New York Crime
US 'Rockefeller' con-man murder trial starts
Mar 18, 2013 19:10 EDT
A German man managed to pass himself off as a member of the storied Rockefeller family, "hiding in plain sight" for years after killing a young husband in California, US prosecutors said Monday.
Algerian gets 10 years for NY synagogue attack plot
Mar 15, 2013 14:20 EDT
A New York judge on Friday sentenced a young Algerian to 10 years in prison for conspiring to attack synagogues in the city, the Manhattan district attorney said.
Mother of teen shot by New York police wants arrests
Mar 14, 2013 18:25 EDT
The mother of a teenager fatally shot by police in New York demanded Thursday that the officers be arrested for the incident that has sparked rowdy protests in the boy's neighborhood.
Dozens arrested at protest for teen shot by New York police
Mar 14, 2013 13:53 EDT
Dozens of people were arrested as protesters and police clashed at a vigil over the recent fatal police shooting of a New York City teenager, authorities said Thursday.
Dozens arrested at protest for teen shot by NY police
Mar 14, 2013 11:35 EDT
Dozens of people were arrested as protesters and police clashed at a vigil over the recent police shooting of a New York City teenager, authorities said Thursday.
Police kill suspect in upstate New York shooting spree
Mar 14, 2013 10:54 EDT
Police on Thursday shot and killed a 64-year-old man suspected of killing four people and wounding two others in back-to-back shootings in upstate New York.
Man indicted in crash death of couple, unborn child
Mar 13, 2013 15:44 EDT
A drunk driver who killed a young couple on their way to a hospital to give birth -- and whose baby died the next day -- was indicted Wednesday for fleeing the scene, a prosecutor said.
Four killed in back-to-back shootings in NY state
Mar 13, 2013 13:44 EDT
Four people were killed and two others wounded Wednesday when a gunman opened fire at two locations in the US state of New York, local media reported, citing police.
'Cannibal cop' weeps in fiery climax to trial
Mar 07, 2013 16:29 EST
New York's alleged cannibal cop burst into tears at the end of a trial Thursday as his lawyer said he was guilty of no more than "ugly thoughts" and prosecutors dubbed him a dangerous sadist.
Is 'Cannibal cop' trial targeting thought crimes?
Mar 06, 2013 14:26 EST
The trial of New York's so-called "cannibal cop" ends Thursday, leaving the jury with lots of gruesome testimony to digest and one troubling question: at what point does fantasy become real?
US 'cannibal cop' starts trial defense
Mar 05, 2013 16:25 EST
New York's so-called "cannibal cop" opened his defense in court Tuesday with video testimony from the Russian founder of an extreme fetish website who said that discussing eating young women was a standard online fantasy.
Two held in Britain over New York 'cannibal' cop case
Mar 02, 2013 15:08 EST
Two men have been arrested in Britain in connection with the ongoing case of a New York policeman accused of plotting to kidnap and eat women in the US, police said Saturday.
New York man chopped up his mother: police
Feb 28, 2013 14:36 EST
A New York man was charged Thursday with stabbing his mother, then chopping her into small pieces, prosecutors said.
New York 'cannibal' cop watched death porn: wife
Feb 25, 2013 22:27 EST
The estranged wife of a New York policeman sobbed as she testified that her husband, who is accused of plotting to kidnap and cannibalize women, went online to discuss torturing and killing her.
Pistorius meets probation officials, talks training
Feb 25, 2013 13:45 EST
Star athlete Oscar Pistorius met South African probation officers on Monday and discussed conditions to restart training as he awaits trial for the murder of his girlfriend, a prisons spokesman said.
Accused New York cannibal cop trial starts
Feb 25, 2013 11:27 EST
Opening statements were scheduled Monday in the sensational trial of a New York policeman accused of plotting to kidnap and eat women.
Pistorius 'not required to report to police'
Feb 25, 2013 06:41 EST
Star athlete Oscar Pistorius, who has been charged with murdering his girlfriend, does not have to report to police as part of his bail terms contrary to previous reports, a clerk at Pretoria Magistrate Court clerk said Monday.
Pistorius to report to police for first time since bail
Feb 25, 2013 03:00 EST
Oscar Pistorius, South Africa's sporting hero who has been charged with murder over the killing of his girlfriend, on Monday is due to report to a Pretoria police station for the first time as part of his bail terms.
Steencamp's mother bitter as Pistorius huddles with family
Feb 23, 2013 12:29 EST
South Africa's Olympic "Blade Runner" and murder suspect Oscar Pistorius spent his first day out on bail with his family Saturday as the mother of Reeva Steenkamp, the model girlfriend he is accused of murdering, cut a bitter figure.
Pistorius tweets thanks on first day out on bail
Feb 23, 2013 11:02 EST
South African Paralympic icon and murder suspect Oscar Pistorius on Saturday said he was thankful for prayers offered to his family and that of his slain girlfriend, a day after he was freed on bail.
