Elderly straphanger hurt in random Herald Square subway shove
An elderly straphanger was randomly thrown onto the subway tracks at Manhattan's Herald Square station on Sunday afternoon, police said. According to NYPD officials, the 72-year-old victim was standing on the northbound F train platform at 34th Street Herald Square Station around 12:15 p.m. when an unknown creep approached him from behind. It is said […]
Mass. man kills elderly roommate for being ‘too close’ to Thanksgiving dinner
A Massachusetts man reportedly killed his elderly roommate on Thanksgiving Day because he “sneezed frequently” and came “too close” to the holiday. Frank Griswold, 80, was about to enter the kitchen to wash dishes on Thursday when his roommate, Richard Lombardi, 65, threw him to the ground, fatally injuring him, the Plymouth County district attorney […]
Aspiring CHP cop, young daughter rescue elderly driver after rollover crash into canal
A motivated police officer, with the help of his sharp-eyed 6-year-old daughter, rescued an elderly driver who crashed into an irrigation ditch on Monday, California authorities said. Syle Johnson and his wife, Ashley Martin, were visiting their Live Oak home when their young daughter, Kaylee, was playing in the front yard when they saw a […]
Elderly man falls to his death during pre-dawn home invasion in NYC apartment building
An elderly man fell to his death during a home invasion in Washington Heights early Saturday morning, police and news reports said. A neighbor saw the victim climb out of a window and fall onto the scaffolding. Police said the trio of robbers met at about 4:30 a.m. near 161st Street and Broadway after one […]
Elderly man accused of roommate and dog’s ‘brutal’ murder had extensive criminal record
An elderly man has been arrested on suspicion of using a credit card to flee the country in what police described as the “brutal murder” of his roommate and his dog. Just before 2 p.m. on Nov. 18, officers from the Austin Police Department were called to a home in reference to a deceased person. […]
Florida man accused of posing as Elon Musk, defrauding elderly woman of $250K
A Florida man has been arrested after impersonating tech billionaire Elon Musk and attempting to scam an elderly woman out of at least $250,000, police said. Jeffrey Arthur Moynihan Jr. was arrested Tuesday night at his home in Bradenton and charged with grand larceny. Reportedly operating under the guise of the CEO of Tesla and […]
Elderly woman mauled to death by own pit bull, husband and cops injured in attack: ‘The heart and soul of our family is gone’
An elderly Massachusetts woman was attacked and killed by her dog, authorities said. A Boston woman's husband and two police officers were also injured in the dog attack. Jerilyn Brady McGinnis, 73, of Roxbury, was attacked by her pet pit bull on Monday around 4:30 p.m. “She gets along very well with the animals, she's […]
Homeless ‘lunatic’ shoves elderly NYC man after threatening others with ice pick: cops
An ice pick-wielding homeless “lunatic” with a criminal history pushed an elderly man to the ground after threatening others in Midtown Tuesday morning, police and the victim said. The victim, Robert Gula, 76, was arrested near his office around 10:20 a.m. by an unhinged thug, identified by police as Brian Wilbur, who had just shoved […]
Elderly couple battered by brute in attempted robbery in NYC
An elderly couple was beaten by a would-be robber on a Manhattan sidewalk Saturday night and fled shirtless after the attack, police and law enforcement officials said. According to police and officials, around 10:25 p.m., a 75-year-old man and his 70-year-old girlfriend were walking on West 44th Street in Midtown when someone tried to snatch […]
Naked man found living in crawl space under elderly woman’s home in Southern California
A naked man was arrested by police after he was found hiding in the basement of a 93-year-old woman's home in El Sereno, California, early Friday morning. Isaac Betancourt, 27, is believed to have been living in the basement of his home for nearly six months, but he won't go down without a fight. Los […]