A 12-year-old boy is claiming that his teacher at I.S. 399 in the Bronx taped him to a chair for 20 minutes during class last Friday. Since the incident the boy—who says he was strapped to his seat after he'd gotten up to help a classmate with a math quiz—has not returned to school and the teacher has been taken out of the classroom while the Department of Education investigates. more ›

Police are investigating the apparent murder of a 57-year-old man in his Chelsea apartment. According to the Post, the "business executive was found slain... at 7:53 p.m. [last night] in his home at 212 West 22nd Street, police said." more ›

The body found on West 4th Street last night was identified as Bryan Jacobson, a 38-year-old events planner. And while a cop suggested to the Daily News that his death was "suspicious"—he was found with duct tape over his mouth and under a construction vehicle—now the News reports a suicide note was found in his apartment. more ›

Did a Brooklyn teacher duct tape a special ed student's mouth shut? That's what one mother, Cathy Allan, is claiming. She has now filed a $3 million lawsuit against the NYC Department of Education. Details are scarce, and the city is talking for now, but according to the NY Post, after Allan "complained about the punishment of her son, Nathaniel Harrell, 12, in April 2009, the school suspended the boy." more ›

Ah, to be young again. Two teens from Staten Island recently hit up their prom in hand-made outfits created out of duct tape. Erin Janosik and her date, who simply goes by Frank in this 1010Wins piece, are trying to win the Duck Brand's "Stuck at Prom" contest, which would get them $3,000 scholarships. more ›

A few more details about the strange incident of a 17-year-old male, found with his hands duct-taped, who says he was tossed from the roof of 1306 Loring Avenue, one of the buildings in the Pink Houses project. The Daily News reports, "Police could not verify his story and were waiting at Brookdale Hospital to question" Pennsylvania resident Matthew Logsdon, who did have two broken legs (and was previously shot during a turf battle in PA). And duct tape was also found on the roof. While residents, who think that Logsdon was in Brooklyn "for guns or drugs," told the News the roof is usually unlocked but there's a tall barrier around it: "He really would have to be lifted by a couple guys to get thrown off." Another resident lamented to NY1, "This is really sad, a 17-year-old boy being thrown off a roof... This is already a rough area and this just doesn't help." more ›

According to 1010 WINS, "Police say a teenager, whose hands were duct-taped, survived being thrown from the eighth floor " of a Brooklyn building. Apparently the 17-year-old male was still alive when police found him and was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he is in critical condition. He was thrown out of one of the buildings on Loring Avenue in the Pink Houses project. The teen is reportedly from Pennsylvania. more ›