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$50M Scheme: Pelham Manor Man Charged By Feds
Pelham Manor resident Manishkumar Patel pleaded guilty on Friday, April 26 to charges connected to a healthcare fraud and kickback scheme involving the sale of fraudulent prescriptions, according to the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. According to federal officials, between 2019 and 2022, Patel and...
NYC mom charged with murder in shocking beating death of 6-year-old who begged for her life: cops
A Bronx mom was charged with murder in the brutal beating death of her 6-year-old daughter – who neighbors say had begged for her life before her shocking end, cops said. Lynija Eason-Kumar, 23, was arrested Thursday in connection to the early-morning May 26, 2023 slaying of little Jalayah Eason inside the family’s squalid apartment at NYCHA’s Forest Houses, according to authorities. The mother had initially told cops she found the girl cold and not breathing inside a closet in their 12th-floor unit on East 165th Street, sources said at the time. Eason-Kumar claimed she tried to administer CPR, but Jalayah would not...
Man killed while confronting robber in the Bronx, police say
FORDHAM, the Bronx (PIX11) — A man was shot and killed while confronting a robber in the Bronx Tuesday night, police said. The shooting happened at the intersection of East Fordham Road and Morris Avenue in Fordham just before 9:50 p.m., according to police. It unfolded as two brothers confronted a man who robbed one […]
Olinville: Man 26 Hospitalized after Shooting on White Plains Road
A 26-year-old man has been hospitalized following a daylight shooting on Thursday in the Olinville section of The Bronx by Global Evangelical Church. A police spokesperson said the incident occurred at East 217th street and White Plains Road at about 3.51 p.m., adding, “The victim was shot a couple of times, once in the left leg, once in the left thigh, and once on the right foot.”
Yonkers police: Man wanted for failing to appear in court for car break-in charges
Body cam video from Yonkers police appears to show Raymondo Sepulveda, of Brooklyn, sitting in a car that detectives say he admitted was not his back on March 28 near Central Park Avenue and Midland Terrace.
Dancing NYC thug ‘The Donkey’ wanted for shooting woman who rejected his advances at party
This guy’s a real ass. NYPD cops are looking for a thug who goes by the street name “El Burro” — the Donkey — for shooting a woman multiple times after she rejected his handsy advances at an underground dance party in the Bronx early Monday, according to police sources. The 20-year-old woman said she was partying with pals in the basement of a building on 165th Street around midnight when a guy she knew as “El Burro” offered her a drink and then started dancing with her. Vicious pit bull grabs owner’s jugular, mauls him to death in NYC apartment But...
Vehicular homicide while DUI: New York man sentenced up to 20 years for fatal 2022 crash
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — On April 17, Jagminder Singh, a New York truck driver, pled guilty to a fatal I-76 crash that killed two victims in December 2022. Singh will be sentenced to 7 to 20 years in prison after appearing in Lancaster County Court. Police records show...
Runs, parade will close NYC streets on April 27 and April 28
Before planning a route around the five boroughs of NYC this weekend, drivers should take note of street closures expected in both Brooklyn and Manhattan. The Brooklyn closures will be on Sunday along the route of the borough’s annual half-marathon. In Manhattan, there will be closures on Saturday for the Sikh Day and Persian Day Parade and Festival, and on Sunday for the 9/11 Memorial 5K Run.
NY weather: Freeze warning for Rockland and Westchester counties for Friday
A freeze warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 2:19 p.m. valid for Friday between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. for Rockland and Westchester counties. The weather service states, "Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 degrees expected." "Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive...
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