Murder

The Park Slope street where a couple was found with stab wounds to the neck. (Credit Google Maps)

Man Charged With Stabbing Woman To Death In Brooklyn

A 44-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged with murder, after a woman reported to be his girlfriend was found stabbed to death.

2013/04/08

Yoselyn Ortega. (credit: Image via CBS 2)

UWS Nanny Accused Of Murdering Young Siblings Found Fit For Trial

Yoselyn Ortega appeared in Manhattan state Supreme Court on Friday. She has pleaded not guilty to murder.

2013/04/05

This home was the site of a blaze apparently set as a trap for first responders on Dec. 24, 2012. (credit: CBS 2)

Woman Indicted In Connection With Upstate Firefighter Murders

An upstate New York woman has been indicted, on a charge that she lied on a form while buying two guns later used to ambush and kill firefighters in Rochester on Christmas Eve.

2013/04/03

Ernest Williams Jr. (credit: Handout/Essex County Prosecutor's Office)

Suspects Plead Not Guilty To Charges In Murder Of Villanova Student

Two suspects pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges connected to the murder of a 21-year-old Villanova University student last summer.

2013/04/02

45 Years In Prison For Irvington Woman Who Killed 88-Year-Old Woman

An Irvington, N.J., woman has been sentenced to 45 years in prison in the 2011 murder of an 88-year-old woman.

2013/03/27

Coney Island Shooting Suspect Joseph Brown. (credit: NYPD)

Coney Island Shooting Suspect Charged With Murder

Joseph Brown has been charged with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder for the Friday afternoon shootings, police said.

2013/03/24

Man Convicted In Brooklyn Rabbi’s 1990 Killing Expected To Be Set Free

A man wrongly convicted of murdering a Brooklyn rabbi two decades ago is about to be sprung from a state prison, after serving almost his entire prison term.

2013/03/20

Photo Of Crime Scene Tape (John Li/Getty Images)

Woman’s Body Found In Queens Nature Preserve; Man Charged With Murder

A man has been charged with murder, after a woman’s body was found Tuesday in a nature preserve near John F. Kennedy International Airport.

2013/03/20

Man Beats Murder Charge, But Not Weapons Charge, In Newark Slaying

A man was convicted Monday of weapons charges, but acquitted of murder, in a shooting that killed another man in Newark.

2013/03/18

Turkish state media said this man, identified as Ziya Tasali, has been charged with Sarai Sierra's murder. (credit: CBS 2)

Report: Suspect In Staten Island Woman’s Death Charged With Murder

The suspect, identified as 46-year-old Ziya Tasali, was caught Sunday near the Turkey-Syria border after being on the run for more than a month, mostly while hiding in Syria, officials said.

2013/03/18

Official: Turkish Man Detained In Death Of Staten Island Mother

Gov. Celalettin Lekesiz says Sunday police caught the suspect – identified only as Ziya T. – in Hatay province, near Turkey’s border with Syria.

2013/03/17

Man Indicted In Murder Of Villanova Student Last Summer

A suspect has been indicted in the murder of a 21-year-old Villanova University student last summer.

2013/03/16

NYPD Detectives Honored On Staten Island 10 Years After Murders

Residents of Staten Island on Sunday paid tribute to two New York City police detectives who were killed in a notorious shooting 10 years ago to the day.

2013/03/10