AdvertisementBy Police Bureau Chief and New York Daily NewsMar 22, 2021 at 5:13 pmA 54-year-old woman was slammed in the face with a metal pipe by a stranger on a Chinatown street who yelled, “I came here to f--k up Asians,” police sources said Monday.Ming Liang was walking home from a grocery store when the bigot screamed the crazed threat and bashed her with the pipe on Grand St. near Ludlow St. about 4:45 p.m. on Sunday.Advertisement“I’m in pain,” Liang told the Daily News on Monday, standing in her doorway with several stitches and swelling under her left eye. “I’m scared to go out. I’m...…AdvertisementBy Police Bureau Chief and New York Daily NewsMar 22, 2021 at 5:13 pmA 54-year-old woman was slammed in the face with a metal pipe by a stranger on a Chinatown street who yelled, “I came here to f--k up Asians,” police sources said Monday.Ming Liang was walking home from a grocery store when the bigot screamed the crazed threat and bashed her with the pipe on Grand St. near Ludlow St. about 4:45 p.m. on Sunday.Advertisement“I’m in pain,” Liang told the Daily News on Monday, standing in her doorway with several stitches and swelling under her left eye. “I’m scared to go out. I’m...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily News and Police Bureau ChiefMar 10, 2021 at 7:26 pmA man died after setting himself on fire in the backyard of his Brooklyn home Tuesday — a suspected suicide that set off a desperate hunt for the victim’s missing elderly mother, officials said.Cops and firefighters were called to Bedford Ave. near Avenue Y about 5:30 a.m. after someone frantically called 911 claiming a man was going up in flames.AdvertisementWhen first responders arrived, Jeanpaul Ventre, 46, was ablaze, police sources said.Firefighters doused the flames, but he died at the...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily News and Police Bureau ChiefMar 10, 2021 at 7:26 pmA man died after setting himself on fire in the backyard of his Brooklyn home Tuesday — a suspected suicide that set off a desperate hunt for the victim’s missing elderly mother, officials said.Cops and firefighters were called to Bedford Ave. near Avenue Y about 5:30 a.m. after someone frantically called 911 claiming a man was going up in flames.AdvertisementWhen first responders arrived, Jeanpaul Ventre, 46, was ablaze, police sources said.Firefighters doused the flames, but he died at the...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily News and Police Bureau ChiefMar 01, 2021 at 5:40 pmAn ex-con who did time in prison for killing someone 25 years ago has now been charged with using a screwdriver to fatally stab a Good Samaritan trying to break up a fight outside a Brooklyn gambling den, police said Monday.William Smith, 45, of Brownsville, is charged with murder for allegedly killing Yong Zheng, 46, during the wild melee in Sunset Park Friday night.AdvertisementSmith, caught on surveillance video wearing a black hoodie with a smiley face on it during the slay, confessed to the murder, a...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily News and Police Bureau ChiefMar 01, 2021 at 5:40 pmAn ex-con who did time in prison for killing someone 25 years ago has now been charged with using a screwdriver to fatally stab a Good Samaritan trying to break up a fight outside a Brooklyn gambling den, police said Monday.William Smith, 45, of Brownsville, is charged with murder for allegedly killing Yong Zheng, 46, during the wild melee in Sunset Park Friday night.AdvertisementSmith, caught on surveillance video wearing a black hoodie with a smiley face on it during the slay, confessed to the murder, a...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily News and Police Bureau ChiefFeb 21, 2021 at 5:24 pmNYPD cops shot a teen vandal caught spraying graffiti in the Bronx, critically injuring him and blasting a pistol out of his hand after he opened fire on them early Sunday, police said.“I just hope my son is alright — I just hope he recovers,” Patterson Nantwi, the father of the shot teen, told the Daily News. “He’s a teenager going through teenage things.”AdvertisementA sergeant and two officers were patrolling in the South Bronx when they stopped two young men for spraying graffiti on a wall on Elton Ave....…AdvertisementBy New York Daily News and Police Bureau ChiefFeb 21, 2021 at 5:24 pmNYPD cops shot a teen vandal caught spraying graffiti in the Bronx, critically injuring him and blasting a pistol out of his hand after he opened fire on them early Sunday, police said.“I just hope my son is alright — I just hope he recovers,” Patterson Nantwi, the father of the shot teen, told the Daily News. “He’s a teenager going through teenage things.”AdvertisementA sergeant and two officers were patrolling in the South Bronx when they stopped two young men for spraying graffiti on a wall on Elton Ave....WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily News and Police Bureau ChiefJan 21, 2021 at 5:24 pmThe hunt for a Brooklyn serial killer ended where it began five years ago: Inside the building where he lived alongside his three elderly victims.A homicidal handyman confessed Thursday to killing a trio of senior citizens inside the Brooklyn NYCHA building they shared with increasing unease over the years, police said.AdvertisementThe victims, all women between the ages of 78 and 83, often relied on accused killer Kevin Gavin for help around their homes before the suspect turned murderous inside their Woodson...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily News and Police Bureau ChiefJan 21, 2021 at 5:24 pmThe hunt for a Brooklyn serial killer ended where it began five years ago: Inside the building where he lived alongside his three elderly victims.A homicidal handyman confessed Thursday to killing a trio of senior citizens inside the Brooklyn NYCHA building they shared with increasing unease over the years, police said.AdvertisementThe victims, all women between the ages of 78 and 83, often relied on accused killer Kevin Gavin for help around their homes before the suspect turned murderous inside their Woodson...WW…

AdvertisementBy Police Bureau ChiefJan 15, 2021 at 9:19 amA man shoved onto the subway tracks at a Manhattan station Thursday evening managed to hoist himself to safety before a train arrived, police said.The 32-year-old victim was waiting for a southbound N train in Times Square around 8:20 p.m. when a stranger pushed him off the edge of the platform — sending him sprawling onto the tracks below, said cops.AdvertisementThe victim was lucky enough to avoid the electrified third rail when he landed, and climbed back onto the platform before a train arrived.He refused medical treatment at the...…AdvertisementBy Police Bureau ChiefJan 15, 2021 at 9:19 amA man shoved onto the subway tracks at a Manhattan station Thursday evening managed to hoist himself to safety before a train arrived, police said.The 32-year-old victim was waiting for a southbound N train in Times Square around 8:20 p.m. when a stranger pushed him off the edge of the platform — sending him sprawling onto the tracks below, said cops.AdvertisementThe victim was lucky enough to avoid the electrified third rail when he landed, and climbed back onto the platform before a train arrived.He refused medical treatment at the...WW…

AdvertisementBy Police Bureau Chief and New York Daily NewsJan 13, 2021 at 9:38 pmFederal authorities on Tuesday night arrested a self-described Proud Boys member in Queens, searching his home after he made online threats about traveling to D.C. after the siege on the U.S. Capitol, according to law enforcement sources.Police and federal officials descended on a home on 76th St. at Eliot Ave. in Middle Village.AdvertisementA law enforcement source said the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Eduard Florea, 40, on a weapons-possession charge.Florea has allegedly threatened to kill...…AdvertisementBy Police Bureau Chief and New York Daily NewsJan 13, 2021 at 9:38 pmFederal authorities on Tuesday night arrested a self-described Proud Boys member in Queens, searching his home after he made online threats about traveling to D.C. after the siege on the U.S. Capitol, according to law enforcement sources.Police and federal officials descended on a home on 76th St. at Eliot Ave. in Middle Village.AdvertisementA law enforcement source said the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Eduard Florea, 40, on a weapons-possession charge.Florea has allegedly threatened to kill...WW…

AdvertisementBy Police Bureau ChiefJan 11, 2021 at 9:47 amAn NYPD cop has been accused of being among the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Monday.The officer is being investigated by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau but has not been charged.Advertisement“There is one investigation that is active on one member,” Shea told NY1. “There is no name yet released because we don’t know if it’s true or not. But I can tell you anyone committing crimes certainly would have a very short shelf life with the NYPD.”It wasn’t immediately clear what exactly the...…AdvertisementBy Police Bureau ChiefJan 11, 2021 at 9:47 amAn NYPD cop has been accused of being among the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Monday.The officer is being investigated by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau but has not been charged.Advertisement“There is one investigation that is active on one member,” Shea told NY1. “There is no name yet released because we don’t know if it’s true or not. But I can tell you anyone committing crimes certainly would have a very short shelf life with the NYPD.”It wasn’t immediately clear what exactly the...WW…

AdvertisementBy Police Bureau Chief and New York Daily NewsJan 05, 2021 at 4:12 pmA right-wing provocateur with a fondness for blow torches and President Trump surrendered to police Tuesday for planting a fake bomb alongside a Black Lives Matter sign outside a Queens mall, officials said.Louis Shenker, 22, called 911 about 3 a.m. and arranged to surrender in Brooklyn. He was later charged with planting the bogus bomb outside the Queens Place mall in East Elmhurst early Monday, when a 911 caller reported AdvertisementCops said they were seeking a second suspect described only as a white man....…AdvertisementBy Police Bureau Chief and New York Daily NewsJan 05, 2021 at 4:12 pmA right-wing provocateur with a fondness for blow torches and President Trump surrendered to police Tuesday for planting a fake bomb alongside a Black Lives Matter sign outside a Queens mall, officials said.Louis Shenker, 22, called 911 about 3 a.m. and arranged to surrender in Brooklyn. He was later charged with planting the bogus bomb outside the Queens Place mall in East Elmhurst early Monday, when a 911 caller reported AdvertisementCops said they were seeking a second suspect described only as a white man....WW…

AdvertisementBy Police Bureau Chief and New York Daily NewsDec 17, 2020 at 8:18 pmThe U.S. government tried to deport the gunman who opened fire outside a Manhattan cathedral after a carol concert — but he was allowed to stay because of a decades-old law that protects longtime legal immigrants.About 30 years before Luis Manuel Vasquez-Gomez brandished two guns on the steps of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights, he was arrested for attempted murder and faced deportation after he was convicted of lesser charges.AdvertisementThat conviction was in 1991 — six years...…AdvertisementBy Police Bureau Chief and New York Daily NewsDec 17, 2020 at 8:18 pmThe U.S. government tried to deport the gunman who opened fire outside a Manhattan cathedral after a carol concert — but he was allowed to stay because of a decades-old law that protects longtime legal immigrants.About 30 years before Luis Manuel Vasquez-Gomez brandished two guns on the steps of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights, he was arrested for attempted murder and faced deportation after he was convicted of lesser charges.AdvertisementThat conviction was in 1991 — six years...WW…