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Brooklyn A Brownsville man died in a hail of bullets outside a neighborhood deli and grocery store early yesterday, cops said. Anthony McRae, 22, was struck with four bullets at...

Union Sq. Park tamed by NYPD

Police have brought law and order back to Manhattan's Union Square Park. A month after cops drew up a battle plan to attack crime and quality-of-life type offenses in the...

Dad fires rifle at teen thugs: cops

A Brooklyn dad angry over a bunch of teen hoodlums hanging out on his stoop and terrorizing his quiet block snapped -- opening fire on them with a military-style assault...

Man digs for treasure on the streets of NYC

A Queens man has discovered enough hidden treasure — bits of diamonds, rubies, platinum and gold — on the gritty sidewalks of Midtown's Diamond District to make a living. "The streets of...

Fed up with rowdy kids, man SHOOTS them: cops

A Brooklyn man angry over a bunch of rowdy, neighborhood hoodlums suddenly snapped and opened fire on them with a powerful, military-style assault rifle, wounding two and an innocent bystander,...

Keeping Lady Liberty safe: Harbor cops on the case

The Statue of Liberty is perhaps the world's most enduring symbol of freedom -- and one of its most high-profile terror targets. So keeping her safe -- from attack by...

3 weekend sex attacks jolt Inwood & Wash. Hts.

Three women have been sexually attacked in separate incidents in Washington Heights and Inwood since Friday, police said yesterday. The first two attacks -- which took place within six hours...

Three sex attacks in Inwood, Wash. Hts. this weekend

There have been three separate sex attacks in Washington Heights and Inwood since Friday night, police said today. The first two attacks -- which occurred within six hours of each...

Maniac slash attack in supermarket meat aisle

A crazed man made a Pathmark meat aisle extra bloody this morning when he plunged a knife into an elderly shopper’s neck, allegedly after the perpetrator stepped on the victim's...

'Handicapped' prowler strikes at Elmhurst apartment

A seemingly handicapped prowler found a very creative way to haul away a safe full of cash and jewels after burglarizing an apartment in Elmhurst. The nattily dressed prowler was...

NYPD Daily Blotter

Brooklyn Police are hunting for this alleged sexual predator (pictured), wanted in four recent attacks on women in Sunset Park and Bay Ridge. The fiend first struck March 20, when...

Cops hunting B'klyn rapist (VIDEO)

Police are hunting for a sexual predator wanted in four recent attacks on women in Sunset Park and Bay Ridge. The fiend first struck March 20, when he attacked a...

NYPD sting 'bags' Central Park purse thieves

Central Park crooks, beware. The NYPD has snagged a whopping number of would-be thieves in the park this spring -- and all with the classic abandoned-purse ruse, officials said yesterday....

Feds rescue Liberty diver

US Park Police officers rescued a swimmer after he jumped into New York Harbor yesterday on what he said was a mission from God. The unidentified 29-year-old man dived from...

Bullets fly on Upper E. Side

Gunfire erupted on the Upper East Side last night, sending pedestrians running for their lives in the posh neighborhood, right across the street from Central Park. A man standing on...

Instructed 'by God,' nut rescued in swim to Liberty Island

You can call it a case of divine intervention. United States Park Police rescued a swimmer after he dove into the frigid waters of New York Harbor on what he...

NYPD Daily Blotter

Staten Island A woman was busted after she went on a shopping spree with credit info she stole from her employer, authorities said. Lisa Legere, 30, somehow obtained the credit-card...

Pinheads strike it rich in 80G bowling-alley heist

Two armed robbers hit pay dirt when they stuck up a Brooklyn bowling alley -- hauling away $80,000 in cash that had just been collected for tournament winners. An employee...

Knife thug's five victims

A punk with a knife has mugged at least five lower Manhattan women in the last three weeks, cops said yesterday. On May 12, he took a 26-year-old's wallet on...

Brooklyn man arrested in sexual assault of 85-year-old woman on Upper East Side

Cops have arrested a Brooklyn man for the vicious sex assault on a 85-year-old woman on an Upper East Side street, authorities said. Jeffrey Ritter, 32, has been charged with...