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Danbury man pleads guilty in murder of 18-year-old Yonkers man
A Danbury, Connecticut, man who fatally shot a Yonkers teenager in an ambush as the victim pulled up in a car on Morris Street last year has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Matthew Quinones, 22, admitted in Westchester County Court on Tuesday that he killed 18-year-old Daquan Powell on May...
Video shows road rage lead to innocent bystander stabbed to death in Bronx
NEW YORK -- Family members of an innocent young father stabbed to death in the Bronx are calling for justice after they say he was killed for simply witnessing a road rage incident. The victim's sister told CBS New York the suspect should turn himself in. Friends started to leave candles Wednesday for 29-year-old Ronald Gomez-Mesa, who they say was loved and well known in the Morris Heights neighborhood. They said he was just hanging out on Tuesday afternoon when he got caught in the middle of a road rage incident he wasn't even involved in. "Now we're not gonna...
Ride along with the NYPD team cracking down on illegal fireworks
NEW YORK -- The New York City Police Department is cracking down on illegal fireworks, and CBS New York's Derick Waller joined officers for an exclusive ride-along.As Waller learned, it's not just fireworks police are after.NYPD's Community Response Team watching out for illegal fireworks across cityOn a Friday night in the Bronx, officers with the NYPD's Community Response Team were on duty, watching out for illegal fireworks."This block had complaints last night and tonight. They've been lighting fireworks off all night," Sgt. Jimmy Seder said.Seder and his partner, Officer Edgar Guerrero, patrol the 46th and 48th precincts.They stopped one group...
Missing Teens Killed By ‘Demon’ Wave At Popular New York Beach
Two bodies were recovered from the waters near where two New York teens went missing. The teens went missing about two weeks ago. Teens Go Missing After Swimming In Queens, New York. Elyjha Chandler, 16, and 17-year-old Christian Perkins went missing in the waters at Jacob Riis Park on June...
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…
8 NYC men busted for dealing drugs, guns next to Yankee Stadium: DA
Eight Bronx men were indicted this week for allegedly peddling drugs and guns to an undercover detective and other buyers a block from Yankee Stadium, prosecutors said Wednesday. The defendants, including seven suspects from three families, were charged in a 108-count indictment after operating for more than a year out of a storefront and van a short walk from the ballpark, the Bronx District Attorney’s Office said. The probe started in March 2023 at the former Lush Smoke Shop at 90 East 161 Street where an undercover investigator bought cocaine and methamphetamine pills from alleged dealer Jose Tejada Jr, the district attorney’s...
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