More details have emerged about the tragic incident at the New Dorp train station on Staten Island early Sunday morning. Yesterday we learned the identity of the drunk man rescued by Good Samaritan Steven Santiago—he is Jonathan Parisen, an independent filmmaker who was the first to make a dramatized film about 9/11. (Called Stairwell: Trapped in the World Trade Center, it was released in 2002 to mixed reception.) Now more details have emerged about how Parisen ended up down on the tracks, and how Santiago wound up in extremely critical condition after saving him. more ›

A brilliant Staten Islander trying to dodge a traffic ticket was done in by his own hubris on Wednesday morning. Jack Milici was being issued a summons by Traffic Agent Alisa Pearce on Wednesday morning when he hopped in the car and peeled off before Pearce could place the ticket on his car. However, not content with just driving off, he tracked her down later and began yelling and cursing. He also threw snowballs at her. more ›

Police are looking for a brazen man who attempted to break into a New Dorp home twice in one afternoon. The woman who lives in the house received a call from her children around 11 a.m. on Friday, saying they heard strange footsteps inside the house. An alarm rang and scared him off, but he returned just a half an hour later. more ›

A young woman got frightened and died yesterday after being trapped in an elevator for two hours during a blackout. Danielle Goldberg was traveling up to her sixth-floor apartment around 11:35 a.m. when all of a sudden the power was cut. "She was scared because the lights were out and couldn't get out of the elevator," explained her brother, Steven. The 26-year-old who suffered from congenital heart defect had a panic attack and used her cell phone to alert a relative. "She called my mom to calm down, but it didn't work," he said more ›

An NYPD officer has been suspended without pay after being charged with roughing up his girlfriend earlier this week. 24-year-old Roberto Pagan was arraigned yesterday after the altercation took place Wednesday night at Hylan Boulevard and Tysens Lane in the New Dorp section of Staten Island. A source tells the SI Advance that at around 8:30, Pagan and his girlfriend "exchanged heated words over what he was texting" before he then allegedly began choking her and punched her in the eye. Pagan is relatively new to the force, having been on for around 18 months. At his arraignment for misdemeanor charges of assault and attempted assault, a judge ordered that the Graniteville native turn over all firearms—including his his police weapon. His girlfriend was treated for bruises at Staten Island Hospital before being released more ›