Edward Caban (center) was formally appointed Police Commissioner in July. He succeeded Keechant Sewell. Crime stats collected by the NYPD have featured a categorical declines in incidents over 2023. ( Photo via NYC’s Mayor’s Office) NYPD Says Overall Crime Rate Is Down Compared to Last Nov., Hate Crimes Still Surging Relative to November 2022, the overall NYC crime rate in November of this year has dropped by 4.1 percent. The finding was... News Alert 06 Dec 2023 | 06:31
A picture reportedly depicting chaos at Pita Grill, a kosher establishment on the UES. The grill was robbed on November 26, with social media commentators online quickly spreading unproven rumors that pro-Palestinian protestors had targeted it due to its Jewish ownership. ( Photo via Alex Bores on Twitter) Kosher Grill on UES is Robbed, NYPD Rules Out Hate Crime After Disinfo Spreads Online A kosher grill on the UES reportedly had its windows smashed during a robbery, leading to premature declarations of a hate... News 04 Dec 2023 | 01:36
Ruja Ignatova, the founder of OneCoin and a target on the FBI’s Most Wanted List, has not been seen since 2017. She was hit with wire fraud and money laundering charges. Her colleague at OneCoin, Irina Dilkinska, pleaded guilty to similar charges. ( Photo via FBI ) As Colleague Cops Wire Fraud Plea, OneCoin “Cryptoqueen” Remains on FBI’s Most Wanted List A compliance officer for the disgraced crypto outfit OneCoin pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in a Manhattan... News 26 Nov 2023 | 07:48
New York AG Letitia James helps attendees at a “Fight Fraud. Shred It!” event get rid of old documents. ( Source: AARP New York) DA launches investigation into $2.7 Million elder scam after Our Town calls The Manhattan DA’s office is investigating an elaborate scam that cost an 81-year-old UES man over $2.6 million, a crime... News 17 Nov 2023 | 10:08
Following a carriage horse collapse in August 2022, coachman Ian McKeever has been charged with animal torture. Carriage steeds (such as the one above) are popular with tourists, who often ride them in Central Park. ( Photo via Wikimedia Commons) Coachman Charged With Animal Torture After Horse Collapses, Is Euthanized A coachman has been charged with animal torture, after his long-suffering carriage horse collapsed on W. 45th St. in the... News 17 Nov 2023 | 07:01
John Rote, a 43 year-old Queens resident that NYPD officers claim allegedly shot at 49 year-old Matthew Roesch, after the latter was seen sticking up a woman at the 49th St. subway station. ( Photo via NYPD ) Dual Arrests: Man Tries to Rob Woman at 49th St. Subway Stop, Vigilante Shoots at Robber An attempted robbery dramatically escalated into a Wild West scenario at the 49th St. subway station (serving the N, R and... News 12 Nov 2023 | 04:52
A glass bottle wielding lunatic attacked a man outside Whole Foods on Sixth Ave. near Bryant Park in October and minutes later went inside and seriously injured a woman on the second floor before coming downstairs, boarding an uptown D train and attacking his third victim. Photo: Tripadvisor Glass bottle Attacker’s Bail Is Set at $100,000 After Lunatic’s Spree Injures 3 in Midtown Late afternoon on October 5th, Michael Howell started his series of glass bottle attacks on the sidewalk outside of a Whole... News 08 Nov 2023 | 10:17
Law & Order: SVU was inspired from the NYPD’s Special Victims Division. Now, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is adding an advisory council to his office’s own one-year-old Special Victims Division. ( Source: NBC) Manhattan DA Invites Stakeholders to Provide Input on Special Victims Division Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the creation of the Special Victims Division Advisory Council, hoping that... News 27 Oct 2023 | 05:12
Sabir Jones, 45, was reportedly arrested in Newark in connection with two October 18 assaults at the Fifth Avenue/53rd St. station. One involved a subway shoving that left a 30 year-old woman in critical condition, while the other left a 26 year-old student with a broken jaw. ( Photo via NYPD ) Suspect Arrested After Woman Shoved Into E Train, Student’s Jaw Busted on UES An unidentified 30 year-old woman was shoved into an incoming E train at the Fifth Ave.-53rd St. station on Wednesday, October... News 26 Oct 2023 | 10:36
A photo of a threatening letter that Julie Menin received on October 5. ( Photo via Julie Menin on X.com) Julie Menin, UES City Council Member, Receives Disturbing Death Threat Julie Menin, the City Council Member for the UES’s District 5, said she received a death threat via an October 5 letter to... News 18 Oct 2023 | 12:32
Ashely Fox, pictured left, is the owner and co-founder of the studio where the shooting occurred. ( Photo via Foxy Fitness & Pole Training Studios) Man Shot Dead at Pole-Dancing Studio, Naked Dancers Flee Into Night A man was shot in the stairwell of a pole-dancing studio–near the Koreatown enclave–in the wee hours of October 15. NYPD... Home 18 Oct 2023 | 11:37
According to federal prosecutors, USPS collection boxes in Manhattan were pilfered nine times this year. ( Photo by Abigail Gruskin ) Feds Indict 27 for Alleged Mail Crimes, Including 17 Charged for East Side Thefts Twenty-seven people have been indicted for a slew of mail crimes in a blockbuster indictment by Damian Williams, the U.S.... News 10 Oct 2023 | 10:27
A bystander video depicting Norton Blake beating Laurell Reynolds with a cane at the W. 116 St. & Lenox Ave. subway station. ( Photo via @EJonatha4766004 on Twitter) Man Indicted for Allegedly Beating Woman With Her Own Cane at Lenox Ave. Subway A Bronx resident who beat a woman with a cane at the W. 116 St. & Lenox Ave. subway station has been indicted for the September... News 04 Oct 2023 | 07:21
Quadiar Diggins, 17, took several photos of himself flaunting illegally acquired firearms, prosecutors said. Photo: ( Manhattan District Attorney’s Office) 5 Manhattan Residents Indicted for Shootings and Robberies in Months Long Crime Spree Five young men, who were arrested over a period from May 10 to September 19 in connection to a series of shootings and robberies... News 03 Oct 2023 | 12:01
A photo of 49 year-old Derrick Mills released by the NYPD’s CrimeStoppers system. ( Photo via NYPD) Suspect Nabbed in Shove of Senior Citizen Onto 68th Street Subway Tracks Derrick Mills, a 49 year-old man who allegedly shoved 74 year-old Trevor Crawford onto the subway tracks at 68 St.-Hunter... News 18 Sep 2023 | 04:23
