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Brooklyn dollar van driver bashed in head by customer stabbed for demanding ride
A Brooklyn dollar van driver wrapping up his shift was bashed in the head by a customer he stabbed for demanding a ride, cops said Tuesday. Both men survived the wild clash on Flatbush Ave. near Beverly Road in Flatbush and have been charged with assault. Kevin Brathwaite, 46, was about to head home to Massapequa, L.I., when Michael Ayers jumped into his idling dollar van about 11:30 p.m. ...
Diners robbed of their watches at gunpoint during meal in Brooklyn
This is the moment thieves barged into a packed Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn and held three diners at gunpoint, stealing their belongings.The robbers entered the Birds of a Feather restaurant at around 9:35 pm on 31 May, brandishing a gun and demanding a $200 Seiko watch and phones from three customers. The duo then escaped on a moped, heading westbound on Grand Street, Williamsburg.Police later traced and recovered three iPhones at a location on North 11th Street. The victims, all men in their 20s, were unharmed during the incident. Read More Watch: Hurricane Beryl batters Caribbean homes as Category 4 storm makes landfallKeir Starmer fights back tears as he reveals his one regret in lifeBritons using new safety measures in Tenerife after Jay Slater disappearance
New video shows suspects wanted in NYC bat attack, police say
NEW YORK - New video shows the suspects who attacked a woman with a baseball bat last week on a New York City street, police say.The video appears to show them walking on a sidewalk, as one talks on the phone. It's unclear if the video was taken before or after the attack. NYC bat attack caught on videoPolice said the woman was attacked around 2 p.m. Tuesday on Monroe Street in Lower Manhattan. Surveillance video shows her taking her cellphone from her bag when the suspects walk up from behind. One punches her while the other hits her with the baseball...
Video shows man accused of punching woman at Pride event was acting in self defense, attorney says
NEW YORK - The attorney for a Manhattan banker accused of punching a woman at a Brooklyn Pride event says additional video of the incident shows Jonathan Kaye was acting in self defense. Kaye, 52, turned himself into police Monday and was charged with assault and menacing in the third degree and harassment in the second degree. "Our client, Jonathan Kaye, was wrongly charged, based on a curated video published by professional agitators seeking to destroy him professionally and personally. New video has now emerged that clearly shows, moment by moment, what occurred on June 8th. These videos show more context prior...
Man slashed multiple times at Brooklyn subway station, police seek suspects
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN (PIX11) — A man was slashed multiple times inside a subway station in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon, police announced on Monday. The assault happened at 3:50 p.m. at the Kosciuszko Street station, according to the NYPD. The assault stemmed from a verbal dispute between the 31-year-old victim and two unidentified individuals, police said. The […]
Off-duty NYPD cop, husband broke into her sister-in-law’s home before choking her: prosecutors
An off-duty NYPD cop was arrested Sunday after she and her husband allegedly broke down the door of her sister-in-law’s Queens home and choked their relative, prosecutors and police said. Maria and Robert Villalta, both 39, also allegedly hit the victim in the face during the predawn break-in that started around 2:15 a.m., according to a criminal complaint. After entering the home, Robert Villalta allegedly shoved his sister onto a bed and choked her. Savvy thieves use devious hidden cameras to scope out houses in troubling ‘burglary tourism’ trend He then allegedly hit her in the face, prosecutors said. The...
Bodies of NYC teens swept away at Queens beach recovered, family says
The bodies of two teenagers swept into the ocean at a Queens beach last week have been recovered, the grieving family confirmed to The Post Sunday. “I called the precinct this morning and I went down there and they showed me pictures. I know for sure it’s him,” said Ushell Chandler, whose 16-year-old son Elyjha Chandler was swept away at Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways on June 21. Elyjha’s body was recovered at around 9 p.m. Saturday near Beach 114th Street, just up the beach from where he disappeared over a week ago alongside his lifelong friend Christian Perkins, 17. The morning...
Teen with pellet gun fatally shot by police: Body cam footage released as community calls for accountability
Police say the 13-year-old aimed an object - later identified as a pellet gun - at them before he was fatally shot. The boy's family is now calling for the officers to be "put in jail."
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