Larry Celona

About the Author

Larry Celona is a police reporter for the New York Post. He has covered every major breaking story in New York City over the last 30 years. He has numerous page-one exclusives, including Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide, and has won numerous awards. He is a graduate of St. John’s University. He worked as a media consultant for the movie “Eyes Wide Shut,” working directly with Stanley Kubrick. He has also appeared on various television shows talking about stories he’s covered.

The Archive

Bodies of NYC teens swept away at Queens beach recovered, family says

"I saw the pictures, I know it’s him. When I saw the pictures, some tears came to my eyes," one of the boy's fathers said.

LI salon where NYPD cop, three others were killed by drunk driver is now a community memorial

Hawaii Nail & Spa in Deer Park where four people were killed by an alleged drunk driver, including an NYPD cop, has become a gathering place for locals to mourn...

Anti-Israel protesters clash with cops outside of Biden's big-money NYC fundraiser

Anti-Israel protesters trying to disrupt President Biden's big-money Manhattan fundraiser Friday night clashed with cops and set off smoke bombs -- leading to dozens of arrests, sources said. At least...

Four dead, 9 injured after minivan plows into Long Island nail salon

Four people were killed and nine others seriously injured when a driver plowed through a Long Island nail salon Friday, law enforcement sources said.

NYC inmate on the run after slipping cuffs and dashing from cops at Bellevue Hospital

An inmate slipped out of his handcuffs and escaped from police custody at Bellevue Hospital Wednesday as officials prepared to bring him back to Rikers Island, officials and sources said. 

Bitter former JetBlue employee arrested for calling in fake bomb threat at JFK's TWA Hotel

A disgruntled former JetBlue employee was arrested Wednesday for calling in a phony bomb threat and leaving a cellphone with a note that read "explosive device" inside the TWA Hotel...

12-year-old boy shoots self in the hand at NYC barber shop

A 12-year-old boy shot himself in the hand at a barber shop in the Bronx on Tuesday afternoon, cops and sources told The Post.

Sicko tries to rape Central Park sunbather in broad daylight before her screams send creep running

The creep jumped the 22-year-old victim as she basked in the sun around 1:30 p.m. at West 104th Street and the West Drive in the iconic green space, cops and...

Biden, Elton John to visit Stonewall on anniversary of gay rights riot — before another Manhattan fundraiser

President Biden will join pop star Elton John at the Stonewall Inn Friday to mark the 55th anniversary of the first night of riots that helped launch the modern gay...

38-year-old man killed, 2 others injured in broad-daylight stabbing on 'out-of-control' NYC street: cops

A 30-year-old man was taken into custody at the scene, cops said. No charges have been leveled against the suspect so far.

Anti-Israel vandals target Congressman Gregory Meeks' Queens home

"Some people scribbled graffiti on the house and left," a source said.

Bike-riding bigot hurls dog poop into car and shouts antimsemitic slur in disgusting NYC attack

A deranged bicycle-riding bigot is on the loose after he hurled a handful of dog poop into an open car window in Manhattan while yelling an antisemitic profanity. The suspect...

Man fatally stabbed after running into NYC bodega for help as violence plagues Big Apple stores

The attack occurred around 9:40 p.m. when the unidentified 40-year-old victim ran into Sammy's Gourmet Deli on Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica looking for help and was stabbed multiple times in...

Feuding NYC migrant groups brawl at Randall's Island shelter after stabbing

African and South American migrants duked it out at the massive Manhattan tent city -- the site of numerous vicious brawls in the last few months.

Man stabbed to death in NYC subway station during evening rush: NYPD

The straphanger was at the turnstiles when he was stabbed multiple times in the torso, the NYPD said.

Graduate, father slashed by masked suspects outside high school commencement ceremony at NY university

A high school graduate and his father were slashed by a group of masked suspects outside Hofstra University after the teen's commence ceremony at the Long Island school's sports complex,...

NYC gun violence spikes as summer heat hits the five boroughs: 'It's that time of the year'

NYPD stats show that shootings in the five boroughs jumped by 50% over last year in the past week, with the number of shooting victims up by an even wider...

Midtown Manhattan's '8th Ave. Corridor' plagued by junkies lying at tourists' feet, fighting in the streets

A stretch of Midtown Manhattan has become a “strip of despair,” where smacked-out addicts shoot up, light up and conk out at the feet of commuters and tourists, locals say.

Bloody night across NYC sees two shot during party at Brooklyn park

The shooting was just one of several that lit up the Big Apple Saturday, including an unrelated one just down the block from Livonia Park.

Vandal scrawls 'Palestine' on wall of NYC's Park Avenue Synagogue

Anti-Israel vandals set their sight on yet another Jewish landmark Friday.