CRIME & SAFETY
Funeral arrangements scheduled for Passaic Police Officer Brian Lora
PASSAIC — Funeral arrangements have been scheduled for Brian Lora, the 29-year-old three-year city police officer who died suddenly on Monday. Visitation will be held on Sunday from 5 to 9 p.m. at Funeraria Alvarez, 66 Passaic Ave., Passaic. Mass will be celebrated on Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Anthony's Church,...
Bronx mom allegedly beat, hung daughter, 6, in closet: DA
THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — A Bronx mom accused of killing her 6-year-old daughter last year allegedly tied the girl up and hung her in a closet in the family’s filthy NYCHA apartment, authorities said. Lynija Eason Kumar, 26, allegedly beat Jalayah Eason Kumar with a hard object while the girl’s hands and feet were […]
See it: 13-year-old girl confronted by cursing adults at Yonkers school
YONKERS, N.Y. -- A Westchester County mother says a group of adults verbally and physically assaulted her daughter on school grounds.One woman is now facing charges, and the Yonkers School District is facing a lawsuit.Alenna Merritt said Monday she can't help but feel she let her daughter down, following an ugly incident on April 18 at Yonkers Montessori Academy."The fact that my child was surrounded by five adults and I wasn't there to protect her, that's what goes through my mind. It eats at me every day that I wasn't there to stop what was going on with my child,"...
Police Blotter, April 30 – May 6, 2024
Apr. 23: A village resident was charged with DWI, a misdemeanor, following a traffic stop at 6:38 p.m. on Maple Avenue. The man was booked at the Green Street precinct and released pending a May 5 appearance in Mount Kisco Justice Court. Apr. 24: An Albany man was charged with...
Paramus School Bus Driver's Parole Possible At Anniversary Of Horrific Crash That Killed Two
Hudy Muldrow, now 83, was taking 40 East Brook Middle School fifth graders and a small group of adults on a field trip to Waterloo Village on May 17, 2018 when he got lost and tried to make an illegal U-turn on the busy interstate in Mount Olive. A dump...
Photo shows disturbing moment bully knocks NYC grandma unconscious in vicious sneak attack
A surveillance photo shows the moment a brute randomly knocked a grandmother unconscious in a broad-daylight sneak attack in the Bronx — leaving her battered and still suffering “breakdowns” days later. Martha Veloz, 54, of New Jersey, had just gotten off the No. 4 train and was walking at East 167th Street and Jerome Avenue in Highbridge around 3 p.m. Wednesday when the stranger struck her and shoved her without warning, according to cops and her daughter, Stephanie Padin, 21. The photo, obtained by The Post Monday, shows the victim tumbling to the ground with the bully standing behind her, arms outstretched....
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...
Arrest made in 7-month Orange County homicide investigation
State Police say Medina was driving a box truck east on Route 17K when he crossed over into the opposite lane and struck Filcher's car. After a seven-month investigation, Medina was arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide.
Man fatally shot in head, 17-year-old teen hit in stomach in separate Bronx shootings
In the first shooting, NYPD officers responded to a 911 call around 6:50 p.m. of a person shot in front of 2791 Dewey Avenue. Upon arrival, police found the victim with a gunshot wound to the head.
Bud Bus Owner Bill Schlette Arrested
Bud Bus Inc. Founder William Schlette, of West Nyack, was charged with deceptive business practices, money laundering, and drug offenses, according to Warren County Prosecutor Anthony Picone. Two search warrants on Schlette's Bud Bus Inc, a van parked at 1077 State Highway 94 in Frelinghuysen Township, on March 7, culminated...
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