Gina Daidone
The Archive
Missing 12-year-old girl found safe
The runaway 12-year-old girl who hitched a ride from upstate to New York City was found safe on Staten Island Friday afternoon, according to a law enforcement source. Malaya Johnson...
Man charged in disappearance of 12-year-old girl
A Staten Island man accused of driving a missing runaway 12-year-old girl from upstate to New York City has been arrested -- and police have located his vehicle, cops said...
Man wanted for tossing puppy into street
Police are looking for a man who threw a puppy onto a Bronx street after dragging it out of a car. The suspect pulled the female beagle out of a...
Cops search for drone spotted flying near Statue of Liberty
A drone was spotted flying near the Statue of Liberty -- and then vanished before officials could ground the illegal craft. The unidentified craft was reported to be about 3,000...
'Anti-Semitic' posters targeted by NYPD are part of anti-hate campaign
Cops announced that they were looking for two men who they said plastered anti-Semitic posters on a wall in Brooklyn last month -- except the posters were actually part of...
Subway groper creeps on lady, gets what he deserves
He groped the wrong gal. A feisty Staten Island woman fought back against a creep who groped her in a Manhattan subway station — by chasing him down and grabbing...
Two injured after being hit by dump truck in Brooklyn
Two people were injured -- one critically -- when they were hit by a black dump truck in Brooklyn on Thursday morning, officials said. The women were on 43rd Street...
3-year-old struck by car after running into Brooklyn street
A 3-year-old boy is critically injured after being struck by a car steps away from a kid's clothing store in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The victim reportedly ran into...
Students stunned their jazz band director tried to hire prostitute
Music students at one of the city’s top arts high schools were shocked Friday that their jazz band director had been arrested as an alleged “John” in a Harlem prostitution...
Jazz band leader busted for trying to pay for oral sex
A celebrated trumpet player who directs the jazz band at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School in Queens was arrested Thursday night for allegedly trying to pay...
Woman punched, sexually assaulted near Manhattan pier
A stranger sexually assaulted a woman by a Manhattan pier early Friday, officials said. The 36-year-old victim had just gotten off work around 3:30 a.m. near Pier 62 and West...
Off-duty correction officer fatally shot in possible road-rage attack
An off-duty city correction officer who aspired to join the NYPD was shot and killed in a possible road rage incident in Queens early Friday morning, police and family members...
Construction worker feared dead in Brooklyn wall collapse
Emergency crews were searching for a person trapped in rubble following a wall collapse at a Brooklyn construction site Wednesday, officials said. A construction worker at the site became trapped...
Two wanted for string of car break-ins in Queens
Two men are wanted for at least 28 car break-ins in Queens that netted about $26,000 in stolen electronics, jewelry, cash and credit cards, cops said Thursday. The alleged rip-off...
Bus driver busted for fatally striking elderly woman in crosswalk
An MTA bus driver who struck and killed an elderly woman in a Brooklyn crosswalk was busted Thursday, police said. Yu Qing Chen, 81, was crossing Bay Parkway near Stillwell...
Body of teen killed by MS-13 found a year later
The body of a teenage boy murdered last year by MS-13 gang members was found in Long Island Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The victim's corpse was discovered buried in a...
Man dead, woman injured when Jet Ski crashes in the Bronx
One man is dead and a woman injured after a late night watercraft accident in The Bronx on Tuesday, officials said. A 30-year-old man was driving his Jet Ski with...
Queens man wanted for stabbing mother of his children
A Queens man stabbed the mother of his children in an early morning attack Tuesday, cops said. Juan Portoviejo, 33, is wanted for stabbing his ex-girlfriend multiple times in the...
Young girls groped by pack of men at water park: cops
Four young girls were allegedly groped by a pack of men at a popular Long Island water park, authorities said this week. The group of men “subjected female juveniles to...
The F train is living up to its name
New Yorkers love to F themselves on the F train. That’s the unsavory takeaway from NYPD data on subway masturbators obtained by The Post, which shows the line had the...