Christian Diaz, convicted in stabbing death of Yemeni deli worker Ahmed Almulaiki, Oct. 19, 2021. ( Photo: NYPD) Man Who Stabbed Deli Worker to Death Sentenced to 20 Years Slowly as the wheel of justice sometimes turns, it can be shocking when, from out of the mists of time and mourning, punishment... News 03 Nov 2025 | 02:19
Avery Dunning on the morning of Feb. 22, 2023, in the NYCHA Lincoln Houses. ( Photo: NYPD (inset), NYCHA) East Harlem Attempted Murderer Sentenced—Despite Sex Tapes with Juror On Thursday, Oct. 16, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. announced the sentencing of Avery Dunning, 37, to 25... News 17 Oct 2025 | 01:40
Left: Confessed murderer David Mazariegos in a Brooklyn subway station;.Right: His victim, Italian-American Nicola Tanzi (center, wearing glasses), is statue bearer at an Italian religious celebration and was well known in the local community. ( Photos: NYPD, John Heyer Facebook) Confessed Brooklyn Murderer Was Awaiting Trial in Chelsea Assault One of the more senseless murders in recent memory occurred in a Brooklyn subway station on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 7, while... 13 Oct 2025 | 03:35
Antiquities repatriation ceremony, Oct 3. Left to right: Elena Vlachogianni, head, Department of Documentation and Protection of Cultural Goods; Hellenic Secretary General of Culture Georgios Didaskalou; Consul General of Greece in New York Iphigenia Kanara; chief of the Antiquities Trafficking Unit Matthew Bogdanos, and Vasiliki Papageorgiou. ( Photo: Consulate General of Greece in New York) D.A.’s Office Sees Antiquities Returned to Greece The Antiquities Trading Unit (ATU) of the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said on Oct. 10 that it had effected the return... News 13 Oct 2025 | 08:04
Wanted for assaulting senior woman on M15 bus, Sept. 23, 2025. ( Photos: NYPD) 92-year-old Woman Punched on Bus; Apartment Rental Scammer Indicted The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual wanted in connection with an elderly assault... News 06 Oct 2025 | 11:25
Second Avenue and East 123rd Street, opposite Wagner Houses, NYCHA, in East Harlem. ( Photos: Google Maps, Straus News markup) Two Teens Charged with Attempted Murder after East Harlem Gunfight The dramatic surge in teen-involved violence continues, this time, again, with a gunfight in East Harlem, in the 25th Precinct.... News 22 Sep 2025 | 12:34
Left: Times Square subway station; Right: Nicholas Fuelling Wanted flyer. ( Photo: Brian Berger, NYPD) Bomb Scare Suspect Indicted; Hells Kitchen Sublet Scammer Surrenders The alleged Times Square bomb scare suspect, Desean Maryat, 26, was indicted on Friday September 19, Manhattan District Attorney... 21 Sep 2025 | 06:19
Two surveillance shots of a man wanted for attempted rape on Labor Day near Broadway and West 36th Street. The shirt on the left may have been turned inside out. ( Photos: NYPD) Attempted Rape in Midtown; Man Indicted for Brutal Sex Assault Labor Day brought news of a sexual assault, this one in the early evening hours within the confines of Midtown South, which... 15 Sep 2025 | 06:51
Alleged rapist Anthony Smith on Aug. 10, 2025. ( Photo: NYPD) Alleged Hell’s Kitchen Rapist Arrested on Lower East Side A suspect in the recent assault and attempted rape of a 21-year-old woman in Times Square has been arrested. To the surprise... News 17 Aug 2025 | 06:27
Downtown officers have been looking for, and finding, illegal guns on the Lower East Side. ( Photo: NYPD) Gun Bust in Alphabet City; Fulton Street Subway Shover Sentenced While much of New York was still processing the mass shooting at 345 Park Ave. that killed four people on July 28, alert... News 04 Aug 2025 | 10:28
Left: Broadway at Cedar Street looking toward Red Cube; Right: Busted in Washington Square. ( Photos: Brian Berger, NYPD) E-Biker Attacks DOT Worker; Drug Bust in Washington Sq. Park In a shocking clash of common interests, an employee of the very e-bike friendly NYC Department of Transportation was slashed... 21 Jul 2025 | 08:10
Left: Wanted for attempted robbery. Right: An Asmat war shield. ( Photos: NYPD, Wiki Commons) Attempted Robbery by E-Biker; Indonesian War Shields Returned A 57-year-old female victim was approached by an unidentified male on an electric bicycle on July 2 at approximately 3pm,... News 14 Jul 2025 | 03:22
Left: Dana Baraket in October 2023, after tearing down Israeli hostage posters. Right: police say the suspect is wanted for public lewdness in Kips Bay. ( Photos: Stop Antisemitism, NYPD) Woman Assaults Cops in Times Square; Public Lewdness in Kips Bay A woman, Dana Baraket, 19, caught on video tearing down Israeli hostage posters on the Upper West Side in October 2023, has... News 07 Jul 2025 | 04:41
Approximate site of the crash between illegal electric unicycle and bicyclist, June 30, 2025. ( Map: CentralPark.org; Straus News markup) Rider of Illegal Electric Unicycle Badly Injured in Crash with Central Park Bicyclist The war between the speed of high-powered electric vehicles and the more measured human-powered pace of bicyclists and pedestrians... News 06 Jul 2025 | 11:59
Jennifer Guilbeault moments before, and during, her attack on Shohel Mahmud. Markup by Straus News. ( Photos: Reddit) Woman Takes Plea for Pepper- Spraying Muslim Uber Driver The pepper spray madwoman, Jennifer Guilbeault, who wildly attacked a Muslim Uber driver, Shohel Mahmud, on the Upper East... News 24 Apr 2025 | 11:28
