Six individuals have been indicted for attempting to steal $80 million through an extensive check fraud scheme targeting COVID-19 relief funds and other government programs.

A Federal Air Marshal, Dior Jay-Jarrett, is charged with wire fraud for abusing his military privilege to get free or discounted flights after retiring from active duty.

A woman attacked a boy in a subway station and threatened his mother with a knife before fleeing. She remains at large, and the police seek information.

A fire at a NYCHA complex in Brownsville injured 13, with firefighters responding quickly. The cause is under investigation; injuries are non-life-threatening. Support is being provided to affected residents.

A man is sought for robbing a Harlem funeral director after feigning interest in planning a funeral, and later assaulting the director and stealing his belongings.

Andre Butts received an eight-year sentence for drugging and robbing LGBTQ club-goers in Manhattan, after pleading guilty to robbery and conspiracy charges.

A NY judge ordered Mahmoud Khalil's case moved to New Jersey. Khalil, a Columbia grad facing deportation over alleged Hamas ties, remains in detention. His rights and free speech implications are central to the case.

A woman was found unresponsive and later declared dead at Rikers Island, the fourth detainee death this year at the NYC jail. The death is under investigation and suspected to be a suicide. Overcrowding concerns persist as the jail population grows.

An 18-year-old was shot in the buttocks near the Brooklyn Bridge and hospitalized; suspect in gray hoodie remains at large. Witnesses describe the scene; police seek information.

The NY Attorney General's Office is investigating a fatal incident in Suffolk County involving an off-duty MTA officer who struck and killed a pedestrian.

A former Brooklyn teacher, Winston Nguyen, was sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually exploiting minors and must register as a sex offender after release.

A high-ranking MS-13 leader, Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales, faces charges in Long Island federal court for directing criminal activities across multiple countries.

Bonanno crime family soldier John Ragano was sentenced to 37 months for extortion, adding to his current 57-month term for a similar offense involving the same victim.