Natasha Velez
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September 19, 2015 | 12:15amThe Bronx A suspect was being escorted from a Fordham Heights restaurant when he stabbed a foe, authorities said. The attacker walked into Los Balbuena Restaurant at Ryer Avenue and...
Man fatally hit by bus after getting out of cab
September 18, 2015 | 7:56amA 23-year-old man was fatally struck by an MTA bus in The Bronx early Friday — moments after getting out of a livery cab because he felt sick, cops said....
Suspect in hotel deaths charged with murder
September 18, 2015 | 2:00amA violent criminal wanted in connection with the deaths of two women in hotel rooms in Manhattan and Brooklyn was charged with one count of murder a day after his...
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September 18, 2015 | 12:15amThe Bronx Police are looking for a suspect in the sexual assault of a woman in Morris Heights, authorities said. The 27-year-old victim was at the door of her home...
Cops probe anti-gay attack on mother-daughter pair
September 17, 2015 | 9:53amThe NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force is investigating after a mother and daughter were targeted in a bias attack at a Korean Midtown eatery, police said. The pair was at...
Cops locate girl who was unlawfully picked up from school by her mom
September 17, 2015 | 6:58amCops have located a young Lower Manhattan girl a day after her biological mother unlawfully picked her up from school and vanished with her. Jacqueline Hendricks, 39, picked up her...
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September 17, 2015 | 12:01amBrooklyn Investigators released a sketch of a would-be rapist wanted for accosting a woman in Bushwick. The 26-year-old victim was walking near Evergreen Avenue and Grove Street on Sept. 6...
Homeless man fatally stabs enemy over money: cops
September 16, 2015 | 7:38pmA homeless man who was sprung from prison about a week ago was arrested for fatally stabbing a foe over money in the South Bronx, cops said. The suspect, identified...
Homeless men arrested after series of bank heists
September 16, 2015 | 7:42amThree homeless pals have been busted in connection with a bevy of bank heists after sharp-eyed cops recognized them Tuesday from surveillance videos. The officers noticed Anthony Flynn, 31, as...
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September 16, 2015 | 12:15amThe Bronx A taxi driver in Mott Haven fended off a passenger who tried to rob him, cops said. The victim was sitting in his yellow cab at Wales Avenue...
'I will always love you': Boyfriend mourns cyclist killed by boat
September 15, 2015 | 3:12pmThe Staten Island woman who was killed by a boat that detached from an SUV Monday evening was a gamer girl who had recently celebrated her one-year anniversary with her...
Vet disappears after he's accused of groping pet owners
September 15, 2015 | 10:27amA Humane Society veterinarian has been reported missing a week after being exposed for allegedly using a wounded dog’s paw to forcibly touch one woman -- and groping two others...
Group pummels cabbie, hijack car after dispute over fare
September 15, 2015 | 8:53amA homeless man and his pals carjacked a yellow-cab driver early Tuesday — and went for a joyride in lower Manhattan before crashing the taxi and flipping it near the...
Cyclist killed after boat detaches from truck
September 15, 2015 | 1:48amA 21-year-old bicyclist was killed and another critically injured after the pair was struck Monday by a boat that detached from a pickup truck on Staten Island, police said. The...
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September 15, 2015 | 12:15amBrooklyn Cops are searching for a man who went berserk when a Bedford-Stuyvesant bodega clerk thwarted his robbery attempt. The suspect, believed to be in his 20s, barged into Glasson...
Stepdaughter of famed sculptor dies after plunge from balcony
September 14, 2015 | 7:59pmThe stepdaughter of famed sculptor John Chamberlain jumped to her death from her family’s 16th-floor balcony on the Upper East Side on Monday morning. Phoebe Fairweather, 23, sat with her...
Woman clings to life after leap from 16th floor of luxury building
September 14, 2015 | 4:14pmA young woman was fighting for her life after jumping out of a 16th-floor window at a luxury Upper East Side building Monday morning, cops said. The 23-year-old woman flung...
Woman in critical condition after being struck by van in Manhattan
September 14, 2015 | 10:16amA 51-year-old woman was struck by a van in the Flatiron District early Monday, cops said. The motorist was on East 21st Street when he attempted to make a left...
WTC guard slashes man who threw French fries at him: cops
September 14, 2015 | 9:05amAn on-duty World Trade Center guard got into a fight over french fries at a nearby McDonald’s early Monday morning — and ended up stabbing a man, police said on...
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September 8, 2015 | 12:15amThe Bronx Investigators released this surveillance image of a man suspected of assaulting a straphanger aboard a train passing through Mott Haven last month. The thug slugged a 42-year-old man...