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Kerry Burke

Kerry Burke is an award-winning news reporter for the NY Daily News. Raised in Boston, he has given his adult life to New York, breaking stories in every corner of the city. He lives in Harlem.

Jaia Cruz is pictured in police custody leaving the NYPD's 28th Precinct stationhouse on Thursday.

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NYC woman in custody for stabbing US Postal Service worker to death in dispute at deli sandwich line

January 3, 2025 at 11:38 a.m.

A woman is in custody for the fatal stabbing of a postal worker following a dispute over sandwiches at a Manhattan deli on Thursday, law enforcement sources told the Daily...

Surveillance footage shows Darnell Jackson attacking Alfredo Cortes as the elderly man walked with a cane in Harlem shortly after 4 a.m., prosecutors said.

Air Force vet, 72, gashed in neck in Harlem, is NYC’s first murder of 2025

January 3, 2025 at 3:58 p.m.

Surveillance footage shows Darnell Jackson attacking Alfredo Cortes as the elderly man walked with a cane in Harlem shortly after 4 a.m., prosecutors said.

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Two men found dead in car parked on Brooklyn street in apparent drug overdose: sources

January 1, 2025 at 10:33 p.m.

Cops responding to 911 call Wednesday afternoon near E. 10th St. and Avenue O in Midwood found two unresponsive men inside a red four-door sedan parked by a hydrant in...

The NYPD Highway Patrol investigates the fatal hit-and-run crash on Linden Blvd. and Nostrand Ave. in Brooklyn on Tuesday.

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Brooklyn panhandler fatally struck by hit-and-run Audi driver, dragged for half mile

January 1, 2025 at 10:04 p.m.

Michael Foster was walking in the roadway in Flatbush when the speeding driver of a white Audi plowed into him about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Cops were called to W. 137th St. and Lenox Ave. in Harlem, where they found a man with a slash wound to his neck about 4:20 a.m. Wednesday.

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Harlem slashing, Bronx shooting are first NYC murders of 2025

January 2, 2025 at 1:02 p.m.

Cops were called to W. 137th St. and Lenox Ave. in Harlem, where they found a man with a slash wound to his neck about 4:20 a.m. Wednesday.

U.S. marshals joined local law enforcement in Kosovo to apprehend Ahmed Gashi, 42, who arrived in New York City Friday morning and was charged with murder.

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Suspect in boxer’s 2006 Bronx killing arrested in Kosovo, charged with murder in NYC

December 14, 2024 at 11:55 p.m.

U.S. marshals joined local law enforcement in Kosovo to apprehend Ahmed Gashi, 42, who arrived in New York City Friday morning and was charged with murder.

Three thieves attacked a man in a strong-arm robbery in Queens that netted $500,000 in jewelry, only for an Apple AirTag to lead police to two of the suspects, cops said.

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Queens robbers steal $500K in jewelry but get caught by tracking device

December 13, 2024 at 7:31 p.m.

Three thieves attacked a man in a strong-arm robbery in Queens that netted $500,000 in jewelry, only for an Apple AirTag to lead police to two of the suspects, cops...

Police radio chatter indicated reports of numerous other drone sightings at locations in Far Rockaway, the Bronx and Staten Island on Thursday night.

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Unidentified drones spotted flying at locations across NYC, including LaGuardia Airport

December 13, 2024 at 9:11 a.m.

Police radio chatter indicated reports of numerous other drone sightings at locations in Far Rockaway, the Bronx and Staten Island on Thursday night.

The crook stabbed Aurelio Mendez, 32, in the chest at Fordham Fruit and Vegetables on Creston Ave. just after midnight Tuesday, said police.

Shoplifter stabs Bronx deli worker in chest after stealing Pokemon cards

December 12, 2024 at 8:16 p.m.

The crook stabbed Aurelio Mendez, 32, in the chest at Fordham Fruit and Vegetables on Creston Ave. just after midnight Tuesday, said police.

Police have arrested a man who brutally beat and raped a woman in the Bronx early Wednesday. The 26-year-old victim was walking near a building on Virginia Ave. and Wood Ave. in Parkchester around 3:30 a.m. when a man — identified by police as 21-year-old Gregory Williams — approached and sucker-punched the victim multiple times on the right side of her body, cops said.

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Cops arrest man who beat, raped woman in gruesome assault

December 13, 2024 at 8:01 a.m.

Police have arrested a man who brutally beat and raped a woman in the Bronx early Wednesday. The 26-year-old victim was walking near a building on Virginia Ave. and Wood...

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