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Child nearly killed by accused 'Brooklyn Ripper' gives harrowing testimony
A now-11-year-old girl who miraculously survived a relentless knife attack from a deranged wanderer that left her best friend dead bravely took the stand Tuesday -- clutching the Pokemon card...
Accused 'Brooklyn Ripper' smiles through grim testimony about killing of 2 kids
The murder trial testimony is horrific — including descriptions Thursday of a doomed attempt to resuscitate a fatally stabbed little boy, each chest compression releasing a gush of blood. But...
Family of girl who was stabbed in elevator fighting off eviction
The family of Mikayla Capers, the little girl who was stabbed and watched her pal die in the elevator at her run-down public-housing complex, spent the third anniversary of the...
Slain boy's dad catches 'break' at sentencing for bank robbery
A Brooklyn federal judge cut a bank robber a slight break at his sentencing Monday because of the shocking 2014 murder of his 6-year-old son. Nicholas Avitto, 58, lobbied Judge...
Slain boy's dad hopes tragedy gets him lighter sentence in robbery case
A Brooklyn man who was busted for a bank heist after a lunatic killed his 6-year-old son hopes his heartache will earn him leniency at sentencing, according to a Brooklyn...
Man charged with butchering two kids complains handcuffs too tight
A Brooklyn man who allegedly butchered two young children appeared in court ranting that he wanted to go to trial. Daniel St. Hubert, 28 — who is charged with killing...
Dad, uncle of slain Brooklyn boy plead guilty in bank heist
The father and uncle of a Brooklyn boy who was stabbed to death in an elevator last year pleaded guilty to a 2012 armed bank heist Thursday in Brooklyn federal...
Mom of boy slain in elevator by 'Brooklyn Ripper' sues city
NEW YORK — The mother of a 6-year-old who was stabbed to death in a public housing elevator sued the city Thursday, saying officials let blatant security risks linger before...
Father and uncle of slain boy busted for robbing bank
The father and uncle of a Brooklyn boy who was butchered to death by a madman in an elevator last year have been busted for a 2012 armed bank heist,...
7-year-old survivor of ‘Brooklyn Ripper’ makes first appearance
She can smile again. Brave little Mikayla Capers beamed Saturday in her first public appearance since surviving 16 stab wounds she suffered in a brutal Brooklyn elevator attack that killed...
Slain elevator boy's kin rage at accused killer's lawyer
Distraught relatives of a 6-year-old boy slain in a Brooklyn elevator raged at his accused killer's lawyer Friday after the attorney said he might push for an insanity defense for...
'Brooklyn ripper' told cops Satan 'controls things': court docs
The madman accused of savagely stabbing two little kids in Brooklyn told cops, “I think I need a lawyer,” new court papers reveal – raising the possibility that he understands...
Accused ‘Brooklyn Ripper’ shaved head to elude cops
Oh, he’s crazy, all right. Crazy like a fox. Accused Brooklyn butcher Daniel St. Hubert, who is charged with stabbing two children in an elevator, was sane enough to try...
Child victim of accused Brooklyn Ripper 'learning to smile'
She’s learning to smile through her broken heart. Haunted by the brutal Brooklyn stabbing that left her in critical condition and her young pal dead, 7-year-old Mikayla Capers is finding...
'Brooklyn Ripper' survivor can't bear to see slain friend's family
Little Mikayla Capers -- who was with 6-year-old Prince Joshua “PJ” Avitto when he was murdered in a Brooklyn elevator -- is so heartbroken about losing her best friend that...
Cops should beef up public housing patrols: poll
New Yorkers overwhelmingly want the NYPD to ask for people’s IDs during their routine patrols of the hallways and stairwells in city housing projects, according to a Quinnipiac poll released...
Accused 'Brooklyn Ripper' angrily demands a word with judge
The accused Brooklyn Ripper demanded to speak privately with the judge Wednesday in Brooklyn Criminal Court -- as the brave little girl who survived his deadly stabbing spree finally got...
Accused 'Brooklyn Ripper' terrifying psych ward staff
The accused Brooklyn Ripper, charged with butchering two young children in an elevator, is now terrifying even hardened staffers on the Bellevue psych ward. Daniel St. Hubert has been threatening...
He should beg for forgiveness: Brooklyn Ripper's dad
The father of accused Brooklyn ripper Daniel St. Hubert said Friday his son should beg the families of his victims for forgiveness. “Ask them to forgive you,” pleaded Albert St....
Over 1,500 mourn boy who was stabbed to death
More than 1,500 mourners packed into and around an East New York church Friday to mourn a 6-year-old Brooklyn boy stabbed to death by a violent ex-con and psych patient...