Crime and Courts

New York City police arrested a 35-year-old male they say slashed a toddler in the face earlier this week near Central Park. The department identified the alleged assailant as Anthony Gonzalez of Manhattan. Around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, police say he slashed a 2-year-old boy in the face “with an unknown sharp object.” Police have not announced a potential motive…

The NYPD says they’ve arrested a man suspected of slashing a toddler in the face early Wednesday morning.

The owner of the SUV says a man stole his vehicle and crashed it into a store a few blocks away.

Just hours after a man was killed and a woman hospitalized, at least seven other people were hurt in shootings throughout the city

Three people shot overnight in East Harlem are expected to survive, but police had no suspects in custody as of Friday morning. Tracie Strahan reports.

There are increased demands for an NYPD officer to face charges after being involved in a rough arrest in May over social distancing enforcement

After a roman candle was accidentally fired right into a bedroom window, the group setting off the fireworks didn’t seem to notice — and continued to fire more off for over five minutes before realizing what was wrong

A man was killed and a woman hospitalized after a shooting outside an apartment building in Brownsville, just two of more than a dozen people shot in the city in a 48-hour span. NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.

The man was allegedly seen on a neighbor’s security camera shooting off fireworks in the driveway, when one of them shot straight into a window, unbeknownst to those who were there. Minutes later, the entire room was in flames. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

The longtime confidante of Jeffrey Epstein was arrested at an isolated New Hampshire estate, and charged with allegedly helping Epstein recruit girls as young as 14 for sex, and also allegedly joining in on the abuse herself. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

The officer who perpetrated the violent arrest is currently suspended, but the victim is pushing for an arrest, Adam Harding reports.

Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found by the FBI in New Hampshire and arrested this morning, Jonathan Dienst reports.

Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly brought victims to Epstein’s Upper East Side estate and has been arrested for multiple charges, Rana Novini reports.

A Passaic County judge issued a temporary injunction Tuesday to keep Paterson Councilman-elect Alex Mendez from taking office, just days after Mendez was hit with election fraud charges. Mendez has refused all calls, from the governor down, to step aside and said the “politically powerful” were trying to interfere with the will of Hispanic voters. The injunction is intended to…

Police Say Year Over Year, Shootings are Up 157%. News 4’s Marc Santia reports.

Two teenagers have been charged with murder in the beating death of a homeless man whose body was found in a southern New Jersey alleyway last week, authorities said. The 17-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy were both seen on surveillance video entering the alleyway in Camden shortly before Bobby Hill Jr., 63, was killed, according to the Camden County Prosecutor’s…

A man in a stolen box truck left a trail of destruction from through Queens and Brooklyn, smashing into more than a dozen cars and killing another driver in a collision, police said

Residents nearby thought it was just more fireworks, which have been going off in the city since mid-June, but a child was found struck in the leg by at least one of the bullets

An appeals court has agreed that two lawyers accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at New York City police vehicles can be released on bail, siding with the district judge who also ordered the pair be released.

A Passaic Ounty judge’s injunction will stop Alex Mendez from taking office, saying the voter fraud allegations have undermined public trust in elections.