Crimes and Courts

A New York City police sergeant who pleaded guilty to beating two handcuffed men in separate incidents was sentenced to probation Wednesday. Sgt. Phillip Wong, a transit bureau supervisor who was placed on modified duty after his arrest last July, pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court to charges of assault and attempted assault, both misdemeanors. Prosecutors asked that Wong be…

The teen allegedly carried a semi-automatic weapon into the subway, and has a connection to a deadly police shooting, and may have a connection to a deadly police shooting in Ohio. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

An arrest has been made in a hit-and-run that left the father of rapper Nicki Minaj dead. Greg Cergol reports.

The FBI Newark Field Office is seeking information which will lead to the identification of an unknown individual as Jane Doe 43 who may have information about a child victim in a sexual exploitation investigation. According to the FBI, the unknown woman is being sought as part of the FBI’s Operation Rescue Me and Endangered Child Alert Program (ECAP) initiatives….

A well-known cartoonist for The New Yorker has been arrested on a possession of child pornography charge, police said.

A thief broke into a Staten Island deli by crawling through a hole in the wall. Myles Miller reports.

A homeless man accused of setting fires at a Jewish university dormitory was arrested again just hours after his arraignment. New York City police say they picked up 33-year-old Peter Weyand around 11:30 p.m. Saturday for trespassing after he busted a fence and broke into a Staten Island backyard. Weyand, who was out on supervised release in the arson case,…

A Missouri man will spend his Christmas Eve in a Brooklyn court after police say he tried to shoot two men in Mill Basin. Investigators say Rusty Lloyd went to a house on East 65th Street pretending to deliver a package. Instead, police say Lloyd pulled out a gun and tried to shoot the two men in the home. Luckily,…

A lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein’s estate said Wednesday he is disappointed that women who say the financier sexually attacked them aren’t suspending lawsuits to join a special compensation fund, but an attorney for one woman says lawsuits are the better route, at least for now. Attorney Bennet Moskowitz told a Manhattan judge that the women are moving “full steam...

A new Jeffrey Epstein accuser has just come forward, adding yet another layer to an already disturbing story. A woman named Teala Davies has filed a lawsuit suing the convicted sex offender’s estate for damages and shared her story in an emotional press conference with her attorney Gloria Allred. Access Hollywood co-host Mario Lopez is joined by trial attorney...