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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...
Man Carjacked At Gunpoint: Newark PD
A man was carjacked at gunpoint on the early morning of Wednesday, June 26, authorities said.At 5 a.m., a man was parked on the 700 block of South 17th Street when he was approached by a Black man, wearing a black sweater and black face mask and brandishing a firearm, who opened his driver-side doo…
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...
1 killed, 2 injured in head-on crash in Union County
A man was killed and a married couple injured in a fiery head-on crash Friday night in Roselle. The two vehicles collided at around 11:45 p.m. on the 400 block of East 1st Avenue, Roselle police said. Witnesses pulled Brandon Amaro out of his car before it burst into flames...
Prosecutor: NJ man killed his own 80-year-old grandmother
A 34-year-old Perth Amboy man has been charged with murder, after his elderly grandmother was found killed in her own home, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced Monday evening. Raymond Maldonado has also been charged with fourth-degree contempt, for violation of a restraining order. The body of 80-year-old Awilda Verrette...
NJ man who kidnapped, raped ex-girlfriend gets 40 years
DOVER — A convicted rapist who trapped his ex-girlfriend will spend at least the next three decades in prison. Jesse Meneses, 38, of Dover was sentenced to 40 years in state prison on Friday, according to Morris County Acting Prosecutor Maggie Calderwood. He will not be eligible for parole until 2056 and must also register as a sex offender under Megan's Law.
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...
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
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