A person of interest is in custody after someone lit a woman on fire on a Brooklyn subway train Sunday morning. The woman, who has not been identified, died, WABC reported. Police said the suspect, a 33-year-old man, walked up to the sleeping woman and set her ablaze with a lighter. There was no interaction …
A western New York man has been charged with murder after he brought his father’s body — and a defense attorney — to the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office earlier this week. Richard Fluegel Jr., 30, also faces weapons and evidence tampering charges in the death of his 60-year-old father, Richard Fluegel Sr., on Sunday. Livingston …
A New York woman was indicted last week for setting a fire in Queens that killed her ex-boyfriend and another person earlier last month. Edward Jacobs, 35, and Anastasia Ettienne, 33, died the “raging inferno” on November 2 from smoke inhalation and thermal injuries, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement announcing the …
A mother and her two children intentionally went over Niagara Falls Monday night. New York State Police said the incident took place at about 9 p.m. Chianti Means, 33; Roman Rossman, 9; and Mecca Means, 5-months, went over the guard rail on Luna Island, attached to Goat Island, and from there over the falls. “The …
A 53-year-old New York state middle school paraprofessional has been arrested and charged with the murder of her 61-year-old sister. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said deputie were called for a welfare check on Penny Busch on October 11 and did not find her at her home in the Village of Honeoye Falls. Thinking the …
New York authorities are investigating after a 2-year-old boy was reportedly found dead on Monday and his twin brother was hospitalized. Monroe County Sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Brendan Hurley said the toddler boy was pronounced dead after emergency crews were called to a Hilton home concerning a child having a seizure. Hurley said the deceased boy’s …
A paralegal in a Queens district attorney’s office has been arrested and charged with trying to build a bomb that he planned to use against a migrant shelter across his apartment. Derek Klever, 27, was arrested Thursday and charged with multiple counts, including making a terroristic threat, criminal possession of a weapon, and endangering the …
A Long Island man pleaded guilty this week to fatally stabbing his wife in their backyard, even as their teenage son tried to save her life. Ryszard Murawski, 45, pleaded guilty to second degree murder for the stabbing death of 38-year-old Wioleta Murawski in January, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. Court documents …
A 65-year-old Long Island man has been arrested and charged with impersonating a social services employee to get into a Suffolk County shelter, where he molested a physically disabled patient. According to Newsday, Alfred Balcerak posed as an employee of the Suffolk Department of Social Services on September 6. He is accused of sexually abusing …
Officials are investigating after finding “several” people dead following an early morning house fire in a Rochester, New York, suburb early Saturday. Irondequoit Police said a 911 call came in just before 5:30 a.m. Police and fire personnel from several jurisdictions responded to the call and “quickly” brought the blaze under control. But once the …
A 50-year-old Long Island man left his 15-year-old daughter waiting in the car while he went in her mother’s home — his ex-wife — and killed her and her boyfriend. Kelly Coppola, 50, and Kenneth Pohlman Jr., 53, were found shot to death at Pohlman’s St. James home after the teenager alerted police, family, and …
