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The Queens woman married to the man accused of killing a delivery worker after months of threatening the eatery because of a quarrel over a condiment was indicted on weapons charges for the discovery of a closet full of illegal guns during a court-authorized search of her home, prosecutors said Friday. Investigators conducted a search of the woman’s Briarwood...

A New York City restaurant patron accused of killing a delivery worker after months of threatening the eatery because of a quarrel over a condiment was found dead Friday morning, a law enforcement source said. Glenn Hirsch, a 51-year-old who pleaded not guilty in June to murder, weapon possession, menacing and other charges in Zhiwen Yan’s death, died of an...

A New Jersey man was arrested after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered more than 30 pounds of cocaine concealed in his electric wheelchair at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport last week, the agency said Tuesday. Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police officers arrested Gabriel Ruiz, 34, of Union City on state felony narcotics importation and possession charges on…

A New York City restaurant patron has pleaded not guilty to killing a delivery worker after months of threatening the eatery because of a quarrel over a condiment, and his lawyer said his client is innocent. Glenn Hirsch, 51, was arraigned Thursday on murder, weapon possession, menacing and other charges stemming from the death of Zhiwen Yan. “A petty dispute over...

In April, a food delivery man was tragically killed while out on his scooter while out on a delivery. Now police have arrested a suspect. News Four’s Myles Miller has the story.

A former product manager at an online marketplace was arrested Wednesday in what federal authorities called the first ever digital asset insider trading scheme involving NFTs. Nathaniel Chastain, a former employee of a company that does business as OpenSea, was arrested in Manhattan. He was later released on $100,000 bail after entering a not guilty plea to wire fraud and…

A teacher at a Hamden school is being accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old student and sending inappropriate text messages to others, police said. Officials said 27-year-old Dominique Maynard was an English Language Arts teacher at Booker T. Washington Academy. A group of students, aged 12 to 13, accused the teacher of sending inappropriate text messages to them. A parent…

Anger over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine turned bloody in a Brooklyn karaoke bar, with one Ukrainian patron stabbing another Ukrainian man in the face and neck after wrongly insisting the man was Russian, authorities said. Prosecutors are pursuing hate crime charges because of his mistaken belief about the victim’s nationality. Oleg Sulyma, 31, is accused of slashing a fellow Ukrainian immigrant...

A North Carolina woman has been arrested outside of New York in connection with the death of her 3-year-old son in March, police said Wednesday. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police detectives said in a news release that an off-duty officer was approached at a park on March 12 by a female who said her her child was unresponsive in the pond. The officer…

A Long Island DJ was sentenced to more than three years in prison for assaulting police officers other offenses he committed while storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, prosecutors said.

Greater Good Charities, a non-profit organization that helps people, pets and the planet, is providing millions of meals to those affected by the war in Ukraine with boots on the ground amid Russia’s invasion.

A truck smashed into a Westbury home just after midnight, almost hitting a teen. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

A pickup truck went barreling through a house on Long Island overnight, narrowly missing a teen by mere inches. The crash took place on Cypress Lane East in Westbury early Thursday morning, when a person in a black Chevy Silverado drove through a front yard, crashed through a bedroom and into the backyard before coming to a stop just feet…

A pickup truck barreled through a Long Island home overnight and narrowly missed a teen inside by mere inches. Romney Smith reports.

It was a frightening scene after a man began swinging an ax onboard an A train Friday, police said. According to the NYPD, police received a 911 call of a person acting erratically and swinging the weapon onboard an A train, heading to Rockaway, shortly after 4 p.m. “It must’ve been a harrowing call for our 911 operator to hear…

The owner of an animal rescue in Westchester pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing money donated to the not-for-profit organization meant to aid animals, the local district attorney announced. Lisa Marie Birdsall, owner of Recycled Paws Rescue in Mohegan Lake, was arrested on July 13, 2021, by Westchester SPCA’s Humane Law Enforcement Unit (HLE). The 55-year-old had been accused of stealing…

MMA star Colby Covington was leaving a restaurant when Jorge Masvidal allegedly punched him with a closed fist twice in the face, fracturing a tooth

A 27-year-old man arrested in Ohio has been indicted for the attempted rape of a pregnant woman in front of her New York City apartment building in August 2021, according to the Bronx District Attorney’s Office. Amara Doumbouya was arrested in Cincinnati, Ohio, last month and extradited to New York City Tuesday where he was arraigned a day later on…

A livery driver in Long Island was arrested for the attempted rape of a 13-year-old passenger last week, police said. According to the Nassau County Police Special Victims Squad, the teen girl contacted a local car service to pick her up and drive her home on Feb. 9 around 4:15 p.m. According to police, before arriving at the teen’s home,…

A South Florida cook says he lived a nightmare recently when police mistook him for a fugitive with the same name, similar looks and almost the same birthday