ABC News reports that two teens were arrested after a spree of armed robberies in Central Park late Wednesday night. Jesse Wasserman, 17, and Driton Rexhaj Alex Greene, 19, were taken into custody for a string of three robberies in which one teen would hold up a male victim at gunpoint and the other would [...]
A 33-year-old man fatally stabbed his father last night in his apartment on 87th Street before attempting to commit suicide, according to WPIX. Julian Kurita reportedly stabbed his father, Fumitaka Kurita, 70, in the neck yesterday evening in the 31st-floor apartment they shared at 175 West 87th (at Amsterdam). He immediately slashed his wrists in [...]
Breaking news: A bomb scare occurred at the ASCAP office building (Broadway between 63rd and 64th) this afternoon. Witnesses reported that a bomb threat was called into the office, which is a membership association of more than 380,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. The building was evacuated, including [...]
A car plowed down Broadway last night, striking and killing a woman as it tried to flee from the police. ABC 7 reports that at least two people were in the Dodge Avenger that left a CVS on 86th and Amsterdam after shoplifting over-the-counter medication. Police spotted the car, whose license plate had been reported [...]
Governor David Paterson’s 15-year-old son was taken into custody for questioning yesterday after being caught playing a sidewalk dice game near his Upper West Side school, according to the New York Post. Alex Paterson was playing the dice game around 3:00 pm near Beacon High School (61st between Amsterdam and West End) when the police [...]
