An 8-year-old boy toted a loaded 9-mm. handgun to a Queens school Thursday and sold it to a classmate for $3, cops said.
The third-grader who made the purchase at Public School 107 Thomas Dooley took the pistol home for show-and-tell with his mother, but she wasn't amused, police said.
The woman stormed into the Flushing school and told officials, police… Continue
A Bronx teen sought refuge at a facility designed to help patients like her - vulnerable teens battling emotional issues.
But once inside Metropolitan Hospital's child psychiatric ward, the 15-year-old girl was forcibly sodomized by another patient - an 11-year-old boy, authorities said.
"When my daughter told me what happened, I felt like a knife had… Continue
A Florida man who claims his two-year-old accidentally killed his mother is now barred from seeing the child.
A judge removed Troy Bailey Jr. from father Troy Bailey Sr.'s custody after the man claimed the toddler grabbed his gun on Wednesday and fatally shot his mother Julia Bennett,… Continue
A teenager was brutally stabbed to death in the Bronx Saturday for trying to get a $10 refund after he was kicked out of a party, the teen's sister said.
"They killed my brother over $10," Starleena Vargas, 20, of Hunts Point, said. "My brother didn't deserve to die over $10."
Cops said they found Damien Martinez, 17, with a stab wound to the chest when… Continue
A 12-year-old girl was arrested at a Michigan convenience store after she walked in, pointed a gun at an employee behind the counter and demanded cash.
An employee at the Country Lake Food Center in Highland, Mich., told 911 dispatchers she thought the pre-teen thief was just playing an imaginary game of "Cops and Robbers."
A janitor at a Brooklyn middle school has been busted on charges he repeatedly raped a 13-year-old student in the school's basement, officials said Tuesday.
Ambiorix Rodriguez, 32, of Sunset Park, allegedly attacked the girl numerous times at the Middle School of Marketing and Legal Studies in East Flatbush, starting in September 2010 and continuing through January… Continue
A Georgia man was let off with a slap on the wrist after pleading guilty to tattooing his 3-year-old son.
A judge in Floyd County, Ga., ruled on Monday that Eugene Ashley must pay $300 and serve 12 months probation for giving his son a tattoo on his shoulder that said "DB" - short for "Daddy's Boy" - in 2009.
Ashley was arrested about a year later after an… Continue
An 11-year-old Texas girl who accused 19 men of raping her was in foster care Tuesday, days after a raucous town meeting where she was outrageously blamed her for instigating the attacks.
"She lied about her age," Angie Woods told the Houston Chronicle. "Them boys didn't rape her. She wanted this to happen."
Speaking for many at the meeting in Cleveland,… Continue
If there was ever an argument for being vigilant about your health, this may be it. The mummified corpse of a fetus was found inside a 59-year-old woman in the Dominican Republic. It appears the 3-pound, 12-ounce baby died some