A 12-year-old New York girl who disappeared Wednesday and became the subject of an AMBER Alert was found safe Friday. According to the Albany Times Union, the AMBER Alert for Malaya Johnson was canceled at 1 p.m. after police confirmed she was with family. Since then, George Torres, 19, was charged with kidnapping and endangering the …
Authorities in Hudson Falls, New York, say a 12-year-old girl who disappeared earlier this week is believed to have left the area, possibly en route to New York City. According to the New York Post, Washington County investigators believe Malaya M. Johnson entered a vehicle occupied by two Hispanic men on Wednesday afternoon near Oak …
A day care worker remains in custody after allegedly stabbing two adults and three infants—who were all younger than a month old—at a New York City maternity center early Friday. The New York Daily News reported that it’s still unclear why Yu Fen Wang, 52, wielded a meat cleaver and knife and embarked on a rampage that …
A New York man was indicted this week on charges related to throwing his dead baby into the East River. According to the New York Post, prosecutors announced the charges in Manhattan Criminal Court on on Friday. Police initially confirmed the incident after receiving reports on Aug. 5 of a body in the water. One …
Police reportedly arrested another man in connection with the June stabbing death of Bronx teen Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz, bringing the number of suspects in custody to 14. Police sources told WPIX Sunday that Frederick Then, 20, turned himself in and was charged with murder, manslaughter, gang assault, conspiracy, and criminal possession of a weapon. During his arraignment Monday, …
A New York City woman has died three months after sustaining burns to 90 percent of her body when her boyfriend allegedly used turpentine to light her on fire. Alicia Avery, 32, remained hospitalized since the June 12 attack that reportedly left her with extensive burns and a cracked skull. The woman’s boyfriend, Larry McGloster, 26, …
A New York man is facing jail time over a domestic dispute police say ended when the victim’s pet parakeet was “snapped” in half and killed amid the suspect’s flurry of violent threats. According to the Staten Island Advance, 36-year-old Javier Villanueba was initially arrested in April on suspicion of multiple crimes associated with the …
Authorities in New York say a longtime nurse admitted that she put a disabled infant in her care into a scalding bath, resulting in fatal injuries. According to the New York Post, 58-year-old Oluyemisi Adebayo pleaded guilty to attempted assault in exchange for a recommended four-year prison sentence. “Did you place the baby in the …
Authorities in New York were looking for a man accused of attempting to rape a woman pushing her child in a stroller on an overpass in the Bronx this week. According to the New York Post, police say the alleged shirtless offender was caught on surveillance camera. The alleged victim said he came up to …
A former official in the Obama administration is facing charges related to groping, as described in a woman’s testimony to police earlier this year. As the New York Times reported, former Center for Disease Control and Prevention head Dr. Thomas R. Frieden is accused of squeezing a 55-year-old woman’s posterior in October. The alleged victim …
A New York man who was convicted of killing a suspected child rapist recently had his 2016 first-degree manslaughter conviction overturned and was granted a new trial. The Times Herald-Record reported that David Carlson was found guilty of the 2013 fatal shooting of Norris Acosta-Sanchez. Acosta-Sanchez, 35, (pictured right) was wanted in Rockland County on second-degree rape charges …
Authorities in New York City say a 35-year-old assistant coach for the Wake Forest University basketball team was arrested on suspicion of assault after he allegedly punched a man who later died of his injuries. According to The New York Times, police say Jamill Jones was engaged in a physical altercation with the victim, 35-year-old …
