Hot Seats, an illegal casino in Leesburg with apparent ties to the racketeering case against former Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez, was raided Thursday night along with two other gambling operations in Lake County. The operation — dubbed “Calvin Coolidge,” after the former U.S. president, for reasons that remain obscure — targeted Hot Seats; The…
A 73-year-old woman was viciously beaten by a stranger in a Harlem subway station elevator after the victim complained that the attacker’s young daughter was touching her, police said Saturday. Cops have released an image of the menacing mother in the hopes that someone recognizes her. The victim told police she was taking the elevator…
The gunman wanted for shooting three innocent bystanders near a Brooklyn hospital was aiming for a group of teens gathered for a fight with his girlfriend’s daughter, police said Thursday. Allan Joseph, 52, was busted Wednesday night when officers ran the license plate on his Chevy Equinox because it was is a no-standing zone near…
Two Ohio children are facing multiple charges, including attempted murder, for the brutal attack on a 5-year-old girl in Cleveland last month, officials said Wednesday. The two suspects — a 9-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl — were charged with four counts of rape, two counts of felonious assault and one count each of kidnapping,…
Prosecutors said Thursday that the Central Florida man accused of igniting a deadly fire in Los Angeles could face the death penalty as a federal judge in Orlando ruled he will remain jailed ahead of trial. For now, Jonathan Rinderknecht, a 29-year-old Melbourne resident, is accused only of property destruction by means of fire for…
A woman died after a shooting Wednesday evening on I-64 in York County, according to a press release from Virginia State Police. Almost no details about the shooting have been released, but it happened near the 242-mile marker in York County, police said. State troopers responded to the scene around 6 p.m. According to state…
Two years before he became Osceola County sheriff, Marcos Lopez joined the gambling business, a venture that started when he introduced a veteran of illegal casinos to a Chinese-born realtor with money to invest, according to a newly released affidavit. That deal netted him thousands of dollars, but in September 2019, he had to reassure…
A pro-Palestinian protester splattered red paint across the Greenwich Village home of the New York Times executive editor early Friday, police said. The red paint was found on the front steps, walls, sidewalk and lamps outside the entrance to the swanky apartment building on Fifth Ave. near E. 11th St. at about 3 a.m. on…
The son of “Walking Dead” star Norman Reedus was busted Saturday morning for assault in Manhattan, cops said. Mingus Reedus, 25, was charged with assault and criminal obstruction of breathing after cops responded to a 911 call of an assault around 8:40 a.m. at W. 16th St. and Eighth Ave. in Chelsea, where they found…
Chesapeake firefighters were called to Deep Creek after a report of a jet ski crash and found three people, stranded in the water in Deep Creek, Chesapeake, according to a press release from the Chesapeake Fire Department. The incident occurred just north of the Deep Creek Locks and all three were transported to shore without…