Crime and Incidents

A vintage airplane that was flying over Long Island on Wednesday, May 31, crashed on the island, killing the pilot. Pilot Ken Johansen, 52 of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, was the only one killed. No one on the ground was injured. The plane crashed, which took off from Republic Airport in East Farmingdale, crashed at 1:52 p.m. along […]

On Saturday, May 26, police say a man snuck up behind another man on Cambreleng Avenue in the Bronx and put him in a chokehold. A few seconds later, surveillance footage shows another man run up to the two on the ground and start to search the victim’s pockets. Police say he removed a cell phone. The […]

Fifteen minutes after a kayaker in Jamaica Bay fell out off his kayak on May 26, NYPD’s 100th precinct arrived on the scene. One man had already gone under, while his companion was also in the water, holding onto two kayaks. The man who was still floating pointed police in the direction he last saw his […]

On Saturday, May 26, police say a man snuck up behind another man on Cambreleng Avenue in the Bronx and put him in a chokehold. A few seconds later, surveillance footage shows another man run up to the two on the ground and start to search the victim’s pockets. Police say he removed a cell phone. The […]

At least three police officers were injured when a 27-year-old man drove toward them in northern Manhattan before taking them on a chase in the Bronx at around 4 a.m. on Sunday, May 27. Police told the New York Post they pulled the man over near Dyckman Street and Payson Avenue in Inwood because they […]

A 7-year-old boy from Brownsville, Brooklyn, is dead after he was hit by an MTA bus in the Bronx on Saturday. The boy, Shevone Bethea, was going down Webster Avenue near 184th Street at around 3:30 p.m. when a city bus ran into him, dragging him for almost a block, his family says. The bus driver […]

Shevone Bethea, 7, was struck and killed by an MTA bus in the Bronx on Saturday afternoon, police say. It happened near East 184th Street and Webster Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Shevone was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced dead. It’s not clear what led to the accident. Family say the bus […]

The NYPD is asking for help locating a man caught on camera grabbing a woman as she passes him on the street in the Bronx. Police say he is wanted for three such acts, all on May 11 that took place after 11 p.m.in Crotona Park. One happened at in front of 3822 3 Avenue, another […]

Brooklyn’s “Zombie Zone” is back, a term used by locals to describe the zombie-like behavior of those drugged up on synthetic marijuana in Bedford-Stuyvesant. New York City’s health department started warning people about the dangerous drug in 2015, and since at least 2016, the cross-section of Myrtle Avenue and Broadway has been compared to a scene […]

The NYPD released footage of two males it says were involved in a robbery in Manhattan’s 19th Precinct last year. On  May 17, 2017, two males allegedly approached a 93-year-old woman and snatched her purse before knocking her to the ground at East 66th Street and 3rd Avenue. The young males fled east on foot toward 2nd […]

Police in Queens are trying to track down a thief who stole pricey cell phones from subway riders in April and May. In each of the four heists, the F train bandit snatched the phone right out of his victim’s hands just as the train’s doors opened and then took off. The NYPD describes the […]

A pregnant 30-year-old Army veteran was stabbed multiple times putting her in critical condition and killing her unborn child on May 22. Livia Abreu was in her second trimester when she was stabbed by her boyfriend, the accused, Oscar Alvarez, in her apartment at 1027 Walton Ave. in the Bronx, New York, at around 12:30 […]

A pregnant 30-year-old Army veteran was stabbed multiple times putting her in critical condition and killing her unborn child on May 22. Livia Abreu was in her third trimester when she was stabbed by her boyfriend, the accused, Oscar Alvarez, in her apartment at 1027 Walton Ave. at around 12:30 a.m. Alvarez escaped in Abreu’s […]

A construction worker in Queens got a nasty surprise on May 17 while he was working at a construction site in Broad Channel, Pix 11 reported. Jawuan Blake said he looked up and saw a noose hanging outside of the home he was working on. He took it personally, and when he told his coworkers, he […]

A 14-year-old-boy is in custody after he allegedly posed as a police officer to rob a blind man in a Manhattan subway station on May 14. The mother of the youth turned him in on Sunday, The Associated Press reported, nearly a week after he reportedly stole the 64-year-old man’s wallet. Police said he offered to […]

On May 13, a homeless man assaulted two women in their 70s before being stopped by a stranger, according to police. The good Samaritan who intervened and restrained the attacker is also said to be homeless. The two elderly women are now recovering from being battered and bruised outside Shopper’s World in Brownsville, Brooklyn; their […]

A Long Island public safety officer was arrested on Wednesday, May 16, for engaging in unlawful sexual contact with two women on two separate occasions while on duty, Patch reported. Dennis Fajardo, 28, was arraigned on sexual misconduct and forcible touching charges in Long Island the same day. One incident happened on April 16 and […]

Dozens of people were injured when two New Jersey Transit buses collided inside the Lincoln Tunnel on Friday morning, May 18. Some 31 people were evaluated at the scene, and 7 were taken to the hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. The other 25 were injured, but not seriously, the Daily News reported. The […]

A crash involving two New Jersey Transit buses in New York City’s Lincoln Tunnel left several dozen people injured on Friday morning. According to CBS New York, 34 people were injured. Of that figure, 7 were seriously hurt. The buses were pulled out of the tunnel and put onto the shoulder. The Fire Department of […]

A YouTuber who made men’s fashion videos was robbed at knifepoint inside his Upper East Side apartment on April 15, police said. Taylor Goldblatt, 24, said the burglars took about $50,000 in goods after holding him at knifepoint, NBC New York reports. He says the burglars knew about his social media persona and called him ‘Tay […]