NYC 13-year-old girl sexually assaulted at knifepoint in Queens park: NYPD
Police say a 13-year-old girl was lured into a wooded area of a Queens park in broad daylight on Thursday and sexually assaulted by a knife-wielding assailant. According to the NYPD, the teenager was in Kissena Park with a 13-year-old boy around 3:30 p.m. when a man brandished a knife and ordered the pair to […]
Two police officers, including NYPD, shot, suspect killed while exchanging gunfire at New Jersey hotel
On Wednesday night, two police officers, including a New York Police Department (NYPD) officer, were involved in a shootout with a suspect at a hotel in Woodbridge, New Jersey, which ultimately resulted in the suspect’s death. FOX5 in New York Multiple law enforcement agencies, including the NYPD, Woodbridge Police Department and Edison Police Department, responded […]
Widow hosts blood drives to honor NYPD husband killed by drunk driver who made anti-cop video hours before crash
The widow of a New York Police Department officer who was killed in the line of duty after being the victim of a drunk driver remembered her hero husband by hosting a blood drive ahead of Father’s Day. Irene Tsakos, widow of Detective Anastasios Tsakos, held two blood drives on Thursday, one at the NYPD’s […]
Two police officers shot during NYPD investigation at New Jersey hotel: sources
Two police officers, one of whom was a New York Police Department officer, were wounded when a gunman opened fire outside a New Jersey hotel early Thursday, law enforcement sources said. NYPD detectives were dispatched to the Raritan Hotel on King George’s Post Road pursuing a man wanted in connection with an East Harlem shooting, […]
NYPD arrest man armed with handgun, body armor, axes and knives at traffic stop in Queens
New York City Police arrested a heavily armed man after he was pulled over for a traffic violation in Queens. Judd Sansone, 27, was arrested on multiple illegal weapons charges after police seized a 9mm Glock handgun, nine loaded magazines, heavy body armor, handcuffs, an NYPD uniform, two axes, several knives, a weighted whip and […]
NYPD probes if vandalism of Brooklyn Museum’s Jewish director’s home tied to similar acts as footage of suspects released
Police have released video footage of some of the suspects, and investigators are looking into whether several disturbing incidents of vandalism across New York City, including at the home of the Brooklyn Museum’s Jewish director, are connected. Around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, five hate-filled vandals stormed into museum director Anne Pasternak’s home on Hicks Street in […]
NYPD tows migrant mopeds from accused cop shooter’s shelter in latest crackdown — but many still out there
Police on Monday towed about two dozen scooters away from a shelter in Queens where a suspect in a fatal police shooting lived, sources said, shortly after The Washington Post reported on the moped threat. NYPD officers converged on the converted hotel in East Elmhurst where Venezuelan national Bernardo Raul Castro Mata was living before […]
NYC man held victims hostage with fake gun in botched Brooklyn robbery: NYPD
A man tried to rob a Brooklyn cash machine Saturday night and took three people hostage with a fake gun, police said. The suspect entered the Darwin Money Cash Check store on Irving Avenue in Bushwick around 7:45 p.m. and “acted as if he was trying to make a transaction and then announced a robbery,” […]
NYPD Officer Charged With Attempted Murder In Road Rage Shooting
An NYPD officer was arrested and charged Thursday in connection with a road rage incident that resulted in a shooting in New Jersey, ABC 7 reported. Hieu Tran, 27, of Yonkers allegedly used his service weapon while off duty during the altercation, according to ABC 7. Tran was charged with first-degree attempted murder for the […]
NYPD sets date for return of ‘old school’ beard ban for all officers
From now on, the NYPD will be in charge of security — and shaving their beards. The NYPD’s beard ban for officers is set to go into effect on June 17, with bearded officers returning to safety razors. According to the Daily News, a police spokesman said the revised facial hair policy, first reported by […]