A man found guilty of killing his estranged wife by poisoning her coffee with cyanide was sentenced to 19 years to life in prison today. David Steeves allegedly put cyanide, bought off the internet, in his wife's coffee on October 18th, 2008 and then left the house. When he returned he found her on the floor, and took her to the hospital. He then fled with their two teenage sons to England. But the boys knew what was up, and wrote to the judge that their father deserved "no mercy." more ›

The suicidal Pace Student who was found in a subway tunnel with a can of cyanide and five flares was charged with trespassing and will undergo a psychiatric evaluation. The student, 20-year-old Aaron Fetto, claimed he wanted to find a hidden area in which to commit suicide, and dressed up like a subway worker. However, he was taken to anti-terror police after NYC Transit found him with no work identification. The ease with which he could enter the subway system is troubling. Security expert Robert Strang told WCBS, "We can go right now into any train station, walk down the platform, walk onto tracks and we're in the tunnel and it's gonna take a long time before anybody sees." more ›

A Pace student dressed as a subway track worker set off a terror scare inside the tunnel connecting the Borough Hall and Bowling Green stations early this morning when five flares were found in his backpack. NYC Transit employees reported him to police after he failed to produce identification, but police now believe the student was actually trying to kill himself, as two liters of water and a quart container of cyanide were also found in the 20-year-old's backpack. NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne told the Daily News, "This was not a terrorist plot. We believe it was part of a plan for an individual to kill himself alone." more ›

Maureen Steeves died yesterday at Brookhaven Hospital, days after her husband David Steeves was arrested for poisoning her with cyanide that he allegedly poured in her coffee two weeks ago. It seems likely that a grand jury will now up the attempted murder charges against him to homicide. Steeves pleaded not guilty and was denied bail. He's now being held in isolation in a Riverhead jail. The couple's two teenage sons, whom Steeves shared the web sites where he learned about cyanide with, are staying with their late mother's brother for the time being. more ›

The Suffolk County police say that David Steeves admitted to poisoning his estranged wife. Det. Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick said, "It all happened since he told her he was gay... He told us that he didn't want to see her with anyone else." On Oct. 18, Steeves apparently put cyanide (bought on the Internet) in Maureen Steeves' coffee and left the house. When he returned, she was on the floor and he brought her to the hospital. Two days later, he took their sons to England; police arrested him today at a bank near JFK Airport. Steeves' lawyer said his client was innocent, "He says the police roughed him up and forced him to give a confession." However, police say that Steeves "looked at Web sites that showed among other things if cyanide would show up in an autopsy." Maureen Steeves is still in the hospital; charges against him will likely be upgraded if she dies. more ›