The long sad story of Carlina White, who was kidnapped from Harlem Hospital in 1987 and then solved her own case last year, is coming to a close. Ann Pettway, the woman who raised White as Nedra Nance, is expected to plead guilty to kidnapping charges in court today. Pettway initially pleaded not guilty last February. more ›

A party boat carrying a bunch of teenagers had to make an emergency stop at Randall's Island last night, not because they group had run out of Boone's Farm, but because three "intoxicated teens" needed medical attention. DNAinfo reports that the FDNY received an emergency call from the boat around 7 p.m. No word on whether the teens eventually made it to their original destination, Pleasure Island. more ›

The long, sad, story of Carlina White and her kidnapper Ann Pettway has added another twist: Pettway's defense now says White will testify on behalf of her fake mom in court. Pettway previously pleaded not guilty to taking White from Harlem Hospital in 1987 when the girl was 20-days-old. White is expected to ask for leniency if Pettway is convicted, as she faces up to life in prison for the alleged baby-snatching. more ›

Last week Ann Pettway, the woman accused of kidnapping 20-day-old Carlina White from Harlem Hospital in 1987, was indicted on federal charges of kidnapping. Yesterday in court she pleaded not guilty. Though she doesn't deny that she raised White, Pettway's public defender plans to argue that the real "question is whether she was kidnapping her or whether the baby was given to her." Naturally, they'll push the argument that she was given the baby. more ›

Almost a month after she turned herself in Ann Pettway, the woman accused of kidnapping Carlina White from Harlem Hospital in August 1987, was indicted yesterday on federal charges of kidnapping. Court papers indicate that Pettway kidnapped White as a way to impress her boyfriend after a series of miscarriages. She is expected to enter a plea on February 24. If convicted she faces up to life in prison. Carlina, meanwhile, was last seen in the news being guilted by her birth mother via tabloid. more ›

We knew the papers wouldn't let the story of Carlina White go just yet. And with Ann Pettway—who is charged with kidnapping White as a baby and raising her as her own—being held without bail, where else could they look for conflict than the relationship between White and her long-estranged mother? So naturally today we get the sad story that Joy White is upset because her daughter is distant and only wants to talk about money. more ›

According to court papers Ann Pettway confessed yesterday to kidnapping Carlina White and raising her as her own. According to FBI agent Maria Johnson's complaint Pettway expressed guilt for the kidnapping, and explained that she took the baby from Harlem Hospital after a series of miscarriages had led her to believe she would never have children of her own. Her arraignment is later this afternoon and her lawyer is not expected to request bail. more ›

After turning herself in yesterday 44-year-old Ann Pettway—the woman accused of kidnapping Carlina White 23 years ago—is heading to Manhattan Federal court today where she is expected to finally face federal charges for the case. Though a manhunt started Saturday for Pettway after she was spotted in a pawn shop, Pettway actually ended up turned herself into the feds after seeing herself on television. more ›

The tabloids today have more info (and video) on how baby Carlina White (who grew up as Nejdra Nance) was able to find her parents 23 years after being kidnapped from Harlem Hospital. Nance apparently become suspicious of her "mother" Agnotta Pettway—who allegedly abused both her "daughter" and drugs—when she became pregnant at 16 and wanted her birth certificate in order to file for prenatal care. When Pettway, who apparently has multiple aliases, couldn't help her, Nance got curious and confronted the woman who she noticed didn't really look like her. more ›

A New York Hospital horror story has found a happy ending after 23 years. In August 1987 20-day-old Carlina White's concerned parents took her to Harlem Hospital with a fever of 103° only to have her promptly vanish without a trace. Though the case garnered headlines—it remains the only known hospital kidnapping in New York history—the baby was never recovered and the prime suspect, a black woman in white scrubs who consoled White's mother, was never found. Until now! more ›

[Update below] Earlier this month Harlem Hospital held a meeting to remind everyone that it is not closing. And it still isn't. It just might not have any of its doctors for a bit? But don't worry! Like the Cylons, they have a plan. more ›

The first thing Google suggests when you type in Harlem currently is "Harlem Hospital." So of course locals would be upset at the rumors that the financially troubled hospital would be closing. So let's be clear everybody: Harlem Hospital is not closing. It is just, like most hospitals these days, going through a tough time. more ›

A new audit of Columbia University Medical Center has revealed that it has been given over $100 million of city money for work it can't prove it provided, according to City Comptroller John Liu. Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) prepaid Columbia $109 million to provide health care for Harlem Hospital during 2008 and 2009, but record-keeping was so terrible that there is no proof most of the work was ever done. more ›

Possibly practicing for having to "Shoot to Wound," a police officer shot a Harlem teen in the arm yesterday after the teen reportedly opened fire on the cop. Shawn Lambert, 17, was apparently visibly armed at 1:30 a.m. yesterday, and began shooting at the cop, who in return fired off five rounds. Lambert ran away after being shot in the arm, but cops followed the blood trail back to his apartment. The teen is currently recovering in Harlem Hospital. more ›

According to one Harlem Hospital employee, 200 patients who received echocardiogram tests that went unread by doctors have since died. Though the president of the Health and Hospitals Corporation says it's too early to link the deaths to the doctors' failure to read the tests, investigators are determining whether some deaths could have been avoided if the tests had been properly reviewed. One doctor called the situation "preposterous," and told the Times, “This is very, very appalling, and to go on for three years, either the patients are dead or they’re alive by some miracle of God." He is currently diagnosing test recipients who should have been diagnosed up to three years ago. more ›

At least one doctor has been fired after officials discovered that 4,000 echocardiogram tests were never read by doctors making a diagnosis at Harlem Hospital. The tests span about three years, and the results had been stored on a hospital computer and essentially forgotten. Reassuring! more ›

In a snafu with near-fatal consequences, Harlem Hospital erroneously informed a 54-year-old married woman that she had terminal HIV, hepatitis and herpes. Maria Osorio, 54, of Passaic, was at the hospital to take advantage of a $15 mammogram screening on Valentine's Day last February when a nurse offered a free instant cheek swab and blood test. The results came back positive for HIV, sending Osorio into a suicidal tailspin and nearly destroying her marriage of 37 years. "I wanted to throw myself on the subway tracks," she tells the Post. And her husband, Gabriel Lezcano, 60, who works as a janitor in New Jersey, was really in the dog house: more ›

Whoa: A NYC Transit worker who was walking home in Harlem was attacked by a group of four men. One stabbed him, but 5 train conductor Maurice Parks managed to pull out his own knife and retaliate, stabbing one 28-year-old in the chest and a 22-year-old in the stomach. more ›

An off-duty police officer turned himself in for Sunday's fatal road rage-related shooting in Harlem. Sean Sawyer, who joined the NYPD and worked as an undercover officer, approached a police cruiser yesterday morning, "I think you guys are looking for me for the shooting last night on the FDR [Drive]...This is the gun I used...I thought the guy was armed - make a sign like a gun. I think I'm having a heart attack; please get an ambulance." more ›

A 25-year-old driver was shot and killed at First Avenue and East 117th Street. Police believe that Jayson Tirado and the driver of an SUV got into an argument when an accident on the FDR (a motorcyclist hit a light pole after trying to switch lanes and died) prompted them to exit onto the streets. more ›

In addition, police discovered the body of a woman in her 30s on the floor of her Suffolk St. apartment in Manhattan's Lower East Side last night around 3 a.m. Neighbors called the police complaining of a foul odor coming from the woman's apartment. more ›

A 72-year-old woman crossing West 139th between 5th and Lenox Avenues was fatally hit by a motorcycle last night around 8:15PM. Carrie Moulton, described as a retired Board of Education administrator, was thrown to the ground. Her skull was cracked and she died at Harlem Hospital. more ›

An illegal restaurant may have been the cause of a gas leak that caused a Manhattan apartment building to explode, injuring 20 people late yesterday afternoon. Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said a gas leak caused a flash fire that blew out the walls of several apartments in the 20-unit building. Five people suffered serious burns and one firefighter was injured by falling debris while on the scene. Another firefighter was also hurt. Four of the burn victims were children. Investigators are uncertain of the source of the leak, but neighbors said one of the apartments housed an unlicensed takeout restaurant that served taxi drivers in the neighborhood. more ›

It's hard enough when a loved one passes away, but reading a story from last week's Village Voice about abuses at a funeral home is absolutely horrifying. The story is one of mutilated, decaying, stolen bodies, as well as lost ashes. The Voice found that Riverton Funeral Home in Harlem had an ugly, ugly history. Riverton opened in 1957 near Harlem Hospital and was eventually shut down (it changed its name to Riverton Funeral Home II) in 2006. Before it closed, Riverton lost or settled several lawsuits by grieving families, but none of the plaintiffs have been paid any damages. more ›

Yesterday, an out-of-control car crashed into a crowded Popeye's Fried Chicken restaurant at Frederick Douglas Boulevard and 145th Street. Police say that the driver had a leg cramp, which made he "stomp on the gas pedal." more ›

A frisking turned fatal last night in Harlem. Plainclothes police officer Robert Tejada and three other officers were investigating reports of a man with a gun at Cafe 22 on Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, near 136th Street. The NYPD says the officers identified themselves and searched a man. When Tejada was patting him down and found a gun, the suspect took out the gun and shot the cop twice, once in the ankle and once grazing Tejada's stomach. more ›

DJ Carl Blaze, who was shot 13 times earlier this month (on December 7th), passed away this morning at Harlem Hospital. The popular deejay for New York's Power 105.1 was expected to live if he could survive the initial days after the shooting. more ›

Carlos Rivera, also known as Power 105's DJ Blaze, was shot 13 times early yesterday morning at an apartment building in Inwood. A neighbor who heard the gunfire found Rivera in the lobby of 578 Academy Street. It's unclear why he was shot, but a diamond-and-gold chain that says "CB," worth $20,000, was missing. Rivera is in critical condition at Harlem Hospital. more ›

A woman was charged with murder after killing her husband. Police say Donna Cobb repeatedly hit him with a large ceramic elephant during an apparent struggle. The police also found a knife on the scene but the 38 year old only admitted to beating him. From the Daily News:

Cobb told police her husband, Kevin Cobb, 39, was hopped up on pot and alcohol after the couple hosted a Gameboy party at their apartment on St. Nicholas Place. more ›

Last night, a teenager and the police exchanged gunfire, and an innocent bystander was grazed by one of the bullets. The police had been resopnding to reports of an armed youth in Harlem, and when they asked the 16 year old to drop his weapon, he shot at them. So the police returned his fire, and 50 year old Denise Williams was hit. The Post says the teen had "just left a party for a slain Bloods gang member." Williams is recuperating at a Harlem Hospital; police are still looking to the shooter and will see whose bullets hit Williams. more ›