CRIME & SAFETY
NYC firefighter, 36, dies of heart attack after being fired to pay for migrants — leaving his family with nothing
An FDNY firefighter has died of a heart attack just months after he was fired as part of the city’s effort to free up funds for its migrant crisis — leaving his grieving widow and kids struggling to keep a roof over their heads. Derek Floyd, 36, suffered cardiac arrest and passed away April 15, four months after the city gave him the boot as part of a larger effort to pare staff and pay for housing and services for the tens of thousands of migrants flooding the Big Apple. Floyd was one of about 10 fire department employees who had been...
Woman punched repeatedly in face on NYC subway train
QUEENS - A 55-year-old woman was punched in the face repeatedly on a NYC subway train by another woman in Queens, the NYPD said. The attack happened last Sunday just after 8 p.m. at the Jackson Avenue and Queens Boulevard subway station in Long Island City. According to police, the...
Suspected killers indicted for chilling Long Island murders
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. -- Two of four people charged after body parts were found scattered across part of Long Island were indicted for murder on Monday. According to Suffolk County prosecutors, Alexis Nieves and her boyfriend Jeffrey Mackey killed Malcolm Brown and his partner Donna Conneely and dismembered their bodies. The barbaric crime happened inside a rental home in Amityville on Feb. 27 when friends turned on each other, prosecutors said. "Six individuals go into a house, four come out. Now it's left to law enforcement to figure out what happened in that house," said Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney. Victim beaten with meat...
Run fur your life! Licensed gun owner fires at raccoon that chased after him in NYC: video
Paws up! It was open season for one wild raccoon on the streets of Queens after the “masked” animal messed with the wrong gun owner Sunday morning, fur-raising footage showed. The unidentified man took aim and shot multiple times at the raccoon in broad daylight from point-blank range as it walked along the sidewalk in front of a Springfield Garden house around 10:30 a.m., authorities said. Drunk Yellowstone tourist kicks bison, injuring himself before getting arrested Video shows the shooter, a licensed gun owner in a hoodie and hat, pull the trigger before jumping back in the driver’s seat of an SUV. NYPD patrol cars...
NYC Burlington store guard turns tables on armed would-be shoplifter, 15, by opening fire: sources
A Burlington Coat Factory security guard shot at an armed would-be shoplifter who stormed into the store on Sunday – after the teenager threatened to kidnap and shoot her, sources said. The 15-year-old boy was part of a crew of four masked troublemakers who were turned away as they tried to enter the store at the corner of Pennsylvania and Wortman avenues in East New York around 4:20 p.m. Sunday, according to cops and law enforcement sources. When they were booted from the clothing store for refusing to take off the masks, they warned the 60-year-old security guard – a retired cop...
74-Year-Old Woman Robbed of Pricey Necklace During Westbury Street Scam, Cops Say
The Third Squad is investigating a Grand Larceny that occurred on Monday, April 29, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. in Westbury. According to Detectives, a 74-year old female was walking on Salisbury Park Drive near the intersection of Port Lane when a light colored sedan occupied by a driver and two passengers pulled up next to her. Two passengers exited the vehicle, approached the victim and placed plastic necklaces around her neck. The two subjects then reentered the vehicle and left the scene westbound on Salisbury Park Drive. The victim then realized her own necklace that she was wearing, valued at $5,000 US currency was taken by the subjects. Investigation is ongoing.
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....
Here’s how crafty squatters connive to steal your home. And how you can stop them
New York lawmakers have toughened laws in a bid to attack the problem of squatters who illegally occupy houses. But homeowners can also proactively protect themselves from crafty squatters, who have plenty of weapons at their disposal when it comes to stealing a home and claiming it as their own.
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