Guardian Angels to Resume NYC Subway Patrols After Passenger Burned Alive
Anti-crime activist and former New York City mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa has put his public safety organization, the Guardian Angels, on the city's subways, citing the “Daniel Penny effect” that leaves civilians on the sidelines. announced that he would be returning. Sliwa, who founded Guardian Angels in 1979, said volunteers would resume patrolling the subway. […]
‘The People’s Patrol’: Guardian Angels Resume Subway Patrols After Woman Burned Alive
New York City's Guardian Angels will resume patrolling the city's subways after an illegal Guatemalan immigrant allegedly burned a homeless straphanger alive on a Brooklyn subway car, killing him on December 22. Curtis Sliwa, president of the all-volunteer organization, spoke at the Stillwell Avenue Coney Island station in Brooklyn, where the woman was killed and […]
Homeless Man Burned in NYC’s Penn Station, Claims Someone Set Him on Fire
A homeless man is recovering from burns to his legs and upper body after he claimed an unknown assailant set him on fire while he was sleeping at Penn Station in New York City, police and law enforcement officials said. First responders arrived at the main train station around 7:50 p.m. Friday after police received […]
Man, 56, burned inside NYC’s Penn Station — cops probing cause of injuries
A man suffered burns inside Penn Station in Manhattan on Friday night, and investigators are looking into the cause of his injuries, authorities said. First responders swarmed the main transit hub around 7:50 p.m. after MTA police received a report of a man starting a fire at the station, police said. A man suffered burns […]
Illegal migrant indicted on murder charges after woman is burned to death on subway
An illegal immigrant accused of burning a New York City subway passenger to death on Sunday has been charged with murder. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was charged with one count of first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree murder and one count of arson after setting a woman on fire on the subway. Brooklyn, New York. The […]
Woman burned to death on New York subway still unidentified after five days | New York
Five days after a woman who appeared to be homeless was burned to death by a passenger on a New York City subway train, city officials are still unable to confirm her identity. Investigators may have to rely on dental records or DNA analysis to determine the victim's identity. “It just adds another level to […]
Weekend violence — including a sleeping woman burned to death on Brooklyn train — propels NYC subway murder tally to 25-year high: cops
The number of murders in the city's subways this year has reached 10 as 2024 draws to a close, matching the previous 25-year high set in 2022, authorities said. The tragic milestone came as part of a weekend of violence on the Big Apple's transit system, when an undocumented immigrant allegedly burned a woman to […]
Critics say bystanders stood by while illegal migrant burned woman to death on NYC subway: ‘Daniel Penny effect’
Bystanders did nothing, but New Yorkers protested en masse on Monday, a day after an illegal Guatemalan immigrant was suspected of burning a hanging leather bag while he was sleeping on a Brooklyn subway car. Horrifying video footage of the incident shows at least three lifeguards, one of whom was seen filming the shocking death […]
Male who allegedly burned woman to death on subway train is illegal alien deported under Trump, feds say
The suspect who set a woman on fire on a New York City subway train was an illegal alien who was deported during former President Donald Trump's administration, the Department of Homeland Security said. police said They reviewed surveillance video of the incident, which occurred at 7:30 a.m. Sunday. The suspect, who had no previous […]
‘Shame On You!’: Tom Homan Lights Into Kathy Hochul After Migrant Allegedly Burned Woman To Death On Subway
Tom Hochul, the border czar-designate, criticized New York state Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday after the death of a woman who was allegedly set on fire by an immigrant on a New York City subway on Sunday. Guatemalan immigrant Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was arrested Sunday by New York City police in connection with the […]