Cops Search For Bronx Teen Meykelin Vargas, 14
Meykelin Vargas, 14, of 20 East Clarke Place, has been described as Hispanic, 5'4", and 120-lbs. She was last seen wearing a blue tank-top, blue jeans, and multi colored sneakers.
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Meykelin Vargas, 14, of 20 East Clarke Place, has been described as Hispanic, 5'4", and 120-lbs. She was last seen wearing a blue tank-top, blue jeans, and multi colored sneakers.
Two pedestrians were killed, and three others were injured, in four separate accidents this weekend in three boroughs of New York City.
According to police, an argument took place before officers were called to the scene around 5:40 Sunday morning. The Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death.
A series of shootings and stabbings rocked New York City on Friday night and the early hours of Saturday morning. Two people were killed and eight were injured in Manhattan, the Bronx, and on Staten Island.
Police are searching for two men who they say attacked a Bronx woman in her home and took her purse filled with $4,000 in cash last month.
A Staten Island couple is accused of stealing the identities of hospital patients and spending exorbitant amounts of their money with phony credit cards.
More than 250 firefighters responded to the blaze that broke out early Wednesday morning at a home on Commonwealth Avenue in Parkchester.
Investigators are working to determine whether or not a call about the fire was handled properly. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
The home belongs to Ramon Velez Jr., who is the son of former Bronx councilman Ramon Velez, Sr. Velez Jr's wife, Enriqueta, was pronounced dead at Jacobi Hospital, officials said.
A Bronx woman said she was fast asleep in her bed, only to wake up and find a man on top of her trying to rape her. CBS 2's Alice Gainer spoke with her about the frightening encounter.
It happened back on June 29 in the lobby of an apartment building on Briggs Avenue.
Two city correction officers were arrested within a period of two minutes Sunday and charged with driving drunk.
A Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus driver was hospitalized after being stabbed Thursday night in the Bronx.
Three city employees – including a police officer – were arrested on drunken driving charges during the Fourth of July holiday Thursday.
In this week's installment of One Tank Trips, we won't even leave the city, but you'll be transported a world away.
History buffs, listen up. We know Philadelphia and Boston often hog the historical spotlight when it comes to the Revolutionary War, but New York City has its share of significant sites. Honor the fallen and contemplate democracy by paying a visit to one of them.
Neighbors were in shock in the Norwood section of the Bronx Wednesday, after a woman was found beaten to death with a hammer.
Workers at a Bronx community center were the focus of an investigation Wednesday, after they closed down the center for the night with a 7-year-old boy locked in the closet inside.
According to police, Brian Kearins, 33, was arrested just after midnight on charges of rape, criminal sex act and endangering the welfare of a child. His victim was a 16-year-old girl, police said.
Two elderly women were hospitalized Monday night – one critically – following a chain of crashed caused by a wrong-way driver in the Bronx.
"I don't sleep, I cannot eat because that beast took my life," the alleged victim's grandmother said. "He broke my heart."
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Jose Muniz was spotted putting an unknown substance - possibly drugs - into his mouth by a sergeant and two undercover officers on Jerome Avenue, police said.
Anthony Criscuolo, 40, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree rape, predatory sexual assault against a child, attempted rape and endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said.
An elementary school teacher in the Bronx was arrested Wednesday and charged with raping a 10-year-old student.
