CNN — Trevor Bickford, the 19-year-old accused of attacking New York Police Department officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve, traveled to the city “in order to kill people and carry out jihad,” prosecutors say. Bickford allegedly went to the Times Square checkpoint just after 10 p.m., authorities have said. At the security area, … Read more
While stressing that no “active, credible or specific threats” have been received regarding tomorrow’s annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the NYPD said today that additional counterterrorism officers and measures will be deployed in light of this week’s nightclub shooting in Colorado Springs and recent online threats to the Jewish targets. During a press conference at … Read more
CNN — A US District Judge has sentenced a former lawyer to 15 months in prison after she made a Molotov cocktail and threw it at an empty New York Police Department vehicle during a anti-Brooklyn police brutality protest in 2020. Urooj Rahman, 34, was sentenced on Friday by Judge Brian Cogan after pleading guilty … Read more
VALHALLA, New York (WABC) — After months of recovery and training, two NYPD officers are taking their medically fragile child home for the very first time on Thursday. Officers Anna Rivera and Diana Vasquez have been training to care for 17-month-old River Omari Rivera since last fall. He will finally be discharged from the hospital … Read more
HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) — The NYPD has released bodycam footage showing the moments leading up to and including a police officer striking a woman who was allegedly interfering with an arrest in Harlem. Earlier video showing the encounter sparked strong reactions from community activists and officers. The bodycam footage starts with police arresting 22-year-old Elvin … Read more
JACKSON HEIGHTS, Queens (WABC) — A 15-year-old boy who had his arm severed by a subway train in Queens Monday morning was attempting to subway surf, according to police sources. The sources said the boy was with three other teenagers and was climbing on top of the train car when he fell near the Jackson … Read more
At this point, police are only charging the suspect in connection with the officer’s assault, but they say the robbery fits a pattern seen in 18 other incidents across New York City this month, where “on multiple occasions, three individuals approach a victim, while a fourth individual remains in the vehicle,” the release said. They usually … Read more
NEW YORK — A 4-year-old died in a crash in the Bronx and two people – the boy’s father and another driver – are facing charges. According to police, the father was driving his son on a stolen scooter when it collided with a car, CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge reported Monday. Witnesses and neighbors were visibly … Read more
NEW YORK — Police are searching for at least 10 suspects who they say got away with almost $1 million worth of jewelry Thursday in the Bronx. It was the neighborhood’s second brazen jewelry store robbery in less than a week and now business owners are speaking out, CBS2’s Zinnia Maldonado reported. The two major … Read more
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — Police had to help a distressed carriage horse that collapsed on a steamy day in Manhattan Wednesday. The incident happened at 5 p.m. on 9th Avenue and West 45th Street in Hell’s Kitchen. Officers requested the Mounting Unit to tend to the horse, shutting down the block and placing a … Read more