Crime and Courts

Two men are facing charges after a string of burglaries at businesses and multiple fires at PSEG substations on Long Island, according to the district attorney.

A suspect in the killing of a woman at a New York City hotel has been indicted by a grand jury in Arizona’s most populous country in the subsequent stabbing attacks of two women in the Phoenix area. The Maricopa County Attorney’s office announced 26-year-old Raad Almansoori was indicted on attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, at...

Two men were found guilty in the 2002 murder of prolific DJ and member of Run DMC, Jam Master Jay, at his Queens recording studio. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

Jam Master Jay, born Jason Mizell, was shot dead in his recording studio on the evening of Oct. 30, 2002.

President Biden is in New York City on Monday afternoon for a taping of ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’ at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

The suspected killer in the Soho hotel murder is being tried in Arizona after committing crimes there. The Maracopa attorney refused to extradite the suspect back to New York to face murder charges here, instead suggesting the Manhattan district attorney is too soft with criminal charges. Tracie Strahan reports from Lower Manhattan. 

A Brooklyn preacher with ties to New York City Mayor Eric Adams went on trial Monday in Manhattan federal court over charges that he looted a parishioner’s retirement savings and tried to extort a businessman to fuel his lavish lifestyle. Lamor Miller-Whitehead, 47, a Rolls Royce-driving bishop, was in court as a jury was being chosen two years aft...

Two men allegedly pulled off a huge heist at a high-end fashion store in Manhattan, stealing nearly a quarter-million dollars’ worth of luxury items in a theft that took just minutes.

Nearly 100 dogs have been rescued from filthy living conditions on a New Jersey property. News 4’s Pat Battle reports. 

According to police stats, burglaries are up slightly in the neighborhood. News 4’s Gaby Acevedo reports. 

A woman was arraigned on a murder charge for intentionally running over another woman inside a parking lot in Brooklyn last month, the local district attorney said. Naomi Broomes, 33 and of East New York, Brooklyn, was charged with second-degree murder, leaving the scene of an incident without reporting and criminal possession of a weapon, Brooklyn...

A prior victim of the suspect who allegedly killed a woman inside a SoHo hotel room has come forward about her violent and terrifying encounter with the man, saying that threatening to kill her seemingly “turned on” her assailant.

A fake surgeon was sentenced Thursday in connection to the botched procedure centering around an illegal butt injection that ultimately claimed the life of a 48-year-old woman in 2018. Whalesca Castillo was sentenced to four to eight years in prison. Castillo, who has no medical license, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the June 2018 death of Lesb...