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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'brokenbones'

April 26, 2008

Charges against Kiana Paez have been upgraded to second degree murder in the death of her 11-week-old son, Pablo Paez. Three weeks after he was brought Elmhurst Hospital, doctors declared that the infant had suffered permanent brain death, and the child was removed from life support. The recovering-addict mother brought her son to Elmhurst Hospital earlier this month, saying that her son had just stopped breathing. After an examination of Pablo by doctors and questioning......

Continue Reading "Queens Baby Taken Off Life Support; Charges Now Murder"

April 9, 2008

Some gamblers don't need their legs broken by loan sharks if they're paranoid enough. The FDNY discovered four men lying in an alley at 35-12 Farrington St. in Flushing, Queens while responding to a call about a smoke condition at the building. According to WNBC, the building houses a not-that-secret illegal gambling operation. Police surmise that when the poorly poker-faced bettors heard the FDNY trucks' sirens responding to the smoke condition call, they figured the......

Continue Reading "Know Your Sirens: FDNY Siren Mistaken for Police, Injuries Ensue"

February 8, 2008

Grisly! A totally crazy video of a Midtown fight is on Live Leak. The person who posted it wrote:I was sleeping in my hotel room when people screaming in the street woke me up. It was around 5:30 AM, two groups of drunk peoples were fighting in the street. The guy with the white escalade run over a guy on the ground and run away ! I gave the video to the police. However......

Continue Reading "Drunken Midtown Fight + Escalade = Broken Bones"

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