Police say they found an infant girl abandoned in a Brooklyn apartment building just after midnight earlier today. The baby, believed to be about six months old, was found in front of a seventh-floor apartment at W. 33rd Street building in the O'Dwyer Houses; near her were a broken cell phone and a mini Vodka bottle. “She was cute. She was dressed in pink. She didn't even have shoes on, just socks," Angel Cruz told the News. more ›

A NJ man is accused of impersonating a cop and threatening hookers with jail time if they wouldn't give him free sex. Warren D. Taylor, 32, was caught after police tracked down a cell phone number he had given to one of the women he allegedly attacked; Taylor was allegedly taking a page from real cops, and trying to become her pimp. more ›

Would-be criminals don't seem to be learning their lesson: if you steal an iPhone, cops will use the Find My iPhone app to track you down. And if you're really dumb, you may get caught in an embarrassing manner. Case in point: according to CBS, two cops found a stolen iPhone after they heard it ringing inside the pants of a 14-year-old suspect. more ›

A single mother was arrested yesterday and charged with harassing and stalking Yankees general manager Brian Cashman. But before she was arrested, Louise Neathway, who also goes by the last name Meanwell, claimed in an interview with Deadspin that she had been Cashman's mistress since last April. In court yesterday, prosecutors portrayed the 36-year-old British national as an unhinged con woman out to extort Cashman: "The defendant extorted approximately $6,000 from the victim and attempted to extort over $15,000," prosecutor Eric Iverson said. more ›

The Brooklyn South narcotics detective who was convicted of planting drugs on a woman and her boyfriend was sentenced to five years’ probation and 300 hours of community service. Former cop Jason Arbeeny, a 14-year NYPD veteran, was previously found guilty of eight counts of falsifying records and official misconduct for planting drugs on innocent suspects—a crime he claimed he did in order to reach quotas. Arbeeny broke down in tears at his sentencing today: "I can't look at myself in the mirror anymore," Arbeeny told Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Gustin Reichbach. “Sir, I am begging you, please don't send me to jail." more ›

Police are searching for a man who allegedly hit his three-year-old daughter with a brick in Brick, NJ. Edward Smith, 25, destroyed the child’s mother’s cellphone and stole her car after the Saturday night incident, and has been on the run since. Authorities believe Smith wasn't intentionally trying to hurt the little girl, who lost a tooth and needed stitches for a cut on her upper lip. more ›

Earlier this month, a seven-year-veteran NYPD officer accused of moonlighting as a pimp was charged internally by the NYPD with promoting prostitution. Officer Monty Green has been the subject of an Internal Affairs probe since 2009, and hasn't been formally charged with anything. But the IAB has amassed a largely circumstantial case in order to try to take away his badge. Green denied all the allegations to the Daily News: “I’m not a pimp. I don’t solicit anyone for sex or pay anyone for sex." more ›

The boyfriend of a woman whose one-year-old was found dead this week has been arrested and charged with his murder. On Wednesday, baby Richard Fludd was discovered unresponsive in the living room floor of a third-floor apartment where he lived on East 232nd Street. Reginald Smith, 24, now faces charges of murder and assault after the Medical Examiner determined the cause of death to be homicide. more ›

As Yogi Berra might say, it's deja vu all over again: over 25 Occupy Wall Street protesters have been arrested today at a foreclosure auction protest in Brooklyn this afternoon. According to John Knefel, over 80 people crammed into Brooklyn Supreme Court to sing songs and blockade the foreclosure sales, and it seemingly worked: "4 cops just said the auction was cancelled. #ows now being forced to leave. could it be a ruse? #blockade." Check out a video of protesters singing in the courthouse here, and below. more ›

Police are investigating the death of a one-year-old boy who was found unconscious in his Bronx home yesterday. Baby Richard Flood was discovered unresponsive by his mother’s boyfriend in the living room floor of a third-floor apartment where he lived on East 232nd Street at 11:25 a.m. Wednesday. Sources told NBC that the boy had a cast on his leg from a broken leg, bruises on his face, and cigarette burns on his arms. more ›

You really can't make this up! A cop who claims he was fired for flashing a woman in a police stationhouse insists he is innocent—and he has (or, rather, doesn't have) the foreskin to prove it! According to former officer Owen Hopper's suit against the NYPD, "at no point during the trial was an expert called to render an opinion" as to whether or not an aroused uncut dong looks like a cut one. more ›

The Brooklyn man who allegedly confessed to cops that he killed a 73-year-old woman by setting her on fire in a Prospect Heights elevator was arraigned yesterday—and more details about that alleged confession came to light. Police claim that Jerome Isaac boasted at the time of his arrest that he would have gotten away with the murder of Deloris Gillespie if he hadn't turned himself in: “If the video wasn’t there, you would still be looking for me,” he declared, despite having burned half his face during the attack. more ›

A convicted pedophile was arrested in Brooklyn for taking pictures of a 9-year-old girl. David Zimmer, 40, was arrested Jan. 2 in Borough Park for photographing the girl in the hallway of the building where they both live. But Zimmer's brother claims there was nothing wrong with the photos: “None of the pictures he took were inappropriate. My brother is a very kind, sweet person.” more ›

