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Fresh out of the psych ward, man arrested in girlfriend's death
The former fixture at a West Village guitar shop allegedly bludgeoned his girlfriend to death with an axe just days after being released from a psychiatric facility, sources said. Dennis...
Senior citizen keys wealthy Conn. cars
A senior citizen went on a rampage “keying” several cars in a wealthy Connecticut town, authorities said. The unlikely vandal, Janina Slomiana, 73, was arrested for scratching up at least...
Martha Stewart's car burglarized
Maybe she should have sprung for a parking garage. Domestic diva Martha Stewart’s car was broken into over the weekend in the West Village, where it was parked outside a...
Hampton Jitney collides with car on Southampton Highway
A Hampton Jitney bus and a car collided this morning on a Southampton highway, authorities said. The major accident happened just after 7 a.m. on County Road 39, which had...
A man pulled a knife on a guard while stealing 96 rolls of toilet paper from Red Hook supermarket
When ya gotta go, ya gotta go. A thief, answering the call of nature, pulled a knife on a security guard at a Brooklyn supermarket when the worker tried to...
Sweltering city temps send New Yorkers to the beaches
New Yorkers flooded area beaches to splash around and stay cool as temperatures soared in the city yesterday. Waves crashed into Long Island girls Aliyan Owens (pictured) and Jade Dickenson,...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** A 21-year-old man with a short temper and a long police record is facing a murder charge in the aftermath of what cops say began as a fist...
Qns. fireworks cache seized
A Queens man was busted after he sold $500 in illegal fireworks to undercover cops — then told them he had “a lot more” back at the house, police said...
Bathing beauty is Kerry, Kerry glamorous
TV’s hottest fixer sizzles bathing suit on the August cover of Vanity Fair. Bronx-born beauty Kerry Washington — who’s been turning heads as DC crisis manager Olivia Pope on ABC’s...
NYPD Daily Blotter
The Bronx A 64-year-old woman, described by a neighbor as “quiet and gentle,” was beaten to death with a hammer in her Norwood apartment. Police showed up at Magda Dagostino’s...
NYPD Daily Blotter
Manhattan *** A career criminal who escaped from police custody Saturday was caught yesterday in Harlem by the Manhattan warrant squad — just four blocks from where he ran off....
iPad leads cops to thief
An ex-con stole an idling SUV in the West Village, and cops tracked him down with an iPad that was left in the car, police sources said.Herman Johnson, 55, was...
James Gandolfini's TV wife Edie Falco: 'The love between Tony and Carmela was one of the greatest I’ve ever known'
James Gandolfini’s TV wife yesterday remembered the man who played burly tough guy Tony Soprano as generous and caring in real life. “He was a man of tremendous depth and...
'Drunk' driver a 1-man demolition crew in East Village: Car 'started destroying everything - just went out of control'
A wasted driver lost control of his rental car and rode up on an East Village sidewalk yesterday, striking three pedestrians and sending a fire hydrant flying into a Citi...
Out of control alleged drunk driver jumps curb and injures 5: witnesses
An allegedly wasted driver racing another car in the East Village jumped a curb and injured five people when his car smashed into a deli and caused a fire hydrant...
Arrest in cab umbrella slay
The man who police say fatally stabbed a livery cab driver in the eye with an umbrella was busted in Brooklyn yesterday. Shamel Allen, 28, was nabbed at 11:30 a.m....
‘DWI’ gal’s grave turn
She drank herself into an early grave — and lived to tell about it. Kelly Catapano, 35, of Staten Island, was busted for drunken driving Sunday at the Moravian Cemetery...
Cops bust man accused of stabbing cab driver in the eye with umbrella
Police arrested the heartless man accused of stabbing a livery cab driver in the eye with an umbrella in Brooklyn. Shamel Allen, 28, was nabbed today at 11:30 a.m. and...
Ma sues over cop ‘harass’
The Manhattan woman who won custody of her domestic partner’s biological daughter in a landmark court decision is suing the city over an NYPD cop’s campaign of harassment on behalf...
Kelly honors Sandy cop
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly honored a cop in Coney Island yesterday for saving two parents and their baby from rushing floodwaters during Hurricane Sandy.Officer Jonas Guisao received a plaque at...