Target is pulling up stakes in Harlem because of rampant theft and violence — one of nine stores the discount chain plans to shutter in crime-riddled cities nationwide, the company said Tuesday. The big-box retailer — which opened the East Harlem location to great fanfare in 2010 as a revitalization of the neighborhood — announced... Continue Reading →
A “drunk” Ohio dad was arrested for trying to come to his son’s rescue at a homecoming dance after the teen was involved in an altercation, police said. Steven Stephens, 43, was taken into custody Saturday after ignoring orders from a school resource officer holding his 18-year-old son and others in custody while waiting for... Continue Reading →
Police in Michigan are looking for an auto plant employee who they say struck a group of picketing autoworkers with their vehicle outside a plant Tuesday afternoon. Chief Matthew Bade of the Metro Police Authority of Genesee County told ABC affiliate WJRT that the employee was leaving the Flint Processing Center on Bristol Road in Swartz Creek... Continue Reading →
An off-duty firefighter struck and killed a colleague’s three-year-old child while he was attempting to park his truck to go to a memorial walk. Officers were called to the incident in New Castle County, Delaware, where the memorial event took place, Wilmington Police Department said. The event was held on 24 September for off-duty Wilmington... Continue Reading →
A 14-year-old is dead and four others injured following a shooting in Chesapeake, Virginia, according to police. All five victims were transported to local hospitals for their injuries following the shooting on Saturday afternoon, according to a press release from the Chesapeake Police Department. The 14-year-old succumbed to his injuries on Sunday, police said. The... Continue Reading →
A grocery store worker was shot and killed, seemingly by accident, while loading bags into a customer’s vehicle, Texas police say. Officers responded to the parking lot of Crump Foods in Linden at about 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 22 and found a man with a gunshot wound, the Linden Texas Police Department said in a... Continue Reading →
A Brooklyn library received a bomb threat Saturday shortly before it was to host a group of drag queens reading books to kids — causing the event being moved to a nearby coffee shop. A staffer at the Cortelyou branch of Brooklyn Public Library at 1305 Cortelyou Road confirmed it received the bomb threat right... Continue Reading →
A “madman” on Staten Island allegedly stabbed two elderly neighbors — killing one — and a third victim in what appears to be an unprovoked fit of rage on Friday, according to locals and police sources.The unthinkable violence that left an 81-year-old man dead and his 78-year-old friend critically injured unfolded on Sunnyside Terrace –... Continue Reading →
Band director tased by police says he 'was just trying to do my job' New body camera video obtained by ABC News shows a conversation between Johnny Mims, a band director at Minor High School in Alabama, and a Birmingham Police Department (BPD) officer who shocked him with a stun gun during an incident on Sept.... Continue Reading →
Two JetBlue planes were struck by lasers near Boston on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The crews of JetBlue flights 494 and 972 reported being illuminated by a green laser early Thursday morning, the agency said. There were no injuries, according to the FAA. Last year the FAA received 9,457 reports of laser strikes... Continue Reading →
