A man wearing a mask from The Purge horror movie attacked a stranger with an ax walking in the Upper West Side Monday night leaving a 51-year-old man with a deep gash on his arm, police said.
Led to 'drastic reduction in incarceration levels' NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea says criminal justice measures passed by the Democratic-dominated state legislature are to blame for the increase in violent crime in New York City New York City's.
Wilson Mendez, 19, was taken into custody near Madison Square Park on Monday. Police say he is a member of the violent gang dubbed Own Every Dollar who have targeted wealthy diners.
The vicious robbery ring s latest crime saw the group casing Pergola restaurant in NoMad, Manhattan, at around 1.15am on Monday before a Manhattan police officer opened fire.
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea blamed the drastic reduction in incarceration levels for Monday mornings shootout in Manhattan between cops and a gang of jewelry thieves.