Category: NYPD

NYPD Arrests Down From 2019, Majority of Serious Crimes Up

New York City Police Department (NYPD) arrest activity has declined since 2019 and it doesn’t appear to be simply the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the majority of serious crime types have increased, according to NYPD data. NYPD arrests have been steadily dropping since 2014 and, for some time, crime was…


NYC: 1,163 Shot so Far This Year, Two-Decade Record

Rudy Giuliani was still the mayor the last time New York City saw so many people shot. By mid-August, 1,163 were shot in the Big Apple. That’s the most recorded by this time of the year since 2000, according to NYPD data. The wave of violence started in May last year coinciding with the mass…


Police Officers Leave NYPD as Anti-Police Sentiment Shatters Morale

More than 5,300 New York police officers resigned or retired last year—a sharp increase of 75 percent over the previous year—as morale fell following widespread unrest and calls to defund the police in response to the police-involved death of George Floyd in May 2020. Resigning officers accounted for 15 percent of total officers leaving their…


Times Square Shooting Suspect Farrakhan Muhammad Arrested in Florida: Police

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) confirmed that a suspect in the Times Square shooting that left three people injured over the weekend was arrested in Florida. In a news conference on Wednesday, NYPD Chief Dermot Shea said that “there is justice,” as “several hours ago,” the shooter was apprehended in Florida and will…


Asian Woman Attacked With Hammer in Manhattan: NYPD

The New York City Police Department said officers are searching for a woman who hit an Asian woman with a hammer at Times Square this weekend. Officials said the incident occurred around 411 W. 42nd St. after the suspect demanded that two women remove their masks. The NYPD said that “Two Asian females, 31 and 29,…


Police Arrest Suspect in New York City Synagogue Vandalism Spree

Officials in New York City charged a 29-year-old man in connection to several acts of vandalism in the Bronx over the past several days. Jordan Burnette was charged with burglary as a hate crime and “numerous charges related to the acts of vandalism as hate crimes that have taken place in this community,” Jessica Corey,…


New York Man Admits to Sabotaging NYPD Car During Black Lives Matter Protests

A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty after he was accused of trying to cut the brake lines on an NYPD vehicle amid the George Floyd protests and riots last year. Jeremy Trapp, 25, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court on Friday to one count of destruction of a vehicle, said the Department of Justice (DOJ) in…


Drunk Driving Suspect Sobs, Apologizes for Death of NYPD Officer

A woman who allegedly crashed into a New York City Police Department officer during a drunk-driving incident, killing him, apologized as she was led away from a police precinct in handcuffs. Jessica Beauvais, 32, was charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter, reckless endangerment, leaving an accident resulting in death, and driving while intoxicated, the NYPD…


NYPD Releases Photos of Suspect Who Repeatedly Stomped on 61-Year-Old Asian Man’s Head

The NYPD released new images of a suspect who is believed to have kicked and stomped a 61-year-old Asian male in New York, leaving him hospitalized. The victim, Yao Pan Ma, has not awakened since the assault on April 23, according to his wife, Baozhen Chen, in an interview with the New York Daily News….


Black Lives Matter Protesters Block Traffic on Brooklyn Bridge, Clash With Police

Black Lives Matter and affiliated protesters blocked traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Saturday night, leading NYPD officers to make arrests. Video footage showed the demonstrators crossing the Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn into Manhattan before squaring off with officers. Some officers deployed pepper spray. Other footage showed the demonstrators being told…