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2 teens dead following moped crash on Cross Island Parkway
Two teens who were riding a moped were killed in a crash on the Cross Island Parkway in Queens early Saturday.Police say the accident happened in the southbound lanes near 150th Street in Whitestone.The victims were discovered separately. Officers say they found a 19-year-old woman at the scene of the crash around 2:30 a.m., where she was pronounced dead. About 15 minutes after finding her, the NYPD received a report of a young man walking into Flushing Hospital with injuries from the same accident. The victim, a 15-year-old boy, died a short time later.The moped hit a barrier wall, and...
18-Year-Old Is First Man Charged Under New Mask Ban Law In NYC
Earlier this summer New York State Governor Kathy Hochul implemented a mask ban after masked pro-Palestine protestors began harassing people in public around New York City and after doing so other cities and counties followed suit which led to this week’s first arrest under the controversial mask ban law.
Junkies, migrant squatters turn NYC block into a crime-ridden nightmare, starting blaze with stolen e-bikes that torched 2 nearby homes
The worst of New York City’s worlds have collided on one Brooklyn block – where junkie squatters rented out an abandoned home to migrants, whose dozens of apparently stolen bikes and scooters sparked an inferno that scorched two neighboring homes, The Post has learned. But even the Aug. 17 conflagration couldn’t keep the squatters away from the East 36th Street abode in Marine Park. “For the next two days, people were coming back again and again,” a 45-year-old neighbor told The Post, even after the city boarded up the second-floor windows and poured cement across the first-floor doors and windows. Neighbors estimated...
New Update: Missing Franklin Square Woman Found
New update:A Long Island woman who went missing has been founded.Marlene Ramos, age 81, had last been seen on Hempstead Turnpike in Franklin Square at around 7:20 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, according to Nassau County Police.Late Saturday afternoon, police announced he's been located.Original repo…
Hicksville Mom Arrested for DWI Under Leandra’s Law After Crashing Car with 8-Month-Old Onboard—No Injuries Reported, But Charges Loom
The Nassau County Public Information Office reports the arrest of a Hicksville woman for a DWI – Leandra’s Law on Saturday, August 31, 2024 at 12:01 pm in Hempstead. According to police, officers responded to a 911 call for an auto accident on Penninsula Boulevard. Daniela Muneton Rios, 32, of 152 Lee Avenue, was operating a 2010 Honda and struck an unoccupied parked vehicle in front of 490 Penninsula Boulevard.
‘Horrific scene’: NY man killed 4 family members, self over will
A man who mistakenly thought he was being cut out of his mother's will shot and killed four family members before turning the gun on himself on the front lawn of his Long Island, New York, home Sunday, authorities said.
Long Island gun dealer busted after allegedly selling firearms hidden in diaper boxes
A Long Island man was arrested after allegedly trafficking guns on a street — sometimes near children and just steps away from a police station — in broad daylight, and police said he was packing heat inside diaper boxes. Nassau County prosecutors displayed the 10 seized weapons on...
NYC landlord faces seven years in jail after attempt to help homeless man turns violent
In a shocking turn of events, Brian Chin, a landlord from Chinatown, New York City, is now facing up to seven years in prison after being caught on camera striking a homeless man. Chin insists he was acting in self-defense during the altercation. A routine encounter goes awry. The incident...
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