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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...
Search Is On For Cruel Man Who Abandoned Neglected Pitbull On Maywood Street
Authorities in Maywood are seeking the identity of the man who was spotted by Good Samaritans abandoning a neglected dog with a large tumor on a local street.A pair of dog owners were out on walks when they noticed the man with his tan and white pittie at Golf Avenue and Stewart Street around 7 p.m…
1 man killed in drive-by shooting in Harlem; police searching for gunman
An investigation is underway after a man was killed in a drive-by shooting in Harlem on Tuesday.Officers responded to Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 118th Street around 1:40 p.m., where they found a 37-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the back.Surveillance video obtained by Eyewitness News shows a white Honda traveling eastbound on West 118th Street. As the driver pulls up to the corner of Frederick Douglass Boulevard, right near a senior citizen complex, shots are fired, sending people scrambling.The victim, who was shot, struggled to the sidewalk. He was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside where he was pronounced...
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
29-year-old bystander stabbed to death after road rage dispute erupts in Morris Heights
A man is dead after he was stabbed in the chest near a daycare in the Bronx on Tuesday, in what police sources say stemmed from a road rage dispute.The incident started around 4:30 p.m. at West Tremont Avenue and Phelan Place in Morris Heights, where two drivers got into a fender bender, but what should have been easily resolved, instead ended in bloodshed.Police say one of the drivers, a woman, called her boyfriend to the scene. Witnesses told Eyewitness News reporter Lucy Yang that the boyfriend started throwing fists at the wrong group of men, eventually stabbing a bystander...
Paterson Police Department Reports Significant Increase in Arrests Due to Enhanced Information Sharing
PATERSON, NJ - The Paterson Police Department (PPD) recorded 1,681 arrests during the first half of 2024, marking an increase from 1,321 in 2023 and 1,431 in 2022 during the same period, law enforc announced. The most substantial surge was observed in warrant arrests, showing a 415% increase from the previous year and a 1,330% increase compared to 2022. Arrests for second-degree distribution of heroin or cocaine rose by 136% from 2023 and 55% from 2022. Additionally, there was a 62% increase in simple assault arrests from 2023 and a 51% increase from 2022, while aggravated assault with...
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