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Brooklyn Ripper arraigned, 'slept like a baby' in custody
He’s been sleeping like a baby. Despite his history as a mom-strangling psych patient charged with savagely butchering two young children in a housing-project elevator, Daniel St. Hubert has been...
Slain boy's dad takes final walk to school on morning of funeral
Instead of happily walking his 6-year-old son to school Friday morning, Nicholas Avitto was attending his little boy’s funeral. Avitto, 56, took his final walk to Prince Joshua’s Brooklyn elementary...
Parole bigs were warned 'Brooklyn ripper' was dangerous
Daniel St. Hubert’s parole officer told cops she warned her bosses that the alleged kid killer was dangerous and needed to be in a mental hospital — but nothing was...
'Madman' formally charged with stabbing 2 kids, 1 fatally
The madman who knifed two innocent kids in the elevator of a Brooklyn housing project over the weekend was charged Thursday with killing one of them and badly injuring another....
The horrifying history of the accused 'Brooklyn ripper'
Nov. 9, 2006 Daniel St. Hubert was given summonses in Brooklyn for unlawful possession of a knife and possession of marijuana. Feb. 11, 2009 Charged with possession of marijuana in...
Cops nab Brooklyn 'ripper' suspect carrying knife
The twisted butcher accused of stabbing two children in an elevator, leaving one dead, was arrested Wednesday after police tracked him down by using DNA evidence and pinging his cellphone,...
De Blasio rips Housing Authority over kid slaying
Mayor de Blasio unleashed a blistering attack on the city Housing Authority Tuesday over the lack of surveillance cameras in the building where a 6-year-old boy was killed and another...
Grieving dad recognizes sketch of man sought in son's slaying
The Brooklyn dad whose son was brutally killed in an elevator on Sunday evening said Tuesday he instantly recognized the police sketch of a “schizo” man wanted for the senseless...
Cops hunt Brooklyn ripper
Cops suspect that the same madman who slaughtered a boy in a Brooklyn elevator also killed an 18-year-old woman — and the NYPD warned parents to keep a close eye...
Father of slain boy carries his backpack to school
It was a heart-wrenching pilgrimage. Grieving Brooklyn dad Nicholas Avitto walked to his slain 6-year-old son’s school Monday, carrying the child’s red “Avengers’’ backpack and struggling to find solace in...
Maniac wielding butcher knife kills child in elevator
A 6-year-old boy was stabbed to death and a 7-year-old girl was seriously wounded when they were attacked by a maniac with a butcher knife while heading out to get...