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A 31-year-old Bronx man arrested in a bizarre ax attack at a Manhattan McDonald’s last month is in trouble again, police sources say. Michael Placios was busted Sunday for allegedly spraying graffiti on a building in Brooklyn and stealing a bike, the sources said. He was released without bail in that case, just as he was in last month’s...

A man arrested in a bizarre ax attack at a Manhattan McDonald’s is in trouble again, police sources say

A 31-year-old Bronx man was arrested for allegedly pulling an ax from his backpack during an argument with three other men at a McDonald’s on the Lower East Side, police said Sunday. It wasn’t clear what sparked the argument, but Michael Placios allegedly took out the ax and threatened the men with it at the fast-food restaurant on Delancy...

A 34-year-old man was apparently beaten with cooking pans, then robbed of his phone and wallet, by a group who violently descended on him as he argued with another person in Manhattan late last month, authorities say. According to police, the victim was near Ludlow and Rivington streets on the Lower East Side around 2:15 a.m. July 21 when a…

An aspiring actor and Columbia University graduate student is in the ICU with brain trauma after an attack, but police and his family still don’t know how or why he was so badly injured.

An aspiring actor and Columbia grad student is in the ICU tonight with brain trauma, and no one know why. Melissa Colorado reports.

Police are searching for a man who they said shot a woman in the Lower East Side of Manhattan during an argument regarding a pregnancy.

The NYPD is searching for the driver responsible for a deadly hit-and-run. Myles Miller reports.

A late-night Lower East Side eatery has been closed for days after a wild tirade took place over the July 4th holiday weekend — all because of condiments. Employees at Bel Fries on Ludlow Street were left traumatized after the chaos broke out Sunday morning shortly after 4 a.m., a wild fray that caused extensive damage. The restaurant’s co-owner said…

Bel Fries in the Lower East Side became the victim of violence after customers became enraged over paying for extra sauce. Marc Santia reports.

A quiet afternoon in the Lower East Side turned to chaos on Father’s Day after an apparent arsonist struck a salon by igniting gasoline, fire and police officials say. Two people — a 60-year-old Asian woman and a 46-year-old man — were burned in the Sunday evening fracas at Sasa Beauty Salon on Eldridge Street. The woman suffered burns to…

A gasoline-fueled fire in a Manhattan salon caused significant damage and hospitalized two people. News 4’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

Police in Manhattan want to find the scooter operator accused of injuring a toddler and speeding away earlier this month. The 2-year-old boy was crossing the street with his dad in the Lower East Side when he was hit by the driver of a motorized scooter, police said. The NYPD tweeted out a photo of the suspect in the June…

Video shows the 81-year-old stumbling backward, his arms flailing as he desperately tries to get his balance back, after the wordless and unprovoked sidewalk attack.

An 81-year-old man walking along a Manhattan street last Friday morning was socked in the face by a stranger he just happened to pass on the sidewalk, according to police and surveillance video of the incident.

A man in his 20s was seriously hurt when a driver hit him as he crossed a Lower East Side street early Monday, authorities said. The man was crossing East Houston at First Avenue around 2:45 a.m. when cops say a driver, possibly behind the wheel of a Camaro, swerved in an effort to avoid him. The driver hit the…

A 16-year-old is recovering in a hospital after getting stabbed by a store owner with whom he got into an argument.

A teenager was stabbed by Manhattan store manager after a fight broke out between the two, police said.

The man was shot in the chest and drove as far as he could before he had to pull over in order to get some help. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

A man was shot near a Manhattan intersection and then jumped in his car, driving away from the scene before seeking medical attention, according to law enforcement sources.