The woman who admitted to causing her fiancé’s drowning death during a kayak trip in the Hudson River in New York was sentenced to up to four years in prison on Wednesday. The Poughkeepsie Journal reported that Angelika Graswald, 37, has been jailed since April 30, 2015, and will be given time served. Graswald’s lawyer revealed …
Embattled producer Harvey Weinstein could face criminal charges in New York as early as next week. Page Six reported that the Manhattan district attorney is planning to file an indictment against Weinstein for allegedly raping actress Paz de la Huerta twice in 2010. Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce told the tabloid last week that authorities are …
A New Jersey graduate student was reportedly among the eight people killed Tuesday when a truck barreled down a Manhattan bike path and ran over cyclists. Speaking to the New York Daily News moments after leaving the coroner’s office, Barbara Drake described her late son, Darren Drake, 32, as a “wonderful person.” Barbara, 69, explained that …
Police reportedly saved two teen runaways from a Brooklyn home where three alleged sex traffickers kept them against their will. According to the Poughkeepsie Journal, two Ulster County girls, ages 14 and 15, went with the suspects to Brooklyn on October 17. NYPD spokeswoman Sergeant Jessica McRorie said the teens heard the suspects talking about “prostituting …
A man was allegedly caught on surveillance camera fleeing an early morning car crash in New York that left a woman dead. New York Post reports that Saeed Ahmad, 23, crashed his 2007 Infiniti G35 on early Friday morning at around 4:35 a.m., off of the Gowanus Expressway. Police said that after the crash, Ahmad fled the …
A New York mother and son who strangled the woman’s estranged husband and mutilated his body before dumping him in the woods will go to prison. Craig Rideout’s estranged wife, Laura, 46, and their son, Colin, 24, (pictured right) were sentenced Friday to 25 years to life on second-degree murder and evidence tampering charges. The …
A jury found a Bronx, New York, woman guilty of butchering her friend and ripping her baby out of her body. DNAInfo reported that Ashleigh Wade, 24, cried as she was convicted of second-degree murder and kidnapping. It took a jury less than five hours to convict Wade on charges that could put her behind bars for the …
A juror passed out in a Bronx court after seeing autopsy photos of a murdered pregnant woman who had her baby cut from her womb. According to the New York Post, the female juror was rushed to the hospital Thursday after a prosecutor presented photos of Angelikque Sutton’s lacerated neck and detached uterus to the court. …
A Queens, New York, woman allegedly helped conduct an illegal back-alley butt injection procedure that killed a Harlem mother over the summer. The New York Daily News reports that Allison Spence, 44, was charged Thursday with manslaughter and unauthorized practice of a profession in connection with the death of Latesha Bynum, 37. Bynum died two weeks after getting the injections …
On Wednesday, federal prosecutors accused Anthony Weiner of convincing an underage girl to fondle herself and strip over the Internet while he watched. Court documents obtained by the New York Post alleged that the embattled ex-politician partook in three illicit Skype sessions where the victim “made clear that she was not just a minor—she was, in fact, …
A man has reportedly filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against a New York City hospital, accusing them of sending his HIV diagnosis to his workplace, as reported by NY Daily News. The man, who in his 30s and identified as “John Doe,” has accused Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital of sending information about his diagnosis …
A Phelps, New York, mother with prior convictions for animal cruelty is now accused of keeping her child in a feces-filled home with numerous animals. According to the Finger Lakes Times, Renee K. Mobley, 33, was arrested after authorities found that her home was covered in animal feces, urine, garbage, and raw sewage. The Humane Society …
