A married Inwood couple were found dead of an apparent murder-suicide in their apartment yesterday. The bodies of Jesus Soto, 56, and Yanet Soto, 54, were found in their bedroom by the wife’s live-in daughter and her 12-year-old granddaughter about 11:20 a.m. in their apartment at 24 Arden Street. Police believe that Jesus murdered wife Yanet, then purposefully took an overdose of pills. According to the Post, Yanet was found with deep cuts on her face, which was nearly sliced from ear to ear. more ›

In late August, a 27-year-old police officer was accused of raping a woman at gunpoint while off-duty in Manhattan. Officer Michael Pena pleaded not guilty to charges that he forced the 25-year-old schoolteacher into a courtyard behind an Inwood building at gunpoint early that morning and raped her—he even implied it was consensual, and that he was just "cheating" on his girlfriend. Today, the arresting officer testified about Pena's state that morning: "I looked at his shield and I threw it to the ground in disgust," said Officer Timothy Kraft, according to DNAInfo. more ›

When does prank calling stop being funny? The Jerky Boys might say when the royalties stop, and their fans might say "at age 12." But for one Inwood couple, the thrill has been gone for almost two years. Mamadou and Assetou Sy have had 155 visits from the NYPD and the FDNY on fake calls, sometimes twice a day. "We cannot understand how this could be happening," Mamadou tells the Daily News, "How can people play around with the Fire Department and the police like this?" Moe is one thing, but continually calling emergencies services is just wrong. more ›

Tolerating the noise that spills out of bars and clubs is part of the city's social compact with its residents. We get to brag about living near fantastic amenities that we scream about to 911 every other week, and the restaurants pledge to "work with communities" by blasting Sean Paul and selling $2 jello shots between 12-2 a.m. But both the UWS and Inwood locations of Papasito Mexican Grill are drawing ire usually reserved for the "UNTZ-UNTZ" establishments. "I've been here 35 years, I've seen a lot of stuff come and go," UWS resident Kevin Krajick tells DNAinfo, "This is one of the worst things that's happened to the neighborhood." more ›

A woman between Inwood Hill Park and Isham Park was violently attacked and robbed by a group of teenagers in the middle of the afternoon yesterday, a brazen act that left neighborhood residents shaken. more ›

This is one heck of a revenge plot. Rockaway Beach resident and jilted ex-girlfriend Sterrine Campbell was arrested yesterday for allegedly paying a man to put antifreeze in the gas tank of her ex-boyfriend's car. more ›

In late August, a 27-year-old police officer was accused of raping a woman at gunpoint while off-duty in Manhattan. Today, officer Michael Pena pleaded not guilty to charges that he forced the 25-year-old teacher into a courtyard behind an Inwood building at gunpoint early that morning and raped her. It was also revealed today that Pena, who admitted he had been drinking that morning, implied after his arrest that the encounter was consensual. more ›

Wednesday's Hair Summit with Donald Trump behind him, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry is back in New York City today to meet with 100 Hispanic business leaders in Inwood, including the head of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers Fernando Mateo. "It's something that I kept pretty quiet, because I just wanted it to happen," Mateo tells 1010 WINS, "I don't know how 1010 WINS got a hold of the information, but you did, and I'm not going to deny it." Was it the bejazzled "Rick Perry" tube top? Mateo must be STOKED that they both support racial profiling. Maybe they'll get mani/pedis? more ›

The NYPD says 43-year-old grandfather and former pro wrestler John Collado put a plainclothes officer in a chokehold during a drug bust in Inwood Tuesday. The unidentified narcotics detective fatally shot Collado in the stomach during the scuffle—but Collado's family and lawyer say it didn't go down like that. Attorney Patrick Brackley told reporters yesterday that he's reviewed surveillance tape that shows Callado never put the cop in a chokehold, and that he intervened only because he thought his friend was being robbed by a man who did not identify himself as police officer. more ›

A 43-year-old man was fatally shot in the abdomen yesterday in Inwood by an undercover plainclothes detective during a drug bust—and the man's son says it was a tragic misunderstanding. According to police, an unidentified detective tried to arrest a 23-year-old man selling drugs at 26 Post Avenue by Dyckman Street shortly after 5 p.m. Somehow John Collado, Sr., the shooting victim, got involved. NYPD sources tell ABC 7 Collado was part of the drug deal, but his son tells DNAinfo he just happened to be walking by, saw his friend getting assaulted, and tried to help. more ›

Yesterday, the 27-year-old police officer accused of raping a woman at gunpoint in Inwood last Friday was indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan. But today, it was revealed that police are investigating whether officer Michael Pena was involved in two other sexual assaults in the three years he's been on the force. And, Pena was once hit with a brutality suit for assaulting and battering a perp, as well as performing a body-cavity search that went "beyond all possible bounds of decency." more ›

The 27-year-old police officer accused of raping a woman at gunpoint in Inwood early last Friday is worried that the Manhattan DA is going to try and "make an example" out of him over a misunderstanding. Three-year-veteran Michael Pena, currently at Rikers, told the Daily News in his first jailhouse interview that "The DA is arresting cops, indicting cops. They're trying to make an example out of me." more ›

An off-duty cop was caught allegedly raping a woman at gunpoint in Inwood early this morning, according to police sources. The suspect flashed what appeared to be a police badge at the victim around 6:45 a.m., near the intersection of Park Terrace West and West 217th Street, before forcing himself upon her; witnesses who were walking by saw the rape, and called 911. "They apparently caught the guy in the act," a neighbor told the Post. more ›

Three sexual assaults in as many days in northern Manhattan—one a block from the 34th Precinct station house—have residents of Washington Heights and Inwood alarmed. Investigators don't believe the three attacks were connected, and have released a police sketch and surveillance photos in the hunt for perpetrators in the first two incidents. The first took place in Inwood Hill Park around 10:40 p.m. Friday, when a shirtless Hispanic man in khaki shorts and a blue medallion around his neck struck up a brief conversation with his 28-year-old Hispanic victim. more ›

An adorable seal decided to spend his humpday making his way from the Hudson River to a beach in Inwood. CityRoom reports, "The seal had a light gray coat with dark spots. It lay on the sand near some graffitied rocks and growled and thumped the sand whenever photographers drew too close." Seal hates paparazzi! more ›

After his story received a massive amount media attention, the family of Akeem Ajimotokan have moved him from Harlem Hospital to another, undisclosed, medical institution. And while Ajimotokan (who was found last week stuffed into the back of his BMW with his ear half-torn off) is still in a coma, he is reportedly now breathing on his own. more ›

Akeem Ajimotokan, the 33-year-old man who was found beaten, his ear nearly sliced off, and stuffed in the back of his own BMW, is still in critical condition today. According to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, he is in a coma and breathing with the aid of a ventilator; his family members flew into NYC yesterday to see Ajimotokan, a lawyer who works at Columbia University. Police believe Ajimotokan was assualted by the BMW-obsessed Barion A. Blake, who answered an advertisement the victim had posted on the web offering to sell his car. more ›

Police are searching for Barion A. Blake, 30, an ex-convict with previous arrests for stealing BMWs, who is wanted for questioning in regards to the man found Wednesday bound and gagged (with an ear partially torn off) in the back of a 2008 BMW M3 coupe. Apparently the theory that the whole thing was a car sale gone very wrong is looking to be correct. Further, it turns out the story also involves a car chase that ended with a police car flipped over into the snow. more ›

Police are still waiting for the guy found yesterday gagged in the back of a BMW to wake up and hopefully give them a better sense of how he got there and who the car's driver was (he fled on foot after crashing into a taxi). But in the meantime they now have a working theory: The whole thing very well might have been a really violent car theft. more ›

An accident this morning between a BMW and taxi in Inwood has turned mysterious. When police arrived at the scene before just 10 a.m. the BMW's driver had fled on foot (because the car was stuck in the snow), and once they inspected the car they understood why. An unidentified man was bound, gagged and unconscious in the trunk. The bruised man was brought to Harlem Hospital where he is listed in stable condition. Meanwhile, cops hope he will wake up soon and identify the driver, as the BMW appears to be stolen. more ›

Part-time sanitation worker Eric Pagan, 20, was shoveling snow outside a Department of Sanitation depot in Inwood yesterday when he fell through a ventilation grate for the 1 train. Pagan had spent the day shoveling sidewalks and crosswalks for the city, but when he returned to the depot, the supervisor wouldn't let him knock off because it wasn't quite 5 p.m. yet. Instead, Pagan and another worker were tasked with shoveling the sidewalk outside the depot. Minutes later, he was bleeding at the bottom of a hole. more ›

Pawn takes rook, check mate! As everyone had hoped those rascally Inwood chess players were vindicated in court today when a judge threw out the NYPD's case, saying that summonses were wrong. Which—since the tickets were for being in a park after hours and were written at 2 p.m.—they were. Of course, this doesn't mean that cops looking to fill quotas won't be coming after more chess players. Norman Siegel, who represented the players, advises adults to stay away from chess tables near playgrounds, since quota-filling cops can always cite a different Parks provision in future cases. more ›

Great news summons aficionados: those outlaw chess players who were ticketed this fall will likely have all their charges dismissed! Seven chess players were given tickets for playing on chess boards in a children's play area in Inwood, which caused much controversy amongst parents in the area whose children had learned to play from the men. Yesterday morning, three of the men were given "adjournments in contemplation of dismissals," meaning the charges will be dropped if they stay out of trouble for six months. more ›