The NJ man accused of viciously beating two Rangers fans after the Rangers-Flyers game in Philadelphia is back in custody, after a judge raised his bail from $100,000 to $400,000. more ›

Investigators are searching for a man seen in this surveillance video hurling a Molotov cocktail at a private home in Jamaica, Queens that doubles as a Hindu place of worship. The suspect, described as black, 5-feet-8, 200 pounds, and 25 to 30 years old, was caught on camera throwing a Starbucks Frappuccino bottle filled with flammable liquid at the residence, one of four places in Queens that were firebombed late Sunday night. A fifth home on Long Island was also hit Sunday night, and Nassau County police tell the Times that incident has "some characteristics" similar to the Queens attacks. more ›

The NYPD has released this sketch of a man they say posed as a police officer and sexually assaulted a teenage boy in Brooklyn on Friday morning. According to police, the man, who was dressed as a civilian, approached the 15-year-old boy around 9:30 a.m. on a subway platform at the 53rd Street and 4th Avenue subway station in Sunset Park. After seeing the teen throw an empty bag of chips onto the platform, investigators say he produced what appeared to be a police badge and ordered the teen to accompany him. more ›

A 23-year-old Long Island man being investigated for a burglary was shot to death by police yesterday after he charged officers with a foot-long knife. Kurt Doerbecker was involved in a standoff with police when he refused to exit his parent’s waterfront home in Point Lookout to speak to them. He was shot several times after he advanced on an officer "in a threatening manner" and refused an order to drop the knife. But Doerbecker's family are upset with cops who they say were "overly agressive." “There were 60 cops and one young man. They shot him dead. He was running away from them," said David, Doerbecker’s older brother. more ›

Police are looking for a man who they just had in their custody—apparently Thomas Davtian, a robbery suspect, managed to get out of the questioning room at Brooklyn's 61st Precinct, which covers Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach. So now the cops want your help. more ›

Remember that appalling video of the screaming woman who barely escaped a rapist on a dark and deserted Park Slope sidewalk? Well, it turns out that cops who were called to the scene didn't bother taking the video into evidence, according to one local resident who tells the Post his neighbor "was telling the police, 'I have the tape, I have the tape." But the cops allegedly told him "they weren't interested." It's unclear if the neighbors had the courtesy to offer the officers popcorn, but the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating. more ›

Police are questioning a man who was the target of a citywide manhunt in connection with a series of attempted rapes and one alleged rape in Sunset Park and Park Slope. Earlier today we shared video of the man inside a Dunkin' Donuts; this person has since come forward, but he insists he's innocent. more ›

The police have released video of a suspect in a fatal Brooklyn shooting. And the video (below) is pretty explicit: Surveillance footage shows a man following 18-year-old Andre Pitts out of an elevator on Sunday evening and then shooting at him. Video from another camera outside clearly shows his face. more ›

The police released an image of a man who allegedly robbed two people on the Upper East Side last week. Notably, the 6'1", 250 pound-ish suspect picked victims who are likely students (WCBS 2 says, "NYPD Investigating School Kid Robberies"). more ›

Police are searching for a woman who robbed and shoved an 81-year-old woman to the ground at a downtown Manhattan subway station. On January 4 at 10:40 p.m., Madeline Klima was swiping her Metrocard at a turnstile at the Fulton Street station when the suspect approached her from behind. Klima, who works as an office cleaner, broke her shoulder and suffered a head laceration; she told the Post, "I knew my bag was gone and I yelled, 'I was robbed!' 'I was robbed!' more ›

It's reported that the man suspected of six muggings at Co-op City in the Bronx and at Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan has been arrested in NJ. The Post reports, "A hulking ex-con was picked up by cops in Bergen County, NJ, over the weekend -- and sources said he's being eyed as the ice-pick predator." In the six crimes, a man wielding an ice pick (or knife) has approached women entering their apartment buildings, threatened them, and taken their money, jewelry, and cellphones. The man in custody, who was apprehended after a tip, allegedly has previous arrests. more ›

The police are looking for a suspect they believe is behind four muggings, three in the Bronx and one in Manhattan, over the past few weeks. In each instance, the man followed a woman into her apartment building and then onto an elevator, where he threatened her with either a knife or ice pick and finally robbed her. more ›

Yesterday, police arrested a man suspected of mugging five women last Wednesday and Thursday on the Upper East Side. In many of the instances, the suspect approached a woman from behind, demanded money and claimed he had a knife; Tyrone Hunter, 55, an ex-con recently released from prison, was charged with robbery and assault. more ›

As every great mobster knows, the surefire way to prove your innocence is by silencing your prime witness. Preferably via pay-off, intimidation, or, if all else fails, calling a hit on them. So if former Queens limo driver Rajeev Kumar wanted us to think he was innocent of raping a grad student, he's doing an exemplary job of it by trying (and failing) to hire a hit man to kill her. And the whole endeavor was allegedly aided by a photo of the accuser he received from his perfectly-named defense lawyer, Nelson Schmukler. more ›

Police are looking for a man who apparently tried to abduct a little boy from his nanny on East 6th Street between Avenues A and B in the East Village yesterday morning. Video shows a man grabbing the 4-year-old and trying to walk away with him, but his nanny screamed and took the boy back. The suspect fled west on East 6th; the principal of PS 64 right down the street says police told her about the incident. The suspect is described as a black male "between 45 and 55 years old... about 5-foot-7 with a slim build... wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt and faded black jeans." Contact NYPD Crime Stoppers with information. more ›

After three women reported they were sexually assaulted after leaving subway stations in Queens, the police have released a sketch of the man suspected of the two attacks. In both instances, the man allegedly tried to start a conversation first and then grabbed them from behind in the early morning hours. One frightened St. John's student heard one of the attacks outside her boyfriend's window, "I was so scared. I am never going to hang out late at night." more ›

Police say that the suspect in last week's murder of hip hop producer turned Orthodox Jew Yoseph Robinson has confessed. Eion Klass, who served 11 years in jail for attempted murder and robbery, has been charged with murder as well as criminal possession of a weapon. more ›

Police nearly lost a suspect in the murder of Brooklyn liquor store clerk Yoseph Robinson after he was left unhandcuffed in an Interrogation room and tried to make a break for it. After receiving numerous tips, detectives tracked down the suspect's car and took him into custody. He has not confessed, though he is wanted on an unrelated assault warrant. Robinson, a Jamaican drug dealer turned Orthodox Jew, was a community icon, whom his employer described as "the kind of guy we should all emulate." more ›

Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly beat and raped a 79-year-old woman in her apartment building in the Bronx earlier this morning. The suspect, described as a man in his 20s, allegedly pulled the victim out of her elevator around 2 a.m. He then punched her in the face, raped her, and fled. One neighbor told WCBS, "It's sad, somebody that old, an elderly woman like that who doesn't do anything to anyone." Police are examining surveillance footage and also canvassing a nearby subway station to see if the suspect used the train to get away. more ›

As New Yorkers who enjoy Riverside Park worry about the two attacks on Monday, police released surveillance video of "a person they say fits the description of the suspect." The video was taken about an hour after the attacks, which occurred at around 6 a.m. at 120th Street in the park and at 6:20 a.m. at 98th Street. One parkgoer told WABC 7, "It's pretty shocking, I go walking in Riverside Park all the time. I've always thought it was pretty safe, it's disturbing." more ›

[Update BELOW] Today, the NYPD announced that a second woman was attacked in Riverside Park on July 5. The police say a 48-year-old woman who was walking her dog in the park, when, at 6:20 a.m. and West 98th Street and Riverside Drive, a man walked up behind her, struck her on the back of her head, threw her to the ground and kicked her in the chest and stomach. more ›

Perhaps bowing to the public's interest in a feline-inspired thief, the police released surveillance video of a female robbery suspect who robbed an Arche shoe store at Astor Place last week—all while wearing a cat mask. The police sketch actually featured the mask, complete with whiskers, on the suspect—luckily this didn't happen during Halloween, or the police tipline would be littered with sightings. more ›

Police have charged 31-year-old Richard Mitchell for the murder of teenager Genice Clark. Clark was shot outside the Stapleton Houses in Staten Island, and family members believe she intervened in an argument taking place within a group of peers and was shot as some form of payback. Now the family says they believe it was Mitchell, a distant relative of Clark's, all along. Clark's mother Karen Jones told the Daily News, "We knew it was him the whole time. It makes me feel good they caught him. I feel much better." more ›

Police arrested a suspect in a June 2 sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. According to WABC 7, the woman was walking near Linden Boulevard and Bedford Avenue around 2 a.m. "when police say 20-year-old Rony Delmas grabbed her and forced her between 2 parked cars where he sexually assaulted her. Delmas then allegedly walked her several blocks to a secluded area located on Parkside Avenue, where she was raped. The second suspect, identified by police as 20-year-old Stephon Edwards, showed up and then he also raped the victim according to investigators." Delmas was arrested and police are looking for Edwards, who is "described as a black male, 5'6" tall and 120 lbs." more ›

The police released a sketch of a man suspecting of sexually assaulting and briefly kidnapping a 12-year-old girl who was walking to school. On Tuesday morning, before 8 a.m., the girl was grabbed on 67th Street and put in a double-parked SUV, where a man "fondled her over her clothes." Luckily, she was able to get out of the car and tell her parents. The man drove away. more ›

Investigators have released this photo of a man suspected of opening fire on a Bed-Stuy street on Sunday afternoon, wounding three people, including a 5-year-old girl. Adam Bilal, 24, is suspected of shooting Syniah Herndon in the leg, and shooting Jamel Franklin, 20, and Darnell Billinghurst, 23, in their arms. Fortunately, none of the injuries were life-threatening. Cops say Syniah was caught in the crossfire while playing outside her home on Halsey Street; she later told her mom, "I shouldn't have gone outside today." more ›

Police are seeking a suspect believed to be involved in nine burglaries in the East Village on East 9th, 11th, and 13th Streets, St. Marks Place, and Avenues B and C. According to MyFoxNY, "The brazen burglar has struck at least nine apartments from March 10 through April 3, police said. He even hit one building twice in one day -- once in the morning and once at night." more ›

Add this to your blogrolls! The FBI has developed a new website featuring surveillance photos of bank robbers. Dubbed "Bandit Tracker," the website features a database of images, crime narratives, and maps that authorities hope will generate valuable tips from visitors, according to the Post. Similar websites are up and running in Chicago, St. Louis and Texas, among other places, and in some cases, the technology used to establish the sites allows investigators to post images of the suspects within an hour after a robbery occurs. more ›

The police are looking for a man suspected of assaulting a man at the Seneca Avenue subway station. WABC 7 reports, the two men were "on the mezzanine area... The 62-year-old victim was pushed to the ground during a dispute with the suspect. He suffered a broken hip as a result. The suspect is described as a M/W/45-50 years of age. He is described as being 5'8" tall and was wearing a brown plaid jacket, brown cap, brown pants, and was carrying a black briefcase." more ›

Investigators have released surveillance videos of a man they believe viciously attacked and possibly sexually assaulted a woman in a Midtown bar after she refused to dance with him. Cops are trying to track down the suspect, who allegedly followed a 30-year-old nurse into a bathroom early on Thursday, barged into the stall, and left her bloodied and unconscious with a fractured skull, a broken nose and a broken eye socket. more ›