Tomorrow is Easter, which means the NYPD is getting ready for a different kind of tradition: The so-called gang initiation rites. Last year, there were multiple brawls, shootings and arrests in and near Penn Station and Times Square, which was enough violence for Mayor Bloomberg to call it "wilding". Now, the Post reports, "The NYPD and Midtown merchants are bracing for another Easter Sunday (or 'Gang Initiation Day') wilding session -- with extra patrols and boosted security ready to take on marauding gangs looking to terrorize Times Square and nearby businesses" more ›

Rayvon Guice, the 20-year-old who shot shot two women during a "wilding" last Easter, was sentenced to 16 years in prison yesterday after apologizing to the judge and his victims (who were not present) for his actions. A number of his associates attended his sentencing and offering vocal support for their friend, along the lines of "Hold your head up, son" and "yo, yo, yo." Afterwards, as Guice was taken away, his pals posed for photogs in the court hallway before being ushered out of the building. more ›

A teen who was arrested among many during the Easter Night "wilding" in Times Square pleaded guilty to a reduced charge. Initially Leroy-Jama Wigfall was charged with "charged with felony assault for allegedly spraining one officer's wrist and giving a second cop a concussion during his arrest." But it turned out another teen, his friend Jermaine Parker, did that—Wigfall copped to resisting arrest when "an arresting officer cufffed him at the corner of Eighth Ave. and 42nd St." more ›

The man arrested for shooting two during the Easter night wilding in Times Square has pleaded not guilty. The Post reports that Rayvon Guice, 20, told the cops, "I hope they make me do a lineup because that bitch will never pick me out." Guice faces charges of attempted murder, assault and weapons possession charge for allegedly shooting two women—one was shot in the elbow, the other in the thigh—near Penn Station. more ›

A recent uptick in crime—and startling incidents like the Times Square Easter night "wilding" and yesterday's Brooklyn shooting that wounded three including a five-year-old—has people wondering if the "bad old days" of crime are back. more ›

Mayor Bloomberg said judges need to crack down on those arrested for the Easter "Wilding" riot in Times Square. "We are not going to tolerate behavior like that, and I think -- if the district attorney really prosecutes -- that will send a message," he said on his weekly radio show. Even though 350 cops were assigned to monitor the yearly Easter Night gang initiation, four people were shot and 33 were arrested. more ›

After the Midtown violence on Easter night that prompted Mayor Bloomberg to call it a "wilding," the NYPD has "deployed a task force" to investigate the incident and "prevent further chaos," according to the Post. The paper's source said, "There's a lot of heat coming from Headquarters. God forbid there's another incident." more ›

A 20-year-old man was arrested for shooting two women on West 34th Street early Monday morning during the Midtown "wilding" that began on Easter night. According to the Post, Rayvon Guice was "charged with assault and weapons possession. Guice, who has a tattoo on his neck that reads, 'God's Gift,' has eight prior arrests, including on weapons and drugs charges, police sources said." more ›

The multiple brawls, shootings and more that spread in Midtown on Easter night into Monday morning were dubbed "wilding" by Mayor Bloomberg, "The mayhem in Midtown appears to be a bunch of gang members wilding. There’s a bunch of people that think it’s cute to go out and to run around and to cause chaos, and we loaded the area up with police, but they can’t be everywhere." Know what else some of these people may think is cute? To give the bird to a Daily News photographer after being arrested! more ›

After a video of a man being harassed and beaten by a group of teens was publicized by The Smoking Gun, some wonder if the tape is real. The main reason why most people suspect it could be staged is because the teen who filmed the incident is an aspiring filmmaker. Seventeen-year-old Kadejra Holmes told The Smoking Gun she didn't have anything to do with the attack and then took the video off YouTube. Her... more ›

The unofficial first and second rules of sane subway rides might be "Do not talk to anyone" and "Don't look anyone in the eye." The Smoking Gun found a crazy video of an adult being beat up by a group of teenage girls on an A train. The adult, who is white, was somehow roped into a shouty exchange with the girls, who are black, and high school student Kadejra Holmes filmed the exchange,... more ›