Ray Kelly

Jean Nuzzi I.S. 109 in Queens Village. (credit: NYC Schools website)

Police Investigating Possible Cyberbullying In Suicide Of Queens Girl, 12

Police say a 12-year-old girl who was found hanged left a suicide note that spoke of being bullied online. The girl was found dead in her home Wednesday afternoon by her family.

2013/05/23

The warehouse on 43rd Avenue in Long Island City where prosecutors said a businessman was held and tortured for a month by a group of men looking for $3 million in ransom. (Photo: CBS 2)

Police: Accomplices In Brutal Queens Kidnapping, Ransom Plot Flee The Country

NYPD Commissioner Kelly said Thursday that detectives were also looking for a man in New York City. Three others are being held without bail.

2013/05/23

Daja Robinson was killed by an apparently stray bullet while riding on a Queens bus on May 18, 2013. (credit: Handout)

Person Of Interest Questioned In Fatal Shooting Of 14-Year-Old Queens Girl

A person of interest is being questioned in connection with the death of a 14-year-old Queens girl who was shot in the head and killed while on board a city bus, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Thursday.

2013/05/23

Police in Woolwich following a major incident in which a man was killed, on May 22, 2013 in London, England. (Photo: LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)

Security Remains Tight At NYC Sites In Wake Of Brutal Attack In London

The NYPD said Wednesday that it was beefing up security in an “abundance of caution” and not based on information that the facilities were targeted.

2013/05/23

Gornell Roman has been charged with assault as a hate crime. (credit: NYPD)

Man Arrested In Alleged Anti-Gay Attack In The East Village

Gornell Roman was charged Wednesday with assault and aggravated harassment, both as hate crimes, police said.

2013/05/22

Police said Dan Contarino was attacked in the East Villageon May 20, 2013, jist the latest victim in a long line of recent attacks on gays in New York City. (Photo: CBS 2)

Victim Describes Horror Of Monday Night’s Anti-Gay Attack In The East Village

The incident happened around 5:20 a.m. Tuesday. Police said a gay couple, ages 41 and 42, were walking on Broadway near Prince Street when two men began yelling anti-gay slurs.

2013/05/21

An Angry Community Rallies In Response To String Of Anti-Gay Attacks

A community is rallying against hate, and police are increasing patrols in some neighborhoods – in the wake of five anti-gay attacks in the past two weeks.

2013/05/20

Kelly: Queens Girl Killed On Bus Victim Of ‘Another Senseless Shooting’

Daja Robinson had left a Sweet 16 party with some friends when she got on board the Q6 bus in the southeastern part of Jamaica around 9 p.m. Saturday.

2013/05/20

The Statue of Liberty as seen from the air over New York City (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Kelly Voices ‘Concern’ Over New Statue Of Liberty Security Procedures

Federal officials said visitors will now be screened on Ellis Island. NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said the only way to protect the statue is to screen passengers before they get on the ferries.

2013/05/15

iPhone 5 (credit: JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD/AFP/Getty Images)

Schneiderman Seeks Help To Curb Cell Phone Thefts

New York state’s attorney general asked smartphone makers on Monday to do more to protect consumers from violent street crimes known as “Apple picking,” or cellphone thefts.

2013/05/13

In a CBS 2 exclusive Police Commissioner Ray Kelly spoke with Kristine Johnson about the decades old cold case killing of two police officers. A case that he intends to solve. (Credit CBS 2)

CBS 2 Exclusive: NYPD Commissioner Committed To Solving 40-Year-Old Cop Killer Cold Case

Four decades ago Commissioner Kelly was a young Sergeant arriving on the scene of a horrific crime, the virtual execution of two fellow police officers.

2013/05/10

New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly (file / credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Tunisian Man Charged In New York Terror Cell Plot

“The allegations in this case serve as still another reminder that terrorism has not abated, that we must remain vigilant, and that when we do, terrorist plots against us can be thwarted,” said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.

2013/05/09

Nick Porto speaks exclusively to CBS 2's John Slattery (CBS 2)

Victim Of Possible Bias Attack In Midtown Speaks Out

Investigators are looking for four men who allegedly yelled anti-gay remarks at two men who were walking near Madison Square Garden.

2013/05/07

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (file / credit: Edward Reed)

NYPD: Stop-And-Frisk Stops Down 51 Percent, But Crime Also Way Down

While NYC’s stop-and-frisk program is literally on trial in federal court and is eating up much of the air in the mayoral campaign, word has come down that when cops stopped doing it so much; those committing crimes also stopped doing it so much.

2013/05/07