The son of a New York nanny on trial for the fatal stabbings of two children reportedly testified that the brutal October 2012 murders were an “accident” and that his mother loved the two children she’s accused of killing. His mother, nanny Yoselyn Ortega, is accused of fatally stabbing Lucia, 6, and 2-year-old Leo Krim …
Thomas Phelan, the ferry-captain-turned-firefighter credited with saving hundreds of people on 9/11, reportedly died of cancer Friday at age 45. According to the New York Daily News, officials and friends said that Phelan’s cancer was likely linked to his exposure to toxic fumes at Ground Zero. Phelan was working as a Statue of Liberty ferry captain …
Police in New York City said an accident occurred in Park Slope that left a 2-year-old and 4-year-old dead and a pregnant woman injured Monday afternoon. Authorities told the New York Post that the woman was pushing one of the children in a stroller when a female driving a white Volvo struck them at Ninth Street …
An 11-year-old New York City boy reportedly died Tuesday afternoon after saving his friend from an icy pond. The New York Daily News reported that Anthony Perez was with a 12-year-old friend at Strack Pond in Queens when the friend walked too far out and fell into the frozen-over pond. Police sources claimed that Perez …
According to New York City police, at least one gunman remained on the loose Sunday afternoon after shooting three individuals at an intersection in Midtown just a few blocks from the Empire State Building. The shooting occurred shortly before 5 p.m. along a busy Manhattan thoroughfare, as reported by WNBC. An initial report by police …
A New York woman admitted this week to killing her infant son before stuffing him into a bag and carrying his body around while she shopped. Tiona Rodriguez, 21, told prosecutors that she gave birth to her son at a friend’s home on October 16, 2013, and immediately smothered him. After the killing, prosecutors said the …
A Brooklyn man is reportedly fighting for his life after two men knocked him unconscious on a subway platform and left his head in the path of an oncoming train. The victim’s mother told the New York Daily News that her son is was seriously injured when a train struck his head and shattered his …
A Queens model was murdered while visiting Jamaica; her body was found Saturday morning on a rural road, covered in blood. NBC New York reports that Desiree Gibbon, 26, was living and working in Jamaica on a 3-month visa when her body was found with a slit throat in some bushes on the side of …
A woman says a crazed man punched her in the face on a New York City subway after she requested that he stop “manspreading.” The New York Post reported that Samantha Saia, 37, was on the N train en route to Manhattan Thursday morning when she says a man sat next to her and began to “spread …
A 3-year-old boy with a dairy allergy died earlier this month after his preschool served him a grilled cheese sandwich, his family said. The New York Times reports that Elijah Silvera died November 3 after the Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services in Harlem, New York, gave the toddler a grilled cheese sandwich. A GoFundMe set …
The officer who shot New York City terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov in the stomach Tuesday has been identified as Ryan Nash. A law enforcement source told CNN that Nash, 28, was the NYPD officer who put a stop to Saipov’s murderous rampage. Nash reportedly joined the New York Police Department in 2012 and works in the first precinct. …
New York City police are searching for a man who was allegedly caught inappropriately touching himself twice on Manhattan subways last month. WNBC reported that a woman saw the suspect masturbating on a northbound E train during the morning rush on September 29. He was allegedly caught less than two weeks later doing the same …