Police suspect that a seven-year-veteran NYPD officer has been moonlighting as a pimp. Officer Monty Green has been the subject of an Internal Affairs probe since 2009, and hasn't been formally charged with anything. But their investigation report claims they have taped evidence of him “discussing prostitution-related activities.” Green denied the charged to the News: “That’s not me. I don’t know anything about that.” more ›

A Brooklyn father was fatally shot by police yesterday while investigating a possible break-in at his home. Dwayne Browne, 27, was shot once in the chest by police around 10:40 p.m. in East New York last night. "The officers told me they had to shoot him,'' his girlfriend Juanita told the Daily News. "They kept calling him the shooter. The officer said, 'I'm sorry. It was one of us. But he wouldn't put the gun down.'" more ›

The NYPD are not known for giving out frivolous tickets or making frivolous arrests, unless you happen to be reading the bible in a playground after dark or eating doughnuts in a playground unaccompanied by a child. So it may shock you to hear of another case in which the NYPD aggressively arrested a suspect who, it turned out, had committed absolutely no crime: “I was under the impression that it was very illegal to walk up the hill,” said tourist Aaron Vansintjan about his frustrating experience. more ›

Governor Cuomo's State of the State speech was chock-full of curious incursions into New Yorker's privacy. And we aren't just talking about the whole fingerprinting folks who want food stamps debate. Oh, no. Slipped in there amidst all that gambling talk was also a plan to make New York the first state in the country to collect DNA from anyone convicted of a crime here. And that includes misdemeanors like jumping turnstiles. more ›

This video obtained by the Utica Phoenix upstate seems to show a policeman taking a bag of white powder out of his pocket and planting it inside a vehicle while searching it for drugs during a routine traffic stop. If this is what it appears to be, it's got to rank up there among the more boneheaded Barney Fife moves in idiot cop history (and there's a LOT of history), because the incident was captured on the cop's own dashboard camera. Watch for the 1:02 mark, where the officer produces a small bag from his pocket before leaning into the car then, 30 seconds later, comes out holding the same bag... like he just found it. more ›

Police say they've apprehended the man who impersonated a police officer in order to lure a 15-year-old boy into his van and sexually assault him. Suspect Steven Pappas, 50, is a level 3 sex offender who was just released from prison this month after a burglary case. NBC New York reports that his sex abuse arrest was from 2000 and involved a 14-year-old. You'll recall from yesterday's report that a striking police sketch of the man (below) was released as investigators searched for him, and it looks like the sketch was right on the money. more ›

A man who was arrested for attempted larceny in Washington Heights died in police custody after suffering an apparent asthma attack last night. The 52-year-old suspect, whose name hasn't been released yet, was allegedly caught breaking into a car; he fled into Tommy’s Grill, near the corner of West 158th and Broadway where police caught up with him. As he was being arrested, he told officers he was having difficulty breathing and said he had an asthma inhaler in his pocket. more ›

Two men were found fatally shot, and a third wounded, early this morning in Long Island. Police say that two of the victims, who were in their 20s, were found sitting in a 1998 Nissan Altiman around 2:50 a.m. this morning; both were pronounced dead at the scene in Brentwood. "This is usually a very quiet area, nothing like this," John Rueb III told Newsday. more ›

Yesterday, a Brooklyn woman was burned alive in the elevator of her Prospect Heights apartment building in a horrific crime that was captured on surveillance video. Police say that they now have a suspect in custody for the murder of 64-year-old Doris Gillespie. The man came into a transit police station close to the apartment building where the attack took place early Sunday morning—he was "reeking of gasoline," according to cops. more ›

One man was killed and another wounded in a shootout in Washington Heights early Saturday morning. According to DNAInfo, a 30-year-old man was fatally shot numerous times in the head in a car in front of 555 Edgecombe Ave., near 160th Street, shortly after 1:30 a.m. Another 31-year-old man was shot multiple times to the chest, and is in critical condition at Harlem Hospital. "I’ve lived here 17 years and nothing like this has ever happened. This is insane," a witness told them. more ›

At the start of December, two uniformed rookie officers patrolling Jackson Heights were shot at by a suspicious-looking man wearing a black trench coat with a fake beard, hat and dark glasses. Police have now identified that man as 53-year-old Antonio Olmeda—and they have a better idea why itchy-fingered Olmeda was walking around in disguise. According to the News, Olmeda is a career criminal who has been arrested for drugs, soliciting a cop for sex, and carrying around a weapons arsenals, including flame-throwers and bomb material. more ›

Pizza tourism expert Rep. Peter King is sick and tired of everyone badmouthing and "smearing" the NYPD—especially liberal members of the House Committee on Homeland Security, who called for an investigation into the NYPD over the report that they have been spying on Muslim Americans in NYC. “This is just left-wing pandering,” King told Roll Call. “Political correctness has gone crazy on the other side. These guys go on the line every day. A thousand cops out there. For them to take those cheap shots is disgraceful.” It's like they didn't even read the Post's takedown of that report! 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 ›