Dec. 6, 2024 By Dean Moses and Amanda Moses Police say they have recovered the backpack belonging to the Midtown assassin who executed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson after retracing his steps leading up to Wednesday’s shocking killing. The NYPD now believes the hooded killer fled the Big Apple via a bus out of the…
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MIDTOWN SHOOTING: Face revealed of assassin who shot UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson dead at hotel
Dec. 5, 2024 By Dean Moses and Robert Pozarycki The investigation into Wednesday’s brazen Midtown shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is “progressing,” law enforcement sources said, as the hunt for his assassin enters its second day with the release of surveillance images of his face, By all appearances, the shooting appears to be…
Justice served: Convicted Queens gunman gets 39 years in prison for shooting cop in cold-blooded attempted murder
Dec. 2, 2024 By Dean Moses Devin Spraggins stood emotionless inside a Queens courtroom Monday as state Supreme Court Justice Judge Kenneth Holder ordered him to serve 39 years to life behind bars after being found guilty of attempting to murder a police officer last year. While police union leaders hailed the sentence as…
Fashion police: Queens couple busted for stealing and dealing $2 million in hot retail merchandise ahead of Black Friday
Nov. 26, 2024 By Dean Moses Two Queens residents allegedly responsible for dealing $2 million in stolen retail goods were busted in a crackdown that Gov. Kathy Hochul and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Tuesday. The bust occurred just days before the biggest shopping day of the holiday season, Black Friday — something…
Queens shootout: Slain robbery suspect who shot cop had violent rap sheet four decades long
Nov. 20, 2024 By Dean Moses The hero cop who was shot after a shootout with an armed robber on lifetime parole was released from hospital Wednesday as the suspect’s 42-year criminal history came to light. NYPD Police Officer Rich Wong waved as he was wheeled out of Jamaica Hospital on Nov. 20. Wong,…
Queens bus crashes into parked cars, injures riders after driver suffers medical episode
Nov. 10, 2024 By Dean Moses Several passengers on board a Queens bus were injured when the driver suffered a medical episode and lost control of the vehicle, which crashed into a number of parked vehicles, authorities said. Police said the Q32 local bus was traveling eastbound along Queens Boulevard near 46th Street in…
Mother of missing Roosevelt Island autistic woman makes desperate plea as search reaches one week: ‘Keep your eyes open’
Nov. 7, 2024 By Dean Moses A distraught mother is making a plea to New Yorkers to help find her missing daughter with autism after she vanished from her Roosevelt Island home last week. Amanda Sadlier fought back tears as she recalled to amNewYork Metro the harrowing moment she realized that her child Markeysha…
Newly-minted NYPD officer celebrates graduation with a retired sergeant who helped save his family after collision
Oct. 31, 2024 By Dean Moses Xavier Duran was one of 588 new NYPD officers who graduated during a Madison Square Garden ceremony Thursday — and his journey to the nation’s largest police force began when he was 9 years old, inspired by the heroic actions of a retired sergeant. As cannons blasted blue…
Times Square’s ‘Little Devils’: Street gang subset causing mayhem in Midtown, NYPD chief says
Oct. 15, 2024 By Dean Moses They call themselves “Los Diablos de la 42,” which translates in English as “Little Devils of 42nd Street.” They’ve proven to be a big problem for Times Square and the NYPD. Police officials say they are working to nab members of the Los Diablos, a subset of the…
Sicko spits on and gropes Queens student steps away from school: cops
Sep. 22, 2024 By Dean Moses Police are on the hunt for a pervert who spat on and groped a schoolgirl in Queens on Friday, authorities said. According to police sources, a 12-year-old girl was walking to school on Sept. 20 along 71st Street and 54th Avenue, near P.S./I.S. 73 in Maspeth, at around…