soho — and was rushed to Bellevue Hospital where he died, law enforcement sources said. The shooting took place shortly before 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in what the sources said may have been a school-related shooting. The mortally wounded 16-year-old victim went down in an alley next to the Dominick Hotel on Spring Street, across from Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School. The victim was shot once in the head and twice in the leg, the sources said. The teen was a student at nearby Broome Street Academy Charter High...
Sicko who trained vicious NYC pitbull using cats as bait charged with animal torture: cops
A 29-year-old career criminal accused of using cats as live bait to train his ferocious pitbull “China” was busted on animal cruelty charges early Wednesday morning – for yet another alleged abuse incident. Terrance Wallace was picked up by the NYPD Animal Cruelty Squad in the Bronx early Wednesday morning and charged with beating the pup with a leash and almost choking him last month, cops said. Police said the incident took place on April 17 near Wallace’s University Heights apartment after cops received a 311 call about the alleged abuse, which included China – who is pregnant – being lifted by her...
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