Numerous New York City hospitals have agreed to repay sexual assault survivors who they illegally charged as much as $3,000 for rape kits, officials announced Thursday. In a statement, the New York Attorney General’s Office said the seven area hospitals will not only pay full restitution but plan to implement policies to prevent future billings of …
The father of a 2-month-old New York boy who was allegedly almost killed by his nanny testified this week that the nanny hung up the phone as he attempted to give her instructions on how to save his life. Marianne Benjamin-Williams, 46, is facing attempted murder charges for the May 2017 incident that reportedly left …
Authorities in New York say a man stabbed his brother in the neck before setting the home they shared with their parents on fire this week. According to the New York Post, authorities on Long Island responded to the residence in Dix Hills late Monday morning in response to reports of a disturbance at the …
A New York-based Uber driver was charged with second-degree manslaughter this week in connection with the death of a 15-year-old boy who authorities said struck his head while “car surfing” on his moving vehicle. Per ABC News, Danyal Cheema, 24, was charged Monday for his alleged role in the September 23 death of Ryan Mullen. Prosecutors …
Authorities in New York hope the human bones found in a Lake Grove residence recently will provide some clues to a mystery that has loomed over one family since 1961. According to Newsday, George Carroll vanished decades ago with few clues regarding his possible whereabouts. Carroll’s wife died in 1998, and his children say she …
A woman with a history of mental illness has been arrested for last month’s murder of her 70-year-old neighbor, who was discovered in her New York City apartment with a slit throat. The New York Times reported that blood located in Susan Trott’s apartment trailed to suspect Anya Johnston’s apartment, which is located one floor above. …
Authorities in New York say an Uber driver was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a passenger during late-night ride earlier this year. According to WNBC, 24-year-old Harbir Parmar appeared earlier this week at a federal court in White Plains to faces criminal charges related to the February 21 incident. According to investigators, Parmar picked up …
By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — Relatives of the limousine driver involved in a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York said Tuesday they believe he was unwittingly assigned an unsafe vehicle. The family of Scott Lisinicchia released a statement through a lawyer shortly after another attorney representing the limousine company, …
Hours after a limousine crash led to the death of 20 individuals — including the driver, 17 passengers and two pedestrians — on Sunday morning, some of the victims had been identified by relatives and other sources. According to Fox News, two of those killed when an SUV limo reportedly blew through a stop sign …
By The Associated Press A limousine carrying 18 people crashed over the weekend in upstate New York, killing all the occupants and two pedestrians, making it among the nation’s deadliest ground-traffic accidents. A look at some others: — Sept. 23, 2005: A bus ferrying nursing home residents away from Hurricane Rita caught fire and exploded …
By MICHAEL HILL and BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine on its way to a birthday party blew a stop sign at the end of a highway, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians in the deadliest U.S. transportation accident in almost a decade, officials and a relative of …
By MICHAEL HILL and JOHN KEKIS, Associated Press SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine blew a stop sign at the end of a highway and plowed into a parked and unoccupied SUV, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians in the deadliest transportation accident in the United States in almost a decade, officials …
