Pregnant teen shot A 16-year-old girl two months pregnant was shot in the elbow around 2 p.m. Mon., Jan. 30, in the hallway outside her family’s second-floor apartment at 210 Stanton St. near Pitt St., police said. The victim and her unborn baby were said to be out of danger after she was taken to [...]
Continue reading …Canal St. accident A heavy-duty truck going eastbound on Canal St. struck and injured a 71-year-old man at 2:14 p.m. Fri., Jan. 20, as he was crossing from north to south midblock on Canal St. near Mulberry St., police said. The victim, who was unconscious when police arrived at the scene, was taken to Bellevue [...]
Continue reading …Killed on F.D.R. Dr. Meddi Kabbaj, 45, the owner of a men’s clothing boutique, 20 Peacocks, at 20 Clinton St., was fatally injured Wed., Jan. 11, around 11:20 p.m. when he jumped out of a cab on the F.D.R. Dr. at 96th St. and was struck by an oncoming minivan. The cab driver told police [...]
Continue reading …E. 7th rape attempt Police arrested Anthony Griggs, 42, on New Year’s Day and charged him with attempted rape, burglary, strangulation, robbery and sexual abuse. The victim was returning from a party shortly after 4 a.m. when the suspect followed her into her E. Seventh St. building, grabbed her around the neck, and forced her [...]
Continue reading …Soho firm scammed Judy Del Galdo, 67, and her son, Joseph Del Galdo, 46, were sentenced to four to 12 years in prison on Tues., Dec. 20, for stealing more than $16 million over a period of seven years from a textile company at 483 Broadway near Broome St. The Del Galdos, who pleaded guilty [...]
Continue reading …Baruch bruisers Lillian Rios, 50, her daughter, Cheryl Rios, 31, and Alyssa Cruz, 16, all residents of the Baruch Houses on the Lower East Side, were arrested and charged with assault around 3:23 p.m. Mon., Dec. 12, after a traffic agent told police the suspects punched and kicked her. Ludlow St. thief Jimmy Perez, 49, [...]
Continue reading …Grand St. fire Fire broke at 319-321 Grand St. at Orchard St. around 3 a.m. Sat., Dec. 3, and went to two alarms, bringing three companies to the scene. Firefighters brought the blaze under control in about an hour and residents were allowed to return to retrieve possessions. There was extensive damage and the cause [...]
Continue reading …Fiery South St. crash Two drivers were injured when their cars crashed around 4:30 a.m. Sat., Nov. 26, beneath the F.D.R. Dr. on South St. near Clinton St., police said. The impact sent one car across the northbound lane before it jumped the curb, crashed into a steel support of the elevated road and burst [...]
Continue reading …Stuy Town ice-pick mugger John Martinez, 40, pleaded guilty on Thurs., Nov. 10, to robbing three women at the point of an ice pick and a knife in and around the Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village complex in November and December of last year. Martinez cornered his first victim on Nov. 22, 2010, in the elevator [...]
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