http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/ Current news on New York crimes, arrests, court cases and the NYPD. True Crime Stories from NY Daily News. en Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:01:04 -0400 webmaster@web.nydailynews.com http://www.nydailynews.com/img/ui_section_logo.gif http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/ http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/04/2009-07-04_bronx_buildabear_toys_.html Authorities on Saturday announced a massive heroin bust in the Bronx, where dealers were moving millions of dollars in dope inside Build-A-Bear dolls. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/04/2009-07-04_bronx_buildabear_toys_.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:31:00 -0400 1 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/04/2009-07-04_cops_shoot_wound_man_who_.html A man who turned on cops with a pistol was shot and critically wounded in the Bronx early Saturday, police said. The 47-year-old man bolted from three plainclothes cops who tried to stop him and then pulled a .380-caliber handgun, police said. "Drop the gun! Drop the gun!" the officers yelled as the http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/04/2009-07-04_cops_shoot_wound_man_who_.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:44:00 -0400 3 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/04/2009-07-04_retired_cop_bursts_from_mcdonalds_security_gig_to_thwart_pair_of_muggers.html A heroic retired cop who burst from his security job at a Bronx McDonald's and opened fire on a pair of crooks, hitting one in the leg, police and witnesses said. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/04/2009-07-04_retired_cop_bursts_from_mcdonalds_security_gig_to_thwart_pair_of_muggers.html Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:39:00 -0400 4 http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/04/2009-07-04_cops_seize_hot_dog_vendor_march_cart_through_streets_to_precinct.html Cops were seen taking a street cart on a perp walk of sorts on the upper West Side yesterday after arresting the vendor for failing to have a license. http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/04/2009-07-04_cops_seize_hot_dog_vendor_march_cart_through_streets_to_precinct.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:07:00 -0400 2 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/03/2009-07-03_man_walking_dog_discovers_.html A man walking his dog Friday morning stumbled upon a dead body in the middle of a Queens street. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/03/2009-07-03_man_walking_dog_discovers_.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:54:00 -0400 5 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/03/2009-07-03_standoff_on_bank_bandit_shield_battle.html While most note-pushing robbers rarely get any money and are often caught, they remain a bone of contention between Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and some City Council members. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/03/2009-07-03_standoff_on_bank_bandit_shield_battle.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:56:00 -0400 10 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/03/2009-07-03_man_charged_in_housing_scam_authorities_say_he_preyed_on_immigrants.html A Bronx man pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of filing phony forms with the city in order to score low-income apartments for unqualified tenants. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/03/2009-07-03_man_charged_in_housing_scam_authorities_say_he_preyed_on_immigrants.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:43:00 -0400 8 http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/03/2009-07-03_hero_in_crop_of_cops_hours_after_graduation_rookie_makes_first_collar_in_midtown.html A freshly minted NYPD officer helped make an arrest Thursday a half hour after he graduated when he nabbed an ex-con robbing an elderly man, cops said. http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/03/2009-07-03_hero_in_crop_of_cops_hours_after_graduation_rookie_makes_first_collar_in_midtown.html Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:26:00 -0400 7 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/03/2009-07-03_wife_given_25_years_to_life_for_killing_fire_marshal.html A Staten Island judge gave convicted hubby killer Janet Redmond-Mercereau the max - and a blistering scolding. "It was a cold, calculated and callous act," Supreme Court Justice Robert Collini said. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/03/2009-07-03_wife_given_25_years_to_life_for_killing_fire_marshal.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:19:00 -0400 6 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/02/2009-07-02_suspected_gangster_from_bonnano_crime_family_gunned_down_on_staten_island.html A Bonanno crime family soldier was gunned down at a Staten Island bus stop Thursday, sparking fears of a brewing mob civil war, law enforcement sources said. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/02/2009-07-02_suspected_gangster_from_bonnano_crime_family_gunned_down_on_staten_island.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:34:00 -0400 11 http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/07/03/2009-07-03_ny_thieves_want_iphones_but_victims_fight_back.html Thieves are increasingly going after iPhones and other smartphones but victims now can fight back with technology. http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/07/03/2009-07-03_ny_thieves_want_iphones_but_victims_fight_back.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:28:00 -0400 9 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/02/2009-07-02_two_busts_in_bus_slugfest.html A city bus driver duked it out with a female passenger in Brooklyn on Wednesday - and both were arrested and charged with assault, officials said. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/02/2009-07-02_two_busts_in_bus_slugfest.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:35:00 -0400 16 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/02/2009-07-02_bazemore_cleared_of_all_charges_in_teens_slay.html A Bronx man accused in the revenge killing of a teenager who rejected a woman he met in a chat room was cleared on all charges on Wednesday night. "Thank God to be free," said Terry Bazemore leaving Bronx Supreme Court. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/02/2009-07-02_bazemore_cleared_of_all_charges_in_teens_slay.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:15:00 -0400 13 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/02/2009-07-02_with_one_shot_feds_nab_fugitive_in_queens.html A federal task force tracking an accused fugitive in Queens shot and wounded the suspect on Wednesday, authorities said. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/02/2009-07-02_with_one_shot_feds_nab_fugitive_in_queens.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:05:00 -0400 15 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/02/2009-07-02_mobster_wont_rat_out_pals_in_genovese_crew.html A top-ranking Genovese mobster was about to spill the tight-knit crew's best-kept secrets - but changed his mind at the last minute, an FBI agent just revealed. The feds thought they had a prize canary in reputed capo Michael (Mikey Cigars) Coppola. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/02/2009-07-02_mobster_wont_rat_out_pals_in_genovese_crew.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:46:00 -0400 12 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/02/2009-07-02_police_to_probe_womans_claim_she_was_roughed_up_by_a_cop_while_carrying_sick_dog.html Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Wednesday authorities will investigate a Brooklyn woman's claim she was roughed up by a cop for carrying her sick dog in a subway station. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/02/2009-07-02_police_to_probe_womans_claim_she_was_roughed_up_by_a_cop_while_carrying_sick_dog.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:20:00 -0400 14 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/01/2009-07-01_home_schooling_for_young_rob_perps.html An NYPD youth crime prevention program that found success in Brooklyn is being expanded to East Harlem, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Tuesday. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/01/2009-07-01_home_schooling_for_young_rob_perps.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:40:00 -0400 17 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/01/2009-07-01_dogtoting_woman_says_cop_ruffed_her_up_in_subway.html A Brooklyn woman caught carrying her pet pug in a subway station said she was roughed up by a cop during a showdown over the sick dog. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/01/2009-07-01_dogtoting_woman_says_cop_ruffed_her_up_in_subway.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:38:00 -0400 19 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/01/2009-07-01_bazemore_fate_hangs_in_balance.html The fate of a man charged with the revenge killing of a teenager who rejected a 300-pound woman he met in a chat room is in the hands of a Bronx jury. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/01/2009-07-01_bazemore_fate_hangs_in_balance.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:26:00 -0400 20 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/06/30/2009-06-30_junior_gottis_lawyers_ask_that_he_be_.html John A. (Junior) Gotti wants a judge to free him from a Brooklyn federal lockup so he can spend the summer on Long Island with his wife and kids. The mob scion faces a September trial for his role in three gangland slayings, drug trafficking and other crimes. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/06/30/2009-06-30_junior_gottis_lawyers_ask_that_he_be_.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:48:00 -0400 18 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/06/30/2009-06-30_busted_for_taking_pix_of_subways_he_hits_back_with_1_million_suit.html AN MTA employee is suing the city after he spent several hours in jail for taking a photo of a passing subway train. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/06/30/2009-06-30_busted_for_taking_pix_of_subways_he_hits_back_with_1_million_suit.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:14:00 -0400 22 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/06/30/2009-06-30_cokeusing_cats_nine_lives_are_up.html A Brooklyn judge jailed a former preschool director Monday after he tested positive for cocaine for the ninth time while free on bail. Federal Judge Kiyo Matsumoto admitted in April that she felt "ridiculous" giving the defendant so many chances. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/06/30/2009-06-30_cokeusing_cats_nine_lives_are_up.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:52:00 -0400 21 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/06/28/2009-06-28_justice_no_trail_to_be_found.html The bloodhounds were the first to smell a rat. Deputy Sheriff Sydnor had taken his penitentiary guard dogs to a stretch of road along Virginia's Midlothian pike in the early morning of July 19, 1911. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/06/28/2009-06-28_justice_no_trail_to_be_found.html Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:13:00 -0400 23 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/06/14/2009-06-14_death_in_the_doughnut_shop.html Justice Story: They went in looking for doughnuts, but found death instead. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/06/14/2009-06-14_death_in_the_doughnut_shop.html Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:49:00 -0400 24 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/06/07/2009-06-07_from_hero_to_hanging.html Carl Wanderer supposedly lost his wife due to a violent encounter with a stranger, but the story the war hero conconcted did not spare him from his ultimate fate: Death by hanging. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/06/07/2009-06-07_from_hero_to_hanging.html Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:58:00 -0400 25