Crime and Assault Injuries

Staten Island, New York August 1 2010 - According to the police reports, a 17-year-old Mexican boy was assaulted by two teenagers when he was returning after working at Manhattan restaurant at 2:30 in the morning. Authorities have said that this is the 10th biased case on the Staten Island.

Police have stated that these two teens robbed $10 from this Mexican boy and then beat him up after shouting anti-Mexican statements. The victim who suffered minor injuries was taken to Richmond University Medical Centre for treatment.

At the time of Spanish language mass at St. Mary of the Assumption in Port [...]

[Read more →]

Queens, Ny, July 31st 2010 - Police have reported that a 27-year-old man named Dario Pavia was killed while saving his younger brother from a fight that took place at Queens’s subway platform.

Police and his relatives said that a group of men were fighting with 20-year-old Khristian at the 85th St.Forest Parkway Station and when Dario Pavia tried to save him, one of the men slit his throat with a knife and he died few hours later in the Jamaica hospital.

Victims another brother David Poggi who was very sad and angry with this incident said that his deceased brother was [...]

[Read more →]

Brooklyn, New Yor, August 2nd 2010 - According to police and eyewitnesses, on Sunday, 12:10 a.m. in the Fifth Ave. near 12th St. in Park Slope, Brooklyn, a gang of 20 people beat up  a man to death with tire iron, stabbed and injured the other. Both the men were attacked on the either side of the avenue.

The police did not disclose the name of the deceased person but said that he was 22-year old man. The other injured person who was 20 years of age was taken to the Lutheran Hospital where his condition remained stable.

The gang of 20 [...]

[Read more →]

Queens, New York - July 25th 2010 - Police and eyewitnesses claim that a 41-year-old John Giampetruzzi was shot dead by a gunman on the footpath of 28th St. near Ditmars Building in Queens on Saturday at around five in the morning. According to the police, the victim had a history of previous conviction and was associated with Hells Angels.

56-year old Phillip Graham saw his body was lying on the footpath embedded with bullets. Neighbors who were eyewitness to this say that the gunman who is still not found came close to the victim, fired several gunshots at his face, [...]

[Read more →]

Bronx, New York - July 28th 2010 - The police stated that an unexpected wave of violence at the junction of Jackson Ave. and E. 166th St. in the Bronx has taken the lives of two people in three days.

An 18-year-old high school senior and a 33-year-old ex-convict were the two victims who were killed within a feet of each other in Morrisania.

A resident named Eric Rosario who was standing at the memorial of student Troynisha Harris said that it is maddening to see such crimes happening near someone’s memorial.

This incident happened on a Saturday morning when Harris was sitting [...]

[Read more →]

Bronx, Ny, 2010-08-01 - Four men murdered an old grandfather named Juan Lopez who belonged to Bronx for a cell phone. According to the police and his family members, he was kicked and punched so hard that he fell unconscious and never recovered. The victim’s wife Evelyn Lopez said that the ruthless men killed him like an animal. She said that he was a very social person who loved to help people. Two children and three grandchildren survive him. This incident happened on 24th of July, when he left home to help his friend shift. As he walked back home [...]

[Read more →]

Brooklyn, New York 27 Jul 2010 - NYC police have detained two people who were involved in a gun-firing incident that resulted in an injury of a 19-month old girl in her leg.

The baby who was injured on her right leg is now in a stable condition. Police said that the duos were gunning for person they had tried to rob previously and hit the toddler who was close by.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said that the 17-year-old and a 24-year-old suspects were detained on charges of criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.

[Read more →]

Staten Island, NY - July 25, 2010 - Five young blacks in Port Richmond attacked a 31-year-old Mexican man when he was returning home after a soccer match. The investigations revealed that the attack was due to hate crime. The anti- Mexican group abused the Mexican, beat him up, and ran away with his bag pack. The person sustained serious jaw injuries, a cut near his eyes, which needed stitches, several bruises, and was rushed to the Richmond University Medical Centre in West Brighton. He was the sixth victim in Staten Island since the month of April and causing fury [...]

[Read more →]

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 was staying with the victim and his wife. At some point last Thursday, she had a heated argument with the couple after which she stabbed Henry Showard with a screwdriver. The victim received serious stab wounds in the chest and was died.

Wade, who was described [...]

[Read more →]

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 the spot and is still at large.

More than 100 people gathered and held a candlelight vigil near the bench to offer condolences to his family members. Most of those who gathered were young people who placed candles on and around the bench. They also left [...]

[Read more →]