Entries Tagged as 'Crime and Assault Injuries'
Grandma Stabbed roommate to Death in Staten Island, New York
July 20th, 2008 · No Comments
A 64-year-old woman, Ruth Wade was arrested on charges of stabbing an acquaintance to death. The incident took place near Staten Island, New York.
The woman has a history of violence and drug arrests and was arrested for fatally stabbing her roommate repeatedly with a screwdriver.
She was well known in drug circles as “Grandma,” and she [...]
Tags: Crime and Assault Injuries · New York · Staten Island
Brooklyn, New York Teenager Shot Dead
July 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment
A 17 year old Brooklyn, New York teenager was shot dead while he was sitting on a bench with a friend. The shooting incident was reported outside Bedford-Stuyvesant housing project on Friday.
The victim Bertrand Jocelyn, was shot in the head and died. He was sitting along with his friend who escaped unhurt. The shooter fled [...]
Tags: Brooklyn · Crime and Assault Injuries · General News · New York
New York Police Detective Pleads Guilty To Kidnapping, Promoting Prostitution
July 17th, 2008 · No Comments
A Veteran Police Detective from Queens, New York, pleaded guilty to the kidnapping and prostitution charges against a teenage girl.
Wayne Taylor along with his wife Zelika Brown, both entered guilty pleas to the kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl who lived in Brooklyn, NY.
As per the Queens, New York District Attorney, Taylor kidnapped and presented her [...]
Tags: Crime and Assault Injuries · General News · New York · Queens
Gang Member from Bronx, New York Sentenced to Life without Parole
July 15th, 2008 · No Comments
A Bronx gang member, George Melende was convicted to life without parole. He was involved in a gruesome 2005 murder, and was convicted for the first-degree murder of Dennis Rivera.
The incident happened in 2005 when three Latin Kings gang members tortured Rivera for a day and a half. During this time, victim was forced to [...]
Tags: Bronx · Crime and Assault Injuries · Legal News · New York
Police in Search of Two Queens Suspects In multiple Sexual Assaults
July 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Police on Thursday night were looking for two men who are responsible for three separate sexual assaults in Queens, New York over the last few days.
Police also on Thursday released a sketch of a man, who they say was responsible for two of the sexual assaults in Queens, New York over in the last few [...]
Tags: Crime and Assault Injuries · Queens · Sexual Assault
Police Makes Arrest in Queens, New York Shooting
July 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Police has arrested 19-year-old man in connection with the shooting death of a Queens teenager, Brandon Bethea who was shot on May, 08.
Police are also searching for searching for his accomplices involved in the crime.
Brandon Bethea, aged 15, was shot in the head by a stray bullet on May 17, while he was partying with [...]
Tags: Crime and Assault Injuries · General News · Queens
Brooklyn Woman Fatally Stabbed Neighbor
July 7th, 2008 · No Comments
A Brooklyn woman was arrested who tabbed her neighbor to death.
Police said that Habika Hickman, aged 30, stabbed her neighbor several times who was residing at East 22nd Street in Kensington.
The victim was taken to Kings County Hospital, where she was declared dead.
Tags: Brooklyn · Crime and Assault Injuries
Deadly Brooklyn Shooting : 1 Killed and 4 Injured
July 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Police is searching for suspects in the firing incident which left one person killed and four other injured – two critically at a barbecue in Brooklyn, New York. There were more than 100 people present inside a party tent in the yard at the time when shooting incident happened.
Investigators reported that some unidentified individual started [...]
Tags: Brooklyn · Crime and Assault Injuries · Personal Injury
Brooklyn Girl beaten by Mother’s Boyfriend Dies
July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
A three-year old Brooklyn girl who was beaten by her mother’s boyfriend died on Wednesday.
Eleacha Oliver Ragoo breathed her last at East Flatbush’s Brookdale Hospital, and was on life support since June 21.
The little girl was admitted to hospital after her mother’s boyfriend threw her around violently. She had received a fractured skull, broken [...]
Tags: Brooklyn · Crime and Assault Injuries · New York · Personal Injury
2005 Bronx, New York Murder Case: Three Found Guilty
July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
A Bronx jury, found three men guilty of a gruesome murder in the infamous case 2005 Torturous Bronx Murder.
Prosecutors told Latin Kings members that George Melendez is convicted for first degree murder and Lawrence Perez,Virgilio Samo were found guilty of second degree murder in the killing of Dennis Rivera in 2005.
The court findings were that [...]
Tags: Bronx · Crime and Assault Injuries · New York
