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Cops: Man tried to set car on fire, then struck it with an axe
Updated 3:28 PM;
Today 3:27 PM
A man tried to set a car on fire in front of the Halal Deli & Grill at 281 South Ave. in Mariners Harbor on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (Staten Island Advance/Maura Grunlund)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A man tried to set a parked car on fire and when that didn’t work, he hit it with an axe in a bizarre episode that unfolded Tuesday morning outside a Mariners Harbor deli, police said.
The incident was reported around 8:15 a.m. in front of Halal Deli & Grill at 281 South Ave., according to a spokeswoman for the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.
Gun arrests have more than doubled on Staten Island this year. Where were they? What does it mean? (crime analysis)
Updated 5:31 AM;
An AR15 rifle. A machine gun.
These are just some of the scary firearms the New York City Police Department seized from Staten Islanders during the first three months of 2021 as gun arrests more than doubled in the borough compared to the same period last year, according to data from the NYPD.
There have been 43 arrests on the borough this year compared to 17 last.
“It’s good news and bad news. It’s good news that we are making the incarcerations. The D.A.’s team works very, very hard to set high bail, but the bad news is that there are more guns on Staten Island,” Assistant Chief Frank Vega, the NYPD borough commander, said in a recent interview with the Staten Island Advance/SILive.com.
Staten Island Community Boards to hold public virtual meetings this week
Updated 12:00 PM;
Today 12:00 PM
A city plan to add elevators and other station access to the Staten Island Railway will be discussed on Wednesday during a public virtual meeting of a Community Board 3 committee. (StatenIslandAdvance/Jan Somma-Hammel) Staten Island Advance
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A city plan to add elevators and other station access to the Staten Island Railway will be discussed on Wednesday, April 14, during a public virtual meeting of a Community Board 3 committee.
The Land Use Committee will hear from representatives of the city Department of City Planning (DCP) and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) during the 7 p.m. meeting. They will discuss the proposed program, “Elevate Transit: Zoning for Accessibility,” which aims to expand and improve zoning rules that allow the MTA to leverage private developments to add elevators or other station access to the
Drug raids in Eltingville, Stapleton; new details in skeleton case: Staten Island’s top crime stories of the week
Updated 8:01 AM;
COPS: CRACK COCAINE FOUND IN MAN’S HOME
The arrest occurred on Grove Street near Hygeia Place in Stapleton. (Courtesy of Google Maps)
An early-morning raid led to the arrest of a 38-year-old man who had crack cocaine inside his home in Stapleton, authorities allege.
Officers armed with a search warrant swarmed the Grove Street residence of Tychim Haynes around 6:15 a.m. on April 2, according to the criminal complaint and police.
The suspect, who was inside a bedroom, was arrested after officers confiscated 25 plastic zipper bags containing crack cocaine, the complaint alleges. The residue of the drug was detected on two cut straws, police said.