The police are looking for a man who allegedly threatened his ex-girlfriend with a meat cleaver, after breaking into her apartment. more ›

A spokesman for the city's Office of Emergency Management was suspended without pay after an incident in Soho on Wednesday night. The Post reports that Seth Andrews crashed his city-owned car and then threatened a female police officer who was arresting him, "I’m going to choke you, just watch out. You’re done. I can’t wait to get you on Staten Island. You just watch your gun." more ›

Hey, remember how police arrested Nkrumah Tinsley, an Occupy Wall Street protester, because he was spotted on a video saying, "On [November] 17th, we going to burn New York City to the f-cking ground... In a few days they’re going to see what a Molotov cocktail can do to Macy’s... They got guns, we got bottles!"? Well, now Tinsley is out... and he's back at Zuccotti Park! more ›

Earlier today, the U.S.-born al Qaeda leader and terrorist recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in Yemen by a missile fired from an American drone aircraft. In the wake of the death of al-Awalki, the first time since the Sept. 11 attacks that an American citizen had been deliberately targeted and killed by American forces, Ron Paul is not happy: "If the American people accept this blindly and casually that we now have an accepted practice of the President assassinating people who he thinks are bad guys, I think it's sad." more ›

Grumpy old man Lou Reed has a grumpy old manager, it would seem. According to the Daily News, his manager Tom Sarig was arrested after threatening to kill a corporate headhunter, Adrian Smith. Allegedly Sarig told Smith, "I'm going to have my guys kill you. Your head is going to be in a bag." (Make this threat more amusing by picturing Nico and the Factory folks when picturing "his guys.") The threatening phone call came after Smith attempted to collect on a finder's fee for getting Reed an assistant, which would be 20% of the assistant's annual $70,000. more ›

A Long Island man was arrested for leaving dozens of "rambling" messages for Rep. Gary Ackerman (D). According to Newsday, James Guarnaccio had been warned to stop calling the Congressman's Bayside, Queens office, but he "responded by calling the office the next day and threatening local detectives and the F.B.I., Nassau County police said Saturday." more ›

In the wake of the horrific Tucson shootings politicians have asked that rhetoric be "toned down," and this is a reminder that that request applies to people on both sides of the political spectrum. James Eric Fuller, a victim of the Tucson shooting, was arrested yesterday for making a death threat at Tucson Tea Party founder Trent Humphries. Fuller was in the front row as Humphries was interviewed on ABC's "This Week," and yelled "you're dead" after Humphries suggested conversations about gun control should be delayed until all the dead were buried. more ›

A former Queens public school teacher who was fired for excessive absences is suing former chancellor Joel Klein and the assistant principal at PS 253 in Far Rockaway, whom she says threatened her after she broke off their six-month affair. The Post reports that Assistant Principal Fred Iorio, 50, posted an outraged rant on Facebook after Karien Pichardo, 32, dropped him like AP science. The lawsuit claims that Iorio wrote on Facebook, "I put myself out there and got creamed emotionally and financially for it. Most of the clothes, shoes, house wares, mascara and perfumes she has I purchased for her." He wanted $1,100 to refund his gifts, and when he didn't get it, he allegedly kicked it up a notch with a touch of Fatal Attraction. more ›

The man suspected of robbing six women—while wielding an ice pick of knife—in the Bronx and Manhattan allegedly threatened a child. At John Martinez's arraignment, prosecutors described the robbery at East 14th in a Stuyvesant Town building, saying he approached a woman and her young son in an elevator. Martinez, who has a history of robbery arrests, allegedly said, "Give me your money, jewelry and credit cards," but when she gave him money, he wasn't happy, "This is not enough. Take me to your apartment or I will stab your son." (The boy and his mother were not harmed.) A tipster alerted police to Martinez's whereabouts—he was found near his mother's home in NJ, which was a violation of his probation. more ›

Hey, remember that guy throwing f-bombs during the Novak Djokovic and Philipp Petzschner U.S. Open match, which raised the ire of a middle-aged woman and her 75-year-old dad and the three of them got into an ugly, perfect-for-Youtube fight? Well, Manhattan resident Joseph Pedevill is back in the news—and it's allegedly over an interview one of his neighbors did with the NY Post! more ›

Yesterday morning, firefighters responded to a suspicious fire in a two-story house in the West Farms section of the Bronx which left eight people injured, including a 22 -year-old woman and her 2-year-old son who were found unconscious in a basement apartment. Now it turns out the woman was being threatened by a former tenant, who allegedly sent a text message saying the victim "better sleep with one eye open." more ›

Move over passive-aggressive notes, there's a new note-writing tactic in town! The management and tenants of an East 9th Street building are fed up with their neighbors, who are allegedly partying and skateboarding on their building's roof. And now, they're being watched, monitored, and threatened! EV Grieve spotted this note taped to 440 East 9th Street's door: more ›

Police say the phoned-in hijacking threat that grounded American Airlines Flight 24, which was headed to JFK Airport, at San Francisco International Airport was "non-credible." The SF Chronicle says the call was made to an Almeda hotel clerk. The passengers on the flight were taken off the plane, questioned by authorities, had their belongings re-screened, and were allowed to book other flights. But one passenger wondered if two fellow travelers were racially profiled. more ›

A Staten Island man has been charged with aggravated harassment over threatening phone calls he made to Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network office in April. Richard Maltese, 43, allegedly called Sharpton's Harlem office three times, threatening Sharpton and his employees after Sharpton organized a protest on Arizona's immigration law in Phoenix. Sharpton's lawyer Michael Hardy told the Daily News they take threats seriously, but Maltese's fiance seemed surprised at the arrest. She said, "[He's] not really political outside of the normal voting." Clearly, it's never too late to get involved. more ›

According to the NY Post, Port Authority police increased security after learning of a terrorist threat "advising them to be on the lookout for a fuel-filled tanker meant to explode prior to a secondary blast designed to decimate any first responders... The chilling warning was read at roll call for four police commands - cops assigned to the Holland and Lincoln Tunnel; the George Washington Bridge; and also the Staten Island command, which incorporates the Bayonne and Goethals Bridge and the Outerbridge Crossing, a source said." more ›

Though the suspected stabber has claimed his girlfriend wasn't even murdered, the courtroom got a look at Robert Camarano's scary side when prosecutor Peter Casolaro read a letter victim Michele Hyams allegedly wrote three days before her murder. Hyams wrote, "you said...'I want to knock your face off, see your teeth break and fly out of your mouth. I want to slam my fist into your f---ing face and knock half your f--in' head off. I will disfigure you.' And then you asked me to make you dinner." She then predicted, "You are going to kill me." more ›

Natavia Lowery may be behind bars for 32 years for bludgeoning Linda Stein to death in 2007, but the victim's family is still living in fear. According to the Daily News, they believe Lowery may make good on her threat to appeal the verdict. Though her conviction has a slim-to-none chance of getting overturned, Samantha Stein says, "I want this to be over, and move on. There is a fear of having to go through this again. I'd like to know she's going to be tucked away, never heard or seen from again." more ›

Convicted killer of Linda Stein, her former assistant Natavia Lowery, has been hoping for a new lawyer... and it looks like dreams do come true. After a number of outbursts and a threat to her old legal team, the Daily News reports that the judge let her have new representation. Lowery and her family were back in the courtroom today, where Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Richard Carruthers reprimanded them for disturbing two court proceedings and creating a "potentially dangerous situation." more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] A health care reform opponent sent a letter containing a suspicious white powder to outspoken health care reform supporter Rep. Anthony Weiner's Kew Gardens district office, according to police scanner reports. Wire dispatches indicate that nine people are being decontaminated after potential exposure to the substance, which was sent in a letter "making reference to President Obama's healthcare reform bill." more ›

In a Bronx housing development, cops shot a man threatening to use two kitchen knives against his neighbors. Around 9 p.m. last night police anwered a call about a disruption on the 18th floor of an apartment building on E. 149th Street. Residents told them a 33-year-old man—who lived a few floors down—banged on their door and threatened murder. more ›

A 71 year-old man and his 36 year-old roommate are going to prison for hiring a 6-foot-5 inch, 350 lbs thug to strong-arm their building manager. You may recall that last year police arrested elderly architect Ekkehart Schwarz and his roommate Vassileios Giamagas, after they threatened "death and torture," against the manager when he tried to collect $265,000 in back rent on their unfinished restaurant on West Third Street. They forced him at gunpoint to sign a waiver excusing them from the rent; later, they kidnapped him and threatened him with fake guns, pliers, a screwdriver, and forced sodomy from "a giant guy with an Eastern European accent." more ›

Yesterday accused terrorist Najibulllah Zazi pleaded guilty, describing his motives and plot in detail. His confession confirmed much of what investigators suspected, but the candor with which Zazi describes his negative feelings towards the U.S.—his "unapologetic, matter-of-fact manner"—was surprising. "I would sacrifice myself to bring attention to what the United States military was doing to civilian in Afghanistan by sacrificing my soul for the sake of saving other souls," Zazi explained to the judge. more ›

The verdict from the five month long Astor trial last year may be challenged by the defense, as the NY Times reports, "A holdout juror...has told defense lawyers that she voted to convict him and an estate lawyer for crimes she did not believe they committed out of fear for her safety." Why was she so scared? Because another juror allegedly flashed gang signs at her! more ›

Intelligence officials told the Senate yesterday that Al Qaeda is planning to attack the U.S. in the next three to six months. According to Fox News, "The terrorist organization is deploying operatives to the United States to carry out new attacks from inside the country, including 'clean' recruits with a negligible trail of terrorist contacts, CIA Director Leon Panetta said. Al Qaeda is also inspiring homegrown extremists to trigger violence on their own, Panetta added." more ›

This week 17-year-old Jason Barry, who we can only imagine is a disgruntled PC user, has been busted after threatening to blow the Staten Island Apple Store to bits. The NY Post reports that he typed a letter and signed it with his friend's dad's name on Monday, leaving it in the store, and warning that he would bomb the shop with C4 on January 17th. more ›

The NYPD has not revealed any more details about a man who was charged over the weekend with ten felony counts of using Manhattan pay phones to make "terroristic threats" to kill Mayor Bloomberg. Jeffrey Fisher of Philadelphia (not Robert Morgenthau of New York) is accused of calling 911 to make statements such as, "There are bullets now aimed at the mayor’s head everywhere." NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and his family were also threatened. more ›

Yesterday, classes at Bridgewater Raritan High School were cancelled due to a bomb threat—and a 16-year-old junior had been charged with "attempted murder, possession of explosives, possession of a destructive device and attempted widespread damage or injury." The Star-Ledger reports, "The teen was arrested after another student told a school police resource officer the suspect had told him of his plan 'to commit a Columbine at the high school on December 14.'" While no explosives were found at the school, "when police searched the teen’s home, they discovered homemade explosive devices, shotgun shells, bullets, black powder, as well as items that could act as explosive device components and bomb-making instructions." more ›

The Newark Airport private security guard who was overheard discussing "how someone could shoot the president through a hole in a fence at the airport" was sentenced to 30 days in jail today. John Brek had been initially charged with making terroristic threats but pleaded guilty to a lesser charges of harassment last week; the Star-Ledger reports, "They represent a drastic reduction from the original felony charges Brek faced: making terroristic threats and possessing a rifle stolen from Alabama; and possessing hollow-point bullets." Since he has been held in jail since last month, Brek is to be released today. more ›

A little bit before 1 a.m. word came across the newswire that at 221 South 3rd Street, at Roebling Street in Williamsburg, there was a search in progress for "secondary devices" in regards to an explosion. There was a bomb squad on the scene and a staging area set up for EMS at South 5th Street. more ›