Last week marked the first time anyone had been arrested for the 1979 murder of six-year-old Etan Patz, with the authorities charging Pedro Hernandez with second-degree murder. Even though the police say that Hernandez confessed to killing the boy in a Soho bodega, doubts remain. According to the NY Post, even the Manhattan DA's office was reluctant to charge Hernandez and "wanted more proof before charging Hernandez with murder, said several law-enforcement sources." more ›

On the eve of the 33rd anniversary of Etan Patz's disappearance, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced that 51-year-old NJ resident Pedro Hernandez was arrested in the murder of the six-year-old boy. Kelly said that Hernandez told relatives, "I did a bad thing. I killed a kid in New York." more ›

A Queens woman is in critical condition after her husband allegedly stabbed her in the head several times with a meat cleaver. According to police, the attack happened around 5:45 a.m. today in the couple's Parsons Blvd. apartment. more ›

A Long Island pizzeria owner was arrested yesterday as authorities allege that he was selling illegal prescription drugs from the eatery. Newsday reports, "Francesco Miceli of Miceli Brothers Pizzeria was charged with multiple counts of criminal sale and criminal possession of a controlled substance." more ›

Number one at last! The New York Red Bulls continue their perfect run in May, picking up a comeback road win in a Mother's Day grudge match over the Philadelphia Union. With their fourth straight win, they now sit on top of the Eastern Conference for the first time this season. more ›

The police say that they managed to arrest three people suspected of robbing a couple on Central Park West last night. And one of the suspects had a loaded .380 caliber semi-automatic handgun. more ›

Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young was arrested earlier this morning for allegedly striking a man outside a Midtown hotel. According to the Post, "Cops were called to the hotel around 2:40 a.m. after Young, whose ballclub is in town to play the Yankees tonight, pushed the man to the ground, sources said." more ›

Did you realize that Calvin Klein, 67, had been dating a man 46 years younger than him? If you didn't, then you'll need to look at this Google Image search (SFW, at least for the first few screens) before understanding why everyone is reporting about how Klein's former boy-toy Nick Gruber was arrested at his Greenwich Village apartment earlier this morning. more ›

Last week, the police alerted the public to a man who had allegedly raped a woman in Bed-Stuy and then allegedly attempted to rape another woman while threatening them with a hammer. Now police say they have caught the suspect, 19-year-old Anthony Moore of Queens. more ›

It's appallingly easy for drivers to get away with murder in NYC, as we've previously reported, and today Alex Goldmark at Transportation Nation tries to understand why this is so. According to the NYPD, there were 21 cyclist fatalities in 2011, but just two drivers were arrested in the wake of the deadly crashes. And on average, nearly forty percent of drivers who kill pedestrians or cyclists walk away without even getting a traffic ticket. Goldmark asked all five District Attorneys why so few drivers face criminal charges, and Joe McCormack, an ADA in the Bronx, gave him quite an interesting quote: more ›

CBS News legend Mike Wallace died yesterday and will be remembered for his hard-hitting interviews throughout the decades on 60 Minutes. But some New Yorkers may also remember him as a man who simply wanted to protect his meatloaf and was victimized by the authorities in the process: In 2004, he was taken to the 19th Precinct after getting into an argument with two Taxi and Limousine Commission inspectors over a double-parked car. more ›

From the president's remarks on the scope of the Supreme Court's power to the fractured 5-4 decision that allows law enfacement to strip search an arrestee, no matter the offense, the high court's decision-making process seems to be particularly drenched in politics. The effect isn't lost on New Jersey resident Albert Florence, who was detained for six days on mistaken charges and was subjected to humiliating strip searches several times. "I read [the decision]…It seems political, which in all honesty, I think it is," Florence told the Star-Ledger. "It kind of brought back old feelings and disgust; and just disdain for some of the politics garbage that happens." more ›

There's nothing unconstitutional or unreasonable about law enforcement officers conducting strip searches on every person they arrest, no matter how trivial the offense, the Supreme Court ruled today in a 5-4 decision. (Kennedy!) The case stemmed from an arrest in New Jersey in 2005, in which one Albert W. Florence was wrongly incarcerated for eight days. Florence's jail experience began with a guard ordering him to strip in front of several officers and other prisoners, telling him, "Turn around. Squat and cough. Spread your cheeks." more ›

Police have arrested someone for basically razing a new Queens playground and causing $100,000 in damage. Seventeen-year-old Allan Swafford, of the Bronx, was arrested yesterday, based on a tip to CrimeStoppers. more ›

After sharing two surveillance videos as well as a rather amazing police sketch with the public, the police have arrested the man suspected of groping an 11-year-old girl at a Gramercy Park Dunkin Donuts. more ›

Police arrested the two men suspected of killing—and tying and gagging—a man in his Chelsea apartment: The Post reports, "Ex-con Edwin Faulkner, 30, and suspected cohort Juan Carlos Martinez-Herrera, 26, were caught without incident by the NYPD’s Manhattan Violent Felony Squad at a home in Orlando at about 11:30 a.m. and are awaiting an extradition hearing, sources said." more ›

Yesterday afternoon, a New York city school teacher got caught red-handed while trying to remove a precious piece of artwork from a southbound 6 train at 96th Street. The Post reports that 34-year-old educator James Tavaras pried the one-of-a-kind art out of a frame resulting in charges that include possession of stolen property, petit larceny, and possession of burglary tools (the alleged burglary tool was a...screwdriver). more ›

A woman with an antique dagger in her bag managed to get past TSA screeners at JFK Airport—and then the TSA took 10 minutes to call the Port Authority police. The Post says, "Port Authority police are supposed to be called immediately in the event of a security breech. Yet this slip-up was just the latest in a string of embarrassing security mishaps — three in February — by the federal Transportation Security Administration." more ›

An ex-con who police observed dropping a bag of cocaine in a Greenwich Village pizza shop turned out to have a lot more than just a bag of coke on him. Tyrel Henderson, 22, could probably use a lesson in keeping a low profile: after he was busted with the coke, police allegedly found five more bags of cocaine as well 23 bags of marijuana in his underwear. more ›

The youngest son of Robert F. Kennedy was arrested last month after an altercation with maternity nurses at the Westchester hospital where his wife had just a baby boy. NBC New York reports, "Douglas Kennedy, 44, took his baby from the newborn unit of Northern Westchester Hospital on Jan. 7, against the instructions of hospital staff who told him the infant needed to stay there. Kennedy was quietly arraigned on misdemeanor charges"— harassment and endangering the welfare of a child—"Thursday night." more ›

Alan Thicke's son, singer Robin Thicke, has been arrested in Manhattan for marijuana possession. According to the Daily News, "Thicke was being processed Friday afternoon and is expected to received a desk appearance ticket." Apparently he was "arrested at 12:25 p.m. by patrol officers who saw him smoking a joint while sitting in a Cadillac Escalade near 3rd Ave. and E. 21st St." A source said, "He wasn’t driving. He was sitting in the car. He was arrested and a small amount of marijuana was recovered on him.” more ›

Suffolk County police pulled a man who had been swerving on County Road 19 in Holbrook on Thursday night—and found that he seemed "confused" and couldn't locate paperwork. And then the driver admitted he had been swerving so he could blow into his ignition interlock device. more ›

A convicted pedophile was arrested in Brooklyn for taking pictures of a 9-year-old girl. David Zimmer, 40, was arrested Jan. 2 in Borough Park for photographing the girl in the hallway of the building where they both live. But Zimmer's brother claims there was nothing wrong with the photos: “None of the pictures he took were inappropriate. My brother is a very kind, sweet person.” more ›

Eric Nederlander, scion of the Nederlander Broadway theater clan, was arrested last night for violating an order of protection when he allegedly went into his girlfriend's West Village apartment, pulled Nancy Okun's hair and yelled, "You’re cheating on me." more ›

Last year, the federal authorities charged a police officer for violating the civil rights of a 31-year-old black man, claiming that officer Michael Daragjati falsely arrested him can called him a "n-----" Now, Daragjati's lawyer says they have a plea scheduled. more ›

The NYPD are not known for giving out frivolous tickets or making frivolous arrests, unless you happen to be reading the bible in a playground after dark or eating doughnuts in a playground unaccompanied by a child. So it may shock you to hear of another case in which the NYPD aggressively arrested a suspect who, it turned out, had committed absolutely no crime: “I was under the impression that it was very illegal to walk up the hill,” said tourist Aaron Vansintjan about his frustrating experience. more ›

The playgrounds in this city are not intended for public use—don't you remember what happened to the doughnut girls? Patrick Beberfield apparently did not when he stepped outside for a breath of fresh air in the park near his Bed-Stuy home, all because of the smell of a dead chicken. But try telling that to the cops. more ›

When actress Ellen Barkin Tweeted her anger about the NYPD's apparent "random arrests" of innocent people in the wee hours of New Year's, she set off a firestorm of criticism from other Twitterers when she criticized the NYPD ("People being thrown in police vans, arrested for 'jaywalking'What happened to the NYPD of my youth?Who are u all?Shame shame on u all") and Mayor Bloomberg ("Fuck all of u,Bloomberg & every1 goose-stepping behind u.I cannot believe what I am seeing.U protect nothing.U ARE the violence in my city") and complained about a cop shoving her. But what do the cop-types on NYPD Rant think? more ›