Author: NY Daily News
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Woman, 39, stabbed to death on NYC street: NYPD
A 39-year-old woman was stabbed to death Friday night on a Bronx street, police said. Officers responding to a 911 call for an assault at around 9:35 p.m. found the woman suffering from stab wounds to her torso near the intersection of White Plains Road and East 220th St. in Williamsbridge. Medics brought her to…
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Teenage suspect escapes from Staten Island precinct through the bathroom window: NYPD
Cops are looking for a teenage suspect who managed to escape from a Staten Island station house after asking to use the bathroom Friday morning, according to the NYPD. Anthony Ayala, 16, was in custody at the 120th Precinct in Richmond Terrace when he broke a window, climbed out, and dashed south on Wall St.…
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Ex-Staten Island BP James Molinaro in Brooklyn guilty plea
Steven Molinaro, the grandson of former Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro, pleaded guilty on Friday to federal charges related to a shooting that nearly killed his ex-girlfriend. Molinaro, accompanied by his mother and two other relatives, admitted in Brooklyn Federal Court that he was in possession of a 9 mm pistol despite a previous…
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Queens man charged with dumping brother’s body and hiding mom’s corpse
Queens native Andre Myrick always thought his nephew was odd, but not disturbed enough to possibly murder his mother and brother — whose remains he dumped on the street like trash, police said. “He’s kind of a weird guy,” Andre Myrick, 59, said of his nephew Roscoe Danielson. “I wouldn’t have thought he did what…
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NYC congestion pricing board to discuss tolls at first meeting
The six-member board charged with determining the price of driving downtown under the Manhattan congestion pricing plan will hold its first public meeting this month, the MTA said Friday. The Traffic Mobility Review Board will meet Wednesday, July 19 at 4 p.m. at MTA headquarters at 2 Broadway in lower Manhattan. The board’s recommendations will…
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Brooklyn MS-13 member shot his drinking buddying for disrespecting him during late-night cocaine binge: Feds
He talked too much. For that, a 32-year-old man was shot in the head in a Brooklyn apartment, dumped in the back of an SUV, driven to a wooded area in Pennsylvania where his gang member killers set his dead body on fire after an alcohol-fueled cocaine binge, authorities said. Rolando Blanco-Duarte’s night out one-day…
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Charles Brito, the man fatally stabbed by CVS worker in NYC, had a history of shoplifting and petty crime
Charles Brito, the 50-year-old suspected shoplifter stabbed dead in a confrontation with a Midtown CVS worker, has a history of petty theft — including two other incidents at the same store, according to police and court records. In fact, Brito was due in court in the Bronx Friday for an April 3 case in which…
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‘The Wire’ creator David Simon pens leniency letter for dealer whose crew sold fatal drugs to actor Michael K. Williams
“A man gotta have a code.” Those were the infamous words of Omar Little, “The Wire” strongman created by writer and producer David Simon and brought to life by actor Michael K. Williams, who died from a fentanyl overdose in 2021. Simon, who created the popular HBO series about Baltimore’s drug war, got his writing…
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Spike in Kia and Hyundai thefts prompts NYPD to assign more cops to stolen car investigations
The spike in Kia and Hyundai thefts fueled by social media has prompted the NYPD to put pump up the number of cops working on stolen car investigations. Chief of Patrol John Chell said the Auto Crime Division is assigning so-called white shields — police officers who work as detectives — to work on auto…
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NY-area shark attacks spurs purchase of more surveillance drones
A hair-raising spate of shark attacks on Long Island beaches has spurred New York State officials to commit to purchasing dozens of new surveillance drones. The investment marks the latest effort by the state to soothe swimmers startled by a wave of beach closures and at least four confirmed shark bites across Fire Island and…