One of the two boys who put a woman in a coma by tossing a Target shopping cart off a mall walkway in Harlem last Halloween was sentenced to spend up to 18 months in a group home in Westchester County yesterday. "He’s finally going to get help...I thank God for that," the boy's mother reportedly sobbed after the sentencing. more ›

Last October, two young boys nearly killed real estate broker and avid volunteer Marion Salmon Hedges by tossing a shopping cart from a fourth story walkway. The 12- and 13-year-old boys were given lenient sentences, largely because Hedges reportedly said she "bears no ill will" to them. But her husband does hold the shopping center where the incident occurred responsible—and now he's suing the center for having lax security. more ›

The two boys who nearly killed real estate broker and avid volunteer Marion Salmon Hedges last year by tossing a shopping cart from a fourth story walkway just before Halloween may get off without a stop in jail. Surely helping their fate is forgiveness on the part of Hedges. more ›

Last October, there was shock and outraged after two 12-year-old boys tossed a shopping cart from a fourth story walkway and hit a woman, who was left in critical condition and a medically-induced coma. The victim, Marion Salmon Hedges, a real estate broker and active volunteer at numerous organizations, had come to the East Harlem shopping complex to buy Halloween candy for needy children. Now, the Post reports that Hedges "bears no ill will" towards the boys. more ›

After initially saying he was not guilty, one of the tweens who dropped a shopping cart four stories from an East Harlem Target onto Marion Salmon Hedges before Halloween has changed his tune. "Uh, I help throw the shopping cart over it and I knew the people was down there. I knew somebody could have got hurt," the boy, whose name is being withheld because of his age, said in a brief statement to the court yesterday. more ›

The two 12-year-old boys charged with pushing a Target shopping cart from a fourth-floor walkway onto 47-year-old Upper West Side mother Marion Salmon Hedges this weekend returned to family court today with lots of questions, according to their lawyer. If convicted, the boys each face 18 months in a juvenile detention center. Meanwhile it has come out that the walkway the boys are said to have thrown the cart from would have been illegal if it had only been built by the city. more ›

Surveillance video of two 12-year-olds throwing a Target shopping cart over a ledge in East Harlem has surfaced, the Daily News reports, and it seems at least one teen tried to stop the boys—going so far as to take away the first shopping cart the tweens tried to toss. Unfortunately the boys just grabbed another cart, which they successfully got over the edge—sending 47-year-old UWS mom Marion Salmon Hedges to Harlem Hospital in critical condition. more ›