A 76-year-old man was found dead with burn wounds on his face in the Bronx last night. According to police, they responded to a 911 call about a fight when they found the victim, who hasn't been identified yet, dead inside the bedroom of his apartment on Noble Ave. in Parkchester about 11:15 p.m. The death has been ruled a homicide, and the investigation is ongoing.
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76-Year-Old Bronx Man Found Dead With Facial Burns
Is It Gross For Cops To Clip Their Nails In Public?
By now, you've likely noticed that we are sticklers for subway etiquette. And we generally believe that when in doubt, you probably shouldn't do it in public—like when it comes to clipping your nails. But here's a situation we're not 100% sure about: tipster Allison Lucas sent us the above photo of a cop who was clipping his nails while apparently on-duty at the Times Square train station yesterday morning. And he kept doing so even as he was approached by people for help.
Young Woman Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver In Union Square
Police say that a 21-year-old woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver early this morning in Union Square. The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. when the driver, who was in a blue dump truck heading eastbound on 14th street, attempted to turn southbound onto Broadway at the same time the woman was crossing the street. "He didn't see her. It was a big truck, a dump truck," eyewitness William Cayame told the News. "The light was for her. She had the walk sign."
Police: Queens Husband Stabs Wife In Head With Meat Cleaver
A Queens woman is in critical condition after her husband allegedly stabbed her in the head several times with a meat cleaver. According to police, the attack happened around 5:45 a.m. today in the couple's Parsons Blvd. apartment.
More Than A Third Of 2011 NYC Murders Took Place In Brooklyn (And Other Interesting Stats)
Last year, despite some issues including fudged crime stats and a jump in subway crime, New York still saw a drop in overall crime according to the NYPD. Most importantly, the number of murders continued to drop. And, if trends hold, this year promises to have even fewer murders (there have been 136 so far, 20 percent below where we were this time last year). To celebrate that news, the NYPD has sent out its annual analysis of murder victims, and once again it's an interesting read!
Cops Find 125 Lbs Of Marijuana in "Homer's All-Purpose Bucket" Of Weed
Four people were arrested yesterday for criminal possession of pot in Brooklyn. Police recovered approximately 125 lbs of marijuana in the Brownsville home where the four suspects all lived. As you can see above, they really took advantage of the 5 gallon "All-Purpose" buckets (which only go for $2.60 each).
Bloomberg Continues Tone-Deaf Support Of Stop-And-Frisk Policy
Yesterday, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly promised more scrutiny and oversight for the NYPD's controversial stop-and-frisk policy, outlining several changes to the policy in memos to the NYPD and City Council. But as far as Mayor Bloomberg is concerned, everything is working just fine, and there's nothing controversial about stop-and-frisk, and he can't hear any complaints nah nah nah: "We're going to keep doing this...We're not going to walk away from tactics that work and we're not going to walk away from bringing crime down," he said on his radio show this morning.
Ray Kelly Promises More Stop And Frisk Scrutiny, NYCLU Calls It Spin
Yesterday during a Q&A at City Hall, Mayor Bloomberg claimed that the NYPD's controversial stop-and-frisk policy is actually not that controversial, and most NYers (outside a vocal "minority of people") overwhelmingly support it. But Police Commissioner Ray Kelly seems to disagree with that assessment—why else would the NYPD issue a department-wide memo instructing officers (yet again) to not racially profile? And why else would Kelly send a letter to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn describing the changes and improvements the NYPD has made to "increase public confidence" in the policy?
Off-Duty Cop Arrested For Snagging Better Seat At Citi Field
A 30-year-old off-duty police officer was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing for moving to a better seat at Citi Field last night. In other words, Eduardo Cornejo was arrested for doing something that every baseball fan has done at some point in their lives.
Testy Bloomberg Blames Press For Stop-And-Frisk Controversy
Following a press conference in City Hall today where he announced that the Mets will host the All-Star Game in 2013, Mayor Bloomberg opened up the floor to other topics in an open Q & A session. And the light-heartedness of the baseball news was soon overshadowed by questions regarding the NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy. Bloomberg made it clear that he absolutely supported stop-and-frisk, and dismissed critics as a vocal minority: "Nobody should ask Ray Kelly to apologize—he's not going to and neither am I—for saving 5,600 lives. I think it's fair to say that stop-question-and-frisk has been an essential part of the NYPD's work."
Police Fatally Shoot Queens Man Who Allegedly Stabbed Wife, Himself
Police fatally shot a Queens man who had stabbed himself and his wife during a domestic dispute in Oakland Gardens last night. According to police, the incident happened around 8:30 p.m. Thursday night when the couple's 17-year-old daughter called 911 after finding her father Samuel Rivers cutting himself with the knife at their 223rd Place home. When cops arrived, they found Samuel and wife Sharon outside the home; Sharon was bleeding from her neck and chest, and was wailing, “I’m dying! I’m going to die!”
Defense Lawyer Chastises Media For "Gunpoint Rape" Cop's "Unjust" Sentence
This week, former police officer Michael Pena was sentenced to 75 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 25-year-old school teacher at gunpoint while off-duty in Manhattan last August. In the Daily News today, his defense attorney Ephraim Savitt wrote a passioned op-ed about what he calls an unjust sentence: "Is there a constitutional carveout for rape charges involving a police officer? The quest for proportionality has taken a dangerous detour. It is one that neither deters criminal behavior nor promotes respect for our criminal justice system. But it’s good press and even better politics."
NYPD Officer Reveals Why He Doesn't Ticket Cars In Bike Lanes
NYPDRob, AKA The Reddit Cop returned to the online forum yesterday to answer more questions about his job and the department, and he doesn't disappoint in dropping eye-opening, "man we wish more cops would speak their minds" knowledge. The officer defends stop-and-frisk, as "an excellent tool," writing, "If someone gives me a good description, chances are in a city of 8 million people there are going to be a handful of people who are innocent but still fit that description."
Video: 80-Year-Old Man Mugged Inside His Apartment Building
An 80-year-old man was mugged inside his apartment building by two men yesterday. The attack occurred Thursday around 3:15 p.m. on the Upper East Side after the two suspects followed the victim into the building. One put the elderly man into a chokehold when they reached the second floor, while the other grabbed his wallet. You can see surveillance video of the suspects entering and then fleeing the building below.
Cops: Ice Pick-Wielding Robber Strikes By Central Park
The NYPD is looking for the public's help in finding a man suspected of punching then robbing someone near Central Park on Wednesday. The weapon of choice? An ice pick!
NJ Cop Arrested For Allegedly Trying To Lure 12-Year-Old For Sex
A New Jersey police officer has been arrested for allegedly attempting to spark a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old girl. Woodland Park Police Officer Steven Vigorito Jr., 39, has been charged with attempted aggravated sexual assault as well as luring and enticing a child—he met the alleged victim while assisting her family in an unrelated police matter. "What is so disturbing about this, is the person who was to assist the family, ends up preying on the family," said Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes.
Judge Denies First Amendment Protection To Cop Who Complained About Quotas
Yesterday, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by a Bronx police officer who had claimed that his precinct used a quotas system, and that he was punished when he complained about it. U.S. district judge Barbara S. Jones rejected officer Craig Matthews argument that his speech was protected under the First Amendment—but she didn't reject the notion that the cops use quotas. And as we know from other lawsuits, recordings of station meetings, leaked documents, cop testimony, more lawsuits, threatened boycotts, and jury rulings, they do use quotas. It just seems that cops aren't allowed to complain about it.
Video: Armed Robber Fatally Shot By Retired NYPD Lieutenant
An armed robber was fatally shot after he and an accomplice attempted to rob a pharmacy in East Harlem yesterday—and it turns out he was felled by a retired NYPD Lieutenant who happened to be at the gas station across the street at the time. Thomas Barnes, 48, never fired a gun during his 21 years on the force: “I’m just glad to be alive,” Barnes said afterward. “I’m glad to be home with my family."
Cops Kill Armed Robber During Bloody Shootout
An armed robber was fatally shot by police in East Harlem earlier today. According to FDNY, the suspect was shot around 11:10 a.m. at First Avenue and East 119th Street. He and an accomplice had reportedly attempted to rob a neighborhood pharmacy. Witnesses told the Post that there was a bloody shootout on the streets of Harlem: “Part of the back of his head was missing. He had a large head wound and there was tons of blood,” witness John Brecevich said of the victim.
Bill Cosby Blames Gun Accessibility For Death Of Trayvon Martin, NJ Mural Causes Controversy
Famed comedian Bill Cosby weighed in on the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, and he put the blame squarely on the easy accessibility of guns: “We’ve got to get the gun out of the hands of people who are supposed to be on neighborhood watch,” Cosby told the Washington Post. “Without a gun, I don’t see Mr. Zimmerman approaching Trayvon by himself. The power-of-the-gun mentality had him unafraid to confront someone. Even police call for backup in similar situations. When you carry a gun, you mean to harm somebody, kill somebody."
"Gunpoint Rape" Cop Juror Admits He Should Have Been More Forthcoming About Background
The trial of former police officer Michael Pena—who had been accused of raping a 25-year-old school teacher at gunpoint while off-duty in Manhattan last August—was a giant mess, to say the least. Chief among the problems was the fact that one of the three holdout jurors who refused to convict Pena of rape (but did convict him of predatory sexual assault) had ties to several prominent law-enforcement figures, but purposefully withheld that information. Finally, lawyer Lloyd Constantine admitted to the News that maybe, just maybe, he made a mistake in not admitting those ties initially: “I would have included a much longer list of names and somewhere in there would have been Cy Vance,” he said in hindsight.
Off-Duty Cop Arrested For DWI After Driving Wrong Way Down 2nd Ave.
An off-duty cop was charged with drunk driving after getting into an accident on the Upper East Side last night. Police say that Officer Raymond Dimaria, 35, drove the wrong way down Second Avenue and smashed into a Nissan Maxima on East 63rd Street around 1:20 a.m.
"Gunpoint Rape" Cop Jurors Dismissed Eyewitness As "Skateboard Witness"
More details to make your blood boil have emerged from the trial of former police officer Michael Pena, who was found guilty of three counts of predatory sexual assault for attacking a 25-year-old school teacher at gunpoint while off-duty in Manhattan last August. A juror interviewed after the judge declared a mistrial on the rape charges told the News the three holdouts didn’t take the testimony of witness Gregory Matherly seriously, dismissing him as the “skateboard witness.” “I know Greg,” said neighbor Eva Okada. “He’s not a liar. Just because he rides a skateboard doesn’t make him a liar.”
Washington Square Park Mainstay Arrested For 81st Time!
Some people aspire to be like Jeremy Lin, while others aspire to be Henry Earl—and it seems Herman Wayne decidedly falls into the latter category. The 55-year-old Washington Square Park mainstay was arrested last weekend for the 81st time. He makes 74-time arrestee Johnny Morgan look like a real Padawan.
The Most Outrageous Thing Said By A "Gunpoint Rape" Cop Juror
We're still trying to understand exactly what happened in Manhattan Criminal Court over the past two weeks that led to former police office Michael Pena—who had been on trial for the alleged rape of a 25-year-old school teacher at gunpoint while off-duty in Manhattan last August—not getting convicted of rape, despite being convicted of three counts of predatory sexual assault. More information has leaked out about the holdout jurors: the Daily News reports that at least one juror didn't believe the victim because she could not recall the color of a car parked by the courtyard where she was attacked: “If she doesn’t remember these details, how does she know she was penetrated,” one juror said, according to their sources.
NYPD: Seriously, People, Stop Falling Asleep On The Subway!
Who hasn't succumbed to Subwaysomnia at some point in their lives? It happens to the best of us. There you are, drifting back and forth by the subway door when the urge overtakes you—and look, some open seats for you to lie down upon for a moment! It's no big deal, right? Wrong. The NYPD think you're very wrong. And they're gonna keep waking you up until you get the message.
Welcome To NYC: Cop Accidentally Shot Japanese Tourist
Early yesterday morning, it was reported that an NYPD officer accidentally shot a woman in the downstairs Brooklyn apartment where a drug raid had been going on. It turns out that plainclothes narcotics Officer Mosquera Washington had accidentally grazed a 25-year-old Japanese tourist who was sleeping on a couch in the apartment below. “I heard a bang and jumped up. She didn’t say anything. She was kind of nervous and shocked,” the tourist's friend, Marcus, told the Post. “The only thing I know is that there’s a bullet hole in my ceiling.” This never would have happened if she were sleeping in a Farbman.
George Zimmerman's Father Says Trayvon Martin Threatened, "You're Going To Die Tonight"
As the new-new investigation into the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin continues, the father of shooter George Zimmerman has spoken out about the night of the fatal shooting. And Robert Zimmerman claims that Martin attacked his son first, broke his nose, and threatened his life the night of Feb. 26: “It’s my understanding that Trayvon Martin got on top of him and just started beating him," the 64-year-old told FOX 35 WOFL. “Trayvon Martin said something to the effect of ‘you’re going to die now’ or ‘you’re going to die tonight.’"
Fight-Friendly Village McDonald's To Improve Security By Pretending It's A Bar
Earlier this week, City Council Speaker and mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn called for a boycott of the West Village McDonald's that has attracted three high-profile incidents in the last year. That potential boycott seemed to light a fire under management: the commanding officer of the Sixth Precinct said police met with franchise owner Carmen Paulino last night to discuss ways of increasing security. "What we're trying to convince McDonald's to do, and what I think they've been receptive to, is treating their McDonald's as if it were a bar past a certain hour of the night," said Deputy Inspector Brandon del Pozo.
Cop Accidentally Fires Gun During Raid, Hits Woman Downstairs
An NYPD officer accidentally shot a woman in the neighboring Brooklyn apartment where a raid was going on early this morning. The officer was participating in a drug raid in a third floor apartment at 3003 Clarendon Road when he accidentally fired his weapon just before 8 a.m, shooting a 25-year-old woman in the apartment below.
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