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NYC dance teacher who was left in coma by sex offender's sucker-punch slams light sentence: 'He destroyed my life'
Jesus Cortes Cabrera continues to suffer from Bui's brutal actions.
NYC halal cart kingpin sues rival for hiring vagrants to disrupt business, falsely accusing him of murder threats
A Jersey City man claims his food carts have been disrupted by a jealous rival who has tried to steal his prime spots.
Wrongly accused facialist accuses Elizabeth Banks, studio IFC Films of ripping off her life story
Dawn DaLuise was stunned to see a trailer for “Skincare,” a drama that she says is clearly based on her story. It was the first she’d heard of the flick.
Vigilante posing as NYPD detective tries to stop fare-evading family, pepper-sprays man: cops
A vigilante posing as an NYPD detective tried to stop a fare-evading family in Lower Manhattan this week -- and even pepper-sprayed a man who didn't comply, cops said.
Moped-riding bandits rob NYC bar hoppers at gunpoint: 'Super rattling'
A pair of moped-riding bandits robbed two Greenpoint bar hoppers at gunpoint — the latest in a crime spree centering on the two-wheeled getaway vehicles, cops and victims said Friday.
Popular gay porn star busted for trading sickening child porn: feds
Popular gay porn star "Austin Wolf” was busted Friday on charges that he sent and received hundreds of child porn videos out of his Manhattan apartment. Justin Heath Smith, 43,...
NYC driver wanted for horrific hit-and-run death of elderly woman nabbed after nearly five years on the lam
The crash sent the victims' Honda flying into the facade of a flower shop and 72-year-old Gilda Lascano through the CRV's windshield and under a nearby parked car, cops said.
Teen gunman busted in NYC stray bullet shooting death of Faridun Mavlonov, 15: 'Doesn't bring back my son'
Leopoldo Nash Montoya, 18, was picked up earlier this month in Panama and extradited to the Big Apple Thursday to face a second-degree murder rap and other charges in the...
Former ‘American Ninja Warrior’ champ sentenced to 10 years for child porn, exploitation
Andrew Drechsel, 35, must additionally serve 15 years of supervised release and pay the victim $100,000 in restitution, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Sleeping couple wakes up to truck attached to their camper being carjacked by thief: ‘Just test driving’
A bumbling thief in Colorado carjacked a truck that was pulling a camper -- which was carrying a sleeping couple who awoke during the joyride and called the cops.
Woman busted after dead body of reputed ex-lover found wrapped up in back of crashed car
A 32-year-old woman was arrested and charged on two counts of second-degree murder after the dead body of her romantic partner was found in the back seat of her crashed...
Retired NYPD chief busts two teen suspects in his own backyard: 'He doesn't play'
Joseph Reznick, 72, a former deputy police commissioner who ran the IAB before he was pushed out in 2022, held the 15- and 17-year-old males in his yard on 89th...
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.
Eerie police sketch shows creep who tried to rape Central Park sunbather
Police did not release an identity for the creep, who allegedly pounced on his 21-year-old victim as she soaked in the sun.
Formerly green-haired brute who beat NYC deli worker unconscious charged with attempted murder: cops
Osvel Diaz, 29 – who has more than two dozen prior arrests – was nabbed Wednesday evening in connection to the June 17 beatdown that left the 62-year-old employee with...
Teddy Roosevelt's 'favorite' personal item finally found after thief swiped it decades ago
“It went to the governor's office with him. It went to the White House with him. It went on his various adventures afterward, to Africa and Brazil. It witnessed history...
Bandits storm NYC restaurant and rob diners as shocked dinner crowd looks on: cops
A pair of brazen bandits stormed a crowded Brooklyn restaurant and robbed three diners at gunpoint while the horrified dinner crowd looked on, according to cops.
'Don Corleone of cybercrime' behind JPMorgan hack ran new scam while cooperating with FBI: report
Geri Shalon is alleged to have run a cybercriminal syndicate that hacked into tens of millions of accounts at JPMorgan Chase and other companies.
Why does Gavin Newsom back terrible policies? Because he's rich enough to avoid the consequences
Gavin "Gobs of Money" Newsom can just pay and pay to keep himself and his family away from the results of the policies he supports. That's Dems in a nutshell.
Brute smashes bar patron in back of head with 5-foot tree branch, punches an employee in random attack
"The sheer force of the swing was enough to shatter said branch in half, sending shards of splinters onto those nearby."