Crime

The Kings County District Attorney’s Office on Wednesday announced the arrest of Patrick Panettieri, 63, and his wife, Joanne Panettieri, 59, for allegedly defrauding approximately 100 Asian immigrant families out of thousands of dollars which they paid in tuition at schools run by the defe … Full Article

A convict serving 25 years to life in prison for the cold blooded murder of a Bay Ridge police officer is up for parole this month, but state Sen. Marty Golden and the slain cop’s family are urging officials to keep him behind bars. … Full Article

Police investigating the death of a 1-year-old boy shot in the head in his stroller said Monday they believe his father was the target. … Full Article

 A 1-year-old boy in a stroller was fatally shot in the face as his parents pushed him across a city street, and police continued looking for the gunman Monday. … Full Article

An arrest has been made in a Brooklyn residential fire that injured 12 people, five of them critically. The fire occurred Thursday morning in a three-story brownstone on Chauncey Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant. … Full Article

It's all about the Benjamins — fake Benjamins. Port Authority police say a traffic stop on the Manhattan side of the Holland Tunnel led to two arrests for possessing counterfeit $100 bills. … Full Article

An indictment accuses a Brooklyn pharmacy owner of running an $800,000 Medicaid scheme. The Brooklyn district attorney's office said Thursday that Aleksandr Ilyayev allegedly billed Medicaid for HIV medications that were not dispensed, or were only partly dispensed. … Full Article

Shootings and other major crimes are down citywide so far this year, according to the city’s statistics – except for precincts in Brooklyn South, which covers a geographical area from Cobble Hill in the north to Coney Island in the south. … Full Article

A Brooklyn man charged with shooting a 3-year-old neighbor boy in the head is denying the allegations. Akeem Bernard's bail was set Sunday at $75,000. The toddler, Tharell Edward, is hospitalized in stable condition. … Full Article

 A pair of gunrunners smuggled firearms into New York City by hiding them in luggage they carried on discount buses offering cheap fares and lesser odds of getting caught, authorities said Monday. … Full Article