Leonard Blair
The Archive
LI KID-SLAY SLAP
February 27, 2008 | 7:41amA Long Island child-welfare supervisor who failed to promptly follow up on a claim that a mom had threatened to harm her three kids was suspended without pay two days...
SLAY-TEEN MA CRAZY WITH GRIEF
February 19, 2008 | 6:39amThe mother of a teen burned to death in a Bronx building furnace refuses to accept that the girl's demon dad committed the ghastly deed - and is holding out...
'KILLER' RANTING AND RAVING MAD
February 18, 2008 | 7:29amDisheveled, bug-eyed and rambling, the deranged man who allegedly killed an Upper East Side shrink put on a bizarre show in court yesterday - accusing his lawyer of pretending to...
'KILLER' DAD'S SNEER
February 18, 2008 | 7:29amA psycho Bronx building super who allegedly admitted strangling his teen daughter for text-messaging a boy was asked by cops where her body was and snidely replied, "That's your job....
EAST SIDE BUTCHER AT COURT
February 17, 2008 | 7:07pmBug-eyed and rambling, the alleged "butcher" charged with brutally slashing two Upper East Side shrinks, killing one of them, today was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after he accused...
TALE OF ALLEGED COP RAPE
February 16, 2008 | 8:18amThe shaken teen allegedly raped by a veteran Westchester cop spoke out for the first time yesterday about her terrifying ordeal. "I am nervous. I am nervous," the teary 17-year-old...
IMMIGRANT DUO SPLITS $8M LOTTO
February 15, 2008 | 8:17amAn electrician from Brooklyn and a nurse from Queens are living on easy street after splitting an $8 million Lotto jackpot. "It's unbelievable," said winner Oleg Soloviev. "I still do...
SUPER PRINCIPAL NOW IN CHARGE
February 1, 2008 | 8:32amKaren Watts is one of the Big Apple's best principals - and now she's got one of its worst high schools. The Manhattan secondary school principal was tapped yesterday to...
WEAPONS OF HATE
January 28, 2008 | 2:22amCops revealed today the chilling arsenal of pipe bombs allegedly fashioned by a Bulgarian immigrant in Brooklyn Heights - including a Nerf football stuffed with nails and a device designed...
MARY-KATE'S TEAM FIRST AT APT.
January 27, 2008 | 8:26amA witness at the scene of Heath Ledger's death spotted Mary-Kate Olsen's security team entering the actor's SoHo pad minutes before paramedics arrived. "I thought someone was having a heart...
ANOTHER MENINGITIS TRAGEDY
January 26, 2008 | 7:50amA "happy-go-lucky" 27- year-old counselor at a Catholic Queens high school died of bacterial meningitis yesterday, one day after a Long Island high-school senior died from the lethal disease. But...
'SUBPRIME' KILLER LEFT SUICIDE NOTE
January 20, 2008 | 9:36amThe subprime-lending executive who killed his wife by breaking her neck left a suicide note - blaming personal and not financial problems - in his car before leaping to his...
'TOP'-HEAVY OFFICER A LOAD OF LAUGHS FOR LETTERMAN
January 19, 2008 | 7:40amFat cops make an easy target. Late-night TV talk funnyman David Letterman skewered the NYPD Bloat in his Top 10 list Thursday night. Inspired by reports of 500-pound police officer...
'DRUNK' HITS SI POL'S FAMILY
January 12, 2008 | 8:24amA retired city firefighter plowed into a car carrying a state senator's family in a booze-fueled crash in Staten Island, authorities said yesterday. James Aylward, 43, allegedly drove his Ford...
BABY-KILLING DOG IS DESTROYED
January 5, 2008 | 8:47amThe family dog that mauled a Brooklyn baby to death was put down yesterday, officials said. Maccabee, a 7-year-old Doberman pinscher who attacked 8-month-old Andrew Stein in his Kensington apartment...
TRIPLE-THREAT ESCALATOR
December 31, 2007 | 7:09amSeveral Giant fans remained hospitalized yesterday after the third apparent escalator malfunction in the same section of the team's stadium in New Jersey. Three people were treated for injuries ranging...
DON'T LET MY CHILD GO YET
December 29, 2007 | 7:59amA heartbroken Brooklyn mom is trying to stop a local hospital from pulling the plug on her brain-dead 3-year-old child, begging for more time so that she can come to...
QUEENS WIFE-SLAY BUST
December 23, 2007 | 10:00amA Queens man was busted yesterday for allegedly stabbing his wife - who was nicknamed Lovely - in front of their 4-year-old daughter, cops said. Shahida Sultanna, 32, was found...
DEADLY DASH
December 18, 2007 | 10:00amA 9-year-old Staten Island boy escaped with his family from their blazing home - only to perish when he slipped from the safety of his mother's side and ran back...
STATEN ISLAND BOY DIES TRYING TO SAVE PETS FROM FIRE
December 17, 2007 | 10:00amA desperate Staten Island dad tried in vain to rescue his animal loving 9-year-old son from the family's burning home last night after the boy ran back upstairs to save...