Prosecutors: Brooklyn Man Ordered 'Honor Killings' In Pakistan
A Pakistani man living in Brooklyn ordered the deaths of two people in Pakistan as retaliation after his daughter was freed from an arranged marriage there, prosecutors said.
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A Pakistani man living in Brooklyn ordered the deaths of two people in Pakistan as retaliation after his daughter was freed from an arranged marriage there, prosecutors said.
A grand jury is expected to formally charge Maxwell Sherman, of Long Beach, in the death of 18-year-old newlywed Lauren Daverin.
Nicholas Brooks, 27, was sentenced Monday, two months after he was found guilty of murder.
A 16-year-old Bronx boy has been charged in the brutal slaying of his father.
According to the FBI's statistics, there were 500 murders in Chicago in 2012, compared with 419 murders in New York last year, which was a record low.
Shellis Gonzales, 46, was found shot in the head and torso in her apartment on Chauncey Street in Ocean Hill around 8:40 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
Dorian Gillon, 49, was arrested Monday and charged with murder in connection with the beating and strangulation of a 39-year-old Plainfield woman in 2005.
Lynch said 19-year-old Vanessa Argueta was shot execution style in 2010 because she had allegedly shown disrespect to the MS-13 gang.
Following an exchange of bullets the suspect took off into the woods where he was eventually tracked down. The suspect suffered a gunshot wound to the arm during the battle.
Robert Fleming, 49, was sentenced after being convicted in July on two counts of murder.
In his first testimony in court, Ziya Tasali, 46, admitted killing Sarai Sierra but denied accusations that he had sexually assaulted her, the private Dogan news agency reported.
The body of 18-year-old Lauren Daverin, clad in only a pair of boots, was found Thursday night by a footbridge in Rockville Centre.
It may have been a hate crime that led to the death of Islan Nettles, 21, but one thing became clear during a vigil Tuesday night – she was loved.
In a chilling twist, 18-year-old Maxwell Sherman -- the man charged in connection with Daverin's death -- spoke with CBS 2's Carolyn Gusoff at the crime scene Friday one day before his arrest.
Maxwell Sherman, 18, of Long Beach is being held without bail until his next court appearance on Aug. 28.
A Long Island teenager was charged Saturday night with the second-degree murder, in connection with the death of a young woman in Rockville Centre.
According to police, Pedro Martin, 27, of Staten Island was arrested Saturday night for the murder of Megan Marotte.
A New Jersey woman was sentenced to 40 years in prison in the strangulation death of her mother in their home.
A New Jersey teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges connected to the death of a 12-year-old girl who disappeared last fall while out riding her bike.
Police were trying to solve a murder mystery in Brooklyn Tuesday night, after a property manager was shot dead while out collecting rent.
A man has been charged with the murder of a 32-year-old woman who was reportedly wheelchair-bound in a South Williamsburg, Brooklyn apartment this past weekend.
The statistical drop in crimes is due in part to the two-year-old group Grandmother's LOV - Love Over Violence.
Guiseppe Tedesco was brought into a Newton courtroom under heavy guard to face the family of a young woman that he murdered.
Strong reaction has erupted in New York and across the country after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
New surveillance images surfaced on Saturday of three men wanted in connection with the murder of an IHOP manager in Newark in March.
