$1.4K CVS Theft: Duo Stole From Yorktown Store, Caught Days Later, Police Say
Two suspects, including one with an active arrest warrant out of New Jersey, have both been arrested in connection with the theft of over $1,400 worth of merchandise from a CVS in Northern Westchester, police said.
Brandon Andres Montes Riano, age 23, of Brooklyn, and Yaneth Marcela Ortiz Trujillo, age 35, of Queens, were both charged in connection with the theft, which happened at the CVS at 2000 Commerce St. in Yorktown, the Yorktown Police Department announced on Tuesday, April 1.
The charges stem from an investigation into a larceny at the CVS store on Thursday, March 20, wh…
Wig-Making Influencer Arrested In Horrific Brooklyn Crash That Killed Family: Cops, Sources
A former Brooklyn wig influencer has been charged in a horrific crash that killed a mother and two of her young daughters while critically injuring her son on Ocean Parkway, while driving on a suspended license, according to the NYPD and Daily Voice sources.
Miriam Yarimi, 32, was arrested Saturday, March 29, after police say she blew through a red light at Quentin Road and Ocean Parkway and slammed into a Toyota Camry before plowing into a family in a marked crosswalk just after 1 p.m.
The victims — Natasha Saada, 34, and her daughters Diana, 8, and Deborah, 5 — were pronounced dead at Mai…
East Meadow Fire Alarm Exec Admits To Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Scheme Involving NYC Agencies
Two fire alarm company executives—one from Long Island—formally confessed to defrauding New York City out of millions of dollars through a decade-long overbilling scheme.
Walter Stanzione, 66, of East Meadow, and William Neogra, 65, of Millsboro, Delaware, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday, March 25.
The pair, who ran Fire Alarm Electrical Corp., were contracted by multiple New York City agencies to repair and maintain fire alarm systems in public buildings. But instead of playing it straight, they inflated costs through fake invoices and secretly…
Man Arrested In Stolen Car: Fairfield Police
A 29-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested while driving a stolen car in Fairfield on Thursday, March 20, authorities said.
At 8:30 p.m., officers were alerted via an Automated License Plate Reader that had a car had entered town after being reported stolen in West New York on Sunday, March 16, Fairfield police said.
The vehicle, a white Jeep Grand Cherokee, was located on Route 46 East. Davon Miller, the driver, was arrested, police said.
A further investigation revealed the vehicle was also reported stolen in January out of Suffolk County, NY, authorities said.
Miller was charged with rece…
Asbury Park Transforming Into Pink Pony Club For Chappell Roan Tribute Show
For this upcoming show in Asbury Park, you better be Hot to Go.
House of Independents, located at 572 Cookman Ave. is hosting "The Pink Pony Club," a live celebration of Chappell Roan, on Friday, March 28 at 7 p.m. The show promises to be a "feminomenom" with a live band playing the (expletive) beat and performers, many from Asbury Park, singing the pop singer's catalogue, accompanied by drag queens.
The show is the brainchild of Ashley Wettlin, who runs Just a Girl Productions, and Anthony D'Amato, who runs the Asbury Park Theatre Company. Wettlin has produced several Chappell Roan t…
Iran Sent Hitmen To Kill NY Journalist: Two Mobsters Convicted In Foiled Plot
Two Eastern European mobsters were convicted in a chilling plot to assassinate an Iranian-American journalist on US soil—at the behest of the Iranian government.
A Manhattan federal jury found Rafat Amirov, 46, of Iran, and Polad Omarov, 40, of Georgia, guilty on all five counts related to a murder-for-hire scheme targeting journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejad on Thursday, March 20.
The pair orchestrated the plan under orders from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), offering a hitman $500,000 to kill Alinejad outside her Brooklyn home, according to prosecutors.
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