A sophomore at Columbia University was reportedly found dead in his dorm room five days after overdosing on opioids. The New York Post reported that Gage Bellitto, 19, was found dead on December 27, after his parents hadn’t heard from him for several days and contacted police. At the time, authorities believe that the college student …
A New York woman faces criminal charges including attempted murder, burglary and assault in connection to a poisoning more than a year ago. According to reports, 42-year-old Viktoria Nasyrova, a Russian living in Brooklyn, is accused of poisoning a woman with a tampered cheesecake with the intention of assuming her identity as well as numerous …
A Brooklyn, New York, couple was reportedly stabbed to death in front of their home Wednesday in what police are treating as a robbery. The New York Times reported that police were responding to a call in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood at 6:40 p.m. when they found Hazel Brown, 59, and Stephenson Bonaparte, 65, unconscious with …
A sign spotted outside the raided home reportedly read, ‘SIHOPE: Staten Island Against Drug Abuse’
A New York woman admitted this week to killing her infant son before stuffing him into a bag and carrying his body around while she shopped. Tiona Rodriguez, 21, told prosecutors that she gave birth to her son at a friend’s home on October 16, 2013, and immediately smothered him. After the killing, prosecutors said the …
A whopping seven Long Island mobsters from two separate crime families were arrested Tuesday on a slew of charges including drug dealing and racketeering. Six members of the Gambino crime family and one member of the Bonanno crime family were brought in on charges in connection with illegal activities occurring between January 2014 and December …
Friends and family of an aspiring model found dead on the island of Jamaica last week are facing roadblocks in their pursuit of answers. According to WCBS, 26-year-old Desiree Gibbon’s mother, Andrea, revealed that the family’s planned flight to retrieve the victim’s body was cancelled, marking the latest setback in their search for answers. “My …
A Staten Island grandmother was viciously stabbed to death after leaving a bank Monday afternoon. According to CBS New York, Geetha Howie, 63, was allegedly confronted by her killer near her home, police say. Witness Mark Long told the news station that he heard a struggle and came out to see what was going on. “At …
A woman says a crazed man punched her in the face on a New York City subway after she requested that he stop “manspreading.” The New York Post reported that Samantha Saia, 37, was on the N train en route to Manhattan Thursday morning when she says a man sat next to her and began to “spread …
A Bronx, New York, woman who killed her pregnant friend before cutting her baby girl from her body and claiming the newborn as her own was sentenced to 40 years to life on Wednesday. WABC reported that Ashleigh Wade, 24, will spend 25 years to life in jail for Angelikque Sutton’s murder and 15 years for kidnapping …
A 3-year-old boy with a dairy allergy died earlier this month after his preschool served him a grilled cheese sandwich, his family said. The New York Times reports that Elijah Silvera died November 3 after the Seventh Avenue Center for Family Services in Harlem, New York, gave the toddler a grilled cheese sandwich. A GoFundMe set …
An accused pedophile fell to his death early Thursday morning after being accused of groping a boy at his sixth birthday party. Edgar Collaguazo, 44, died around 1:05 a.m. while trying to escape the parents of the little boy he was accused of molesting, according to New York Daily News. The boy’s family was holding a …
