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Video shows home health care aide beating 95-year-old NYC woman
NEW YORK – A home health care aide was caught on video beating a 95-year-old Harlem woman she was supposed to be caring for.Disturbing home video from Nest and Ring cameras were rolling as the home health care aide tasked with taking care of beloved grandmother Dorothy Foye hit her multiple times, at one point even with a pot. She eventually fell to the ground, clutching her walker. "I heard this woman screaming at her, cursing, saying the most obscene things. She was cursing her out," granddaughter Tiffany Mitchell said. "She was taking water bottles and juice bottles and...
Parents Who Provided Car Guilty In Teen Car Crash Death
In what is believed to be the first prosecution of its kind in New York, Sean Smith (40) and Deo Ramnarine (43) were sentenced this week 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 earned the privilege of driving without supervision, or within the boundaries of New York City. The boy was gifted a bright red 2005 BMW E46, which he slammed headlong into a UPS truck while allegedly doing 101 miles per hour in a 35 zone. The boy’s passenger, 14-year-old Fortune Williams, was pronounced dead at the scene.
NYC man punched by police officer in viral video speaks out
NEW YORK -- A Brooklyn man seen in a viral video getting punched by an NYPD officer as other officers restrained him is sharing new details about the encounter. Mark Wyche, a father of three from Coney Island, said he relives the trauma every time he sees the cellphone video. "They took away everything," Wyche said in an exclusive interview with CBS News New York. "I'm embarrassed, you know? Hurt." Viral video taken after July 4th barbecueThe video was taken in the early morning hours on July 5, after a Fourth of July barbecue outside Wyche's home. Dozens of his neighbors were there. Before...
NYC to start scanning subway riders for weapons today
NEW YORK -- New York City will start scanning subway riders for weapons at select stations Friday, part of a controversial pilot program.Sources tell CBS New York the weapon detection system is expected to be installed by the evening commute.While officials say the main goal is to keep guns out of the subway, the scanners can also detect other weapons, such as razors. But the new security precautions are also raising questions about privacy.For safety reasons, transit police have not released a list of where the scanners will be installed, but riders should be prepared to make them part of their...
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...
Mother, grandmother killed in Upper East Side murder-suicide
A mother and grandmother are dead after a confrontation in a child custody dispute on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Friday, NYPD said.It happened just before 9 a.m. on East 88th Street between York and East End Avenue, just down the street from the entrance of Gracie Mansion.Police are investigating the scene of a suspected attempted murder-suicide on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.People were out enjoying the day, many with baby strollers, and they ran for cover when the shots rang out.The NYPD's Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said that a custody dispute was the cause of...
Moped rider knocks two men unconscious after being called out for driving on the sidewalk in Hell’s Kitchen
NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – A moped rider collided with a man on a sidewalk in Hell’s Kitchen, then punched him and another man unconscious when they confronted him, police reported Wednesday as one of the victims fought for his life in a hospital. The NYPD released...
Boy, 14, busted in random, caught-on-camera baseball bat attack on woman in NYC: cops
A 14-year-old boy was busted this week in the random, caught-on-video baseball bat attack on a 58-year-old woman in Lower Manhattan, cops said. The teen was busted Tuesday morning and charged with felony assault in connection to the random June 25 broad-daylight beatdown of a 58-year-old woman on Monroe Street near Market Street in the Two Bridges neighborhood, authorities said. He did not say a word during the attack, and did not know the victim, who was hospitalized with bruising and swelling, cops said. Woman’s disturbing account of random attack with umbrella outside NYC eatery goes viral: ‘Why me?’ Shocking video from the scene...
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