Long-time readers may recall the case of Julian Kurita: In July 2010 he was arrested and charged for the murder of his father in the UWS apartment they shared at 175 W. 87th (at Amsterdam). Today, nearly two years later, the murder trial is set to begin. Last week, during pre-trial hearings, some pretty grisly [...]
Sad story developing over the past 48 hours. 18-year-old Sean Hines was stabbed in the leg late Friday night at his home at 74 W. 92nd and died at the scene. Hines’ mother and stepfather were questioned by police yesterday and eventually Yvonne Hines, the victim’s mother, was charged with manslaughter.
A round-up of recent Upper West Side crime-related news: 23-year-old Upper West Side resident Christopher Adames was stabbed to death outside a Chelsea nightclub earlier in the week (additional details here). On Thursday, 41-year-old club promoter Manuel Pinero (Manny Stax) was arraigned on second-degree murder charges. Pinero is being held without bail — he apparently [...]
A knife-wielding maniac who went on a day-long rampage of stabbings, carjackings and hit-and-runs, leaving four people dead, was stopped by a brave man who was on his way to work at Lincoln Center, according to the Daily News. Maksim Gelman, 23, reportedly went on a 28-hour violence spree as a result of rage towards [...]
Over a year after the murder of an Upper West Side money manager, family members of the victim are outraged that authorities have not made an arrest, according to The New York Post. Shele Danishefsky Covlin, who was 47 when she died on December 31st, 2009, was originally thought to have slipped in the bathtub, [...]
