The Daily News has awful details about the Bedford-Stuyvesant home invasion-turned-sexual assault. According to the News, "When their victim, who was tied in a bedroom, refused the sexual demands, 'the defendant threatened to shoot her,' [Brooklyn ADA Wilfred] Cotto said of the youngest in the crew." And that suspect is 13-years-old. more ›

The police say that four teens, including a 13-year-old boy, have been arrested for "a broad-daylight home invasion that degenerated from armed robbery into the sexual assault of a Brooklyn woman for nearly an hour," according to the Post. more ›

A 92-year-old New Rochelle resident found out the hard way that it's a good idea to lock your front door. Tony Vanacore tells New Rochelle's Talk of the Sound, "God gave me the strength to go down those stairs and punch this guy." more ›

Poor guys, thieves breaking into apartments have another thing to worry about now. In addition to hoping that they don't run into anyone or trip any alarms, now they've got to watch out for folks who set up motion-detecting cameras that send pictures of them red-handed to homeowners. The future! more ›

A jury condemned Joshua Komisarjevsy, the second man who was found guilty of killing a Connecticut mother and her two daughters during a horrific 2007 home invasion, to death today. It took five days for the jury to decide that the 31-year-old Komisarjevsky would receive the death penalty, the same fate as his accomplice Steven Hayes, who was given the death penalty for the deaths of Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and her daughters, Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11. "I guess I will spend the rest of my life wondering what I could have done or said to persuade the jurors mercy should have seasoned justice in this case," said Jeremiah Donovan, one of Komisarjevsky's defense lawyers. more ›

George Bardwil, the linen king of New York, was lounging with his friends in his posh Turtle Bay apartment Monday afternoon when two gentleman came to his door with guns and bad intentions. The eccentric millionaire—who in 2009 struck his housekeeper so hard with an ashtray she wound up in intensive care and then accused cops of stealing his $187,000 diamond- and emerald- encrusted gold belt buckle—tells the Post, "There was a buzz at the door. I assumed it was somebody I knew. There was a large black male with a gun. We were all tied up and relieved of our watches, wallets, money." more ›

After dropping his sister off at school yesterday morning, Harris Sumra, 20, returned to the Long Island home he shares with his siblings and parents, and was surprised to find himself locked out. And that wasn't the only unusual thing. "I saw a car across the street," Sumra tells the Daily News. "There was a guy on the phone and he was looking at me. I knew something was going on." Confused, he knocked, and was greeted by an unidentified man who tried to drag him inside. more ›

Investigators have not named any suspects in the execution-style murder of a Queens couple in their home early Friday morning, but police sources seem skeptical about their son's account of the slaying. Sugrim Jaggarnauth was shot once in the head, while his wife Rosie was shot "multiple times" in the head and body by the shooter, who absconded with the family car, a Toyota Rav4. The couple's youngest son, Shane, was also shot in the shoulder during the home invasion and survived; the Post reports that he'd been letting his pit bull, Princess, outside at 4 a.m. when (according to Shane) the gunman burst through the door, shot him, and ran to kill his parents in their bedroom. Now police want to know why Princess never made a peep. more ›

A Greenwich, Connecticut-bred teenager currently residing with her family in an affluent suburb of Sydney, Australia was the victim of a terrifying extortion attempt yesterday afternoon when a masked intruder stormed into her home and strapped what he said was a bomb to her neck. After pinning a hand-written note to her chest with a list of explicit instructions and threats, he fled, leaving 18-year-old Madeleine Pulver to face a grueling 10-hour ordeal. more ›

Late on Saturday night, five people were shot in the head at the Pennsylvania weekend home of an East Village couple, plumber Paul Shay, 64, and his wife, Pratt professor Monica Shay, 58. Yesterday morning Shay died from her injuries at Lehigh Regional Medical Center in Allentown, Pa. "The Pratt Institute community is shocked and deeply saddened by Professor Monica Shay's untimely death," Pratt President Thomas Schutte said, adding, "Our sympathy goes out to her family and friends and to all of those at the Institute whose lives she touched." more ›

Yesterday we reported that an elderly woman in Harlem was stabbed numerous times, "in the face, the head, the arms," but was somehow not seriously injured in the attack. Police now believe that the victim, 82-year-old Mazie Garris, was stabbed by her homeless nephew, Larry Brown, who allegedly stole around $1,000 from Garris's home before fleeing the scene. Authorities claim that the 57-year-old Brown was "foaming at the mouth" at the time of the attack, and is believed to have a drug problem. more ›

A home invasion turned violent earlier this morning, leaving an 82-year-old woman in Harlem battered and bloody. Around 11:30 a.m. police arrived at 139th Street where an elderly woman had recently come out of her home, bleeding from all over and begging for help. "She said there were two teenagers that tried to rob her," a plumber working on the block told the News. "She said they were robbing her, stabbing her everywhere—in the face, the head, the arms. It was bad, really bad." more ›

The trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky, one of the men accused of killing a Connecticut mother and her two daughters, is set to begin in the spring, but Komisarjevsky is doing everything he can to delay that process with a flurry of pretrial motions. One of those requests is to remove New Haven Superior Court Judge Jon Blue from his trial. more ›

A Long Island family were the victims of a terrifying home invasion yesterday, which had echoes of the horrific Connecticut home invasion-turned-triple murder. Two intruders, one carrying a gun, forced their way into the home of Thaddeus and Allesandra Lattanzio early Friday morning in Eastport in Suffolk County. more ›

Six men were arrested after breaking into a house in Long Island during an attempted home invasion which was stopped by a quick-thinking 18-year-old. The suspects gained entry to the house by posing as flower delivery men: "He's carrying flowers [and] he asks for someone, then begins to hand her the flowers and displays a silver handgun," said Lt. Kevin Smith of the Nassau County police. Next time someone says they're delivering roses, ask for ID! more ›

Attorneys made their final arguments yesterday in the death-penalty phase of the trial of Steven Hayes, who was convicted earlier this month for the brutal 2007 home invasion and murder of a Connecticut family. Hayes' lawyer Thomas Ullmann told jurors, "This is a human being. You may not like him, you may hate him, you may despise what he did in this case, but he's not a rabid dog that needs to be put down." more ›

The psychiatrist for Steven Hayes, who was convicted for the brutal 2007 home invasion and murder of a Connecticut family, testified yesterday, saying Hayes raped Jennifer Hawke-Petit after killing her. Hayes was allegedly upset that Jennifer Hawke-Petit betrayed him by tipping off the police. The psychiatrist also said that Hayes, who was allegedly abused as a child, was under the sway of his partner, Joshua Komisarjevsky, who had calmly beat Hawke-Petit's husband to the brink of death: "He said, 'It is like I am transported from the earth to the moon. I'm just following Josh's lead." Hayes is currently in the sentencing phase and faces the death penalty. more ›

One person, who has been noticeable by his absence, has loomed large over the trial of convicted killer Steven Hayes: Joshua Komisarjevsky his alleged partner in the Connecticut home invasion and murder of a doctor's family. He won't go on trial until next year, well after Hayes' case is settled, but his words and actions are being used by Hayes' defense attorneys to try to save their client from the death penalty. One woman described meeting Komisarjevsky briefly in court today: "I thought I was looking at the devil...My skin crawled. My hair stood on end...That was my reaction. [He had] dead eyes. Completely dead eyes." more ›

The trial of Steven Hayes, who was found guilty on 16 of 17 counts related to the home invasion, torture and murder of a Connecticut doctor's family, has entered the death-penalty phase this week. His lawyers revealed today that Hayes has a "persistent desire to kill himself," and has attempted to do so several times before and after the July 2007 triple murder. more ›

Defense lawyers for Steven Hayes, who was found guilty on 16 of 17 counts related to the brutal home invasion and murder of a Connecticut doctor's family, were hoping to save their client from the death penalty by arguing that the cost of imposing and carrying out a death sentence would far exceed the cost of a life sentence. They received a blow to their argument today, when the Judge in the case ruled that the cost will not be allowed to be used as a mitigating factor: "A jury in the penalty phase of a capital case is charged with the task of using reasoned moral judgment, not counting dollars and cents," Judge Jon C. Blue wrote in his decision. more ›

Lawyers for Steven Hayes, the man who was found guilty earlier this week in relation to the brutal 2007 home invasion and murder of a Connecticut doctor's family, laid out the unusual argument they plan to use to save their client from the death penalty in court papers filed yesterday: it's too expensive. more ›

Earlier this week, Steven Hayes was found guilty on 16 of 17 counts related to the brutal 2007 home invasion of a Connecticut family which led to the murder of three people. Jurors will decide whether of not to give Hayes the death penalty when sentencing starts Oct. 18; some are wondering just how persuasive defense attorney Tom Ullmann, who saved a man from the death penalty a few years ago, can be. But the other storyline now emerging is that of Hayes' partner in the crime, Joshua Komisarjevsky, whom Ullmann accused of being the mastermind of the plot. more ›

Closing arguments were heard this week in the trial of Steven Hayes, one of the two men accused of perpetrating a home invasion and murder of a family in Connecticut. Prosecutors argued for the first time that Hayes was the one to ignite the fire that engulfed the Petit family's house, killing 17-year-old Hayley Petit and 11-year-old Michaela in the process. “The last one out is the one who lights the fire,” said prosecutor Michael Dearington. more ›

After more than a week of horrifying testimonies from 26 state witnesses in the trial of Steven Hayes, one of the two men accused of perpetrating a home invasion and murder of a family in Connecticut, prosecutors and defense have rested their cases, and closing arguments are due this Friday. The break came after testimony on Tuesday, where a corrections officer revealed that Hayes confessed to a fellow inmate that he had murdered Jennifer Hawke-Petit. "He just stated that he did kill Mrs. Petit,” the officer, Jeremiah Krob, said. more ›

It was another day filled with brutal testimonies in the trial of Steven Hayes, one of two men accused of perpetrating a brutal home invasion and murder of a family in Connecticut. A state fire marshal testified that gasoline had been poured onto the beds and bodies of 17-year-old Hayley Petit, and her 11-year-old sister Michaela, the two children killed in the attack. more ›

Yesterday, a detective described the confession Steven Hayes gave shortly after a brutal home invasion and murder of a family in Connecticut. It included details about the formulation of Hayes' and Joshua Komisarjevsky's plan, as well as the tension between them that led Hayes to allegedly rape and strangle Jennifer Hawke-Petit. Today, jurors were told about a series of chilling text messages between the two accused murderers leading up to the home invasion that reveal a cold-hearted impatience to set their plan in motion. more ›

It was another harrowing day of testimonies in the trial of Steven Hayes, one of the two men accused of perpetrating a brutal home invasion and murder of a family in Connecticut. A State Police detective who interviewed Hayes shortly after the brutal murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two daughters Michaela and Hayley gave a riveting and shocking account of Hayes confession and description of the events: "There was a strong odor of gasoline emanating from [his] body." more ›

More horrifying testimonies of the brutal home invasion and murder of a family in Connecticut were recounted during the trial of Steven Hayes, one of the accused murderers. Today, the trial was temporarily halted till Monday, because defendant Hayes reportedly had a seizure last night, urinating on himself in the process, and his lawyer is concerned for his mental health. more ›

After being woken by loud noises in his Mill Basin, Brooklyn home around 2 a.m. yesterday morning, 62-year-old Larry Goldstein took his .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver to investigate what was happening. He discovered two intruders in his kitchen, and since they appeared to be armed, Goldstein fired, hitting one of the men three times while the other fled. And it turned out the intruders were carrying a toy pistol and toy machine gun. A police official told the Wall Street Journal the toys "were very realistic looking... If someone pointed them at you, you would light them up too." more ›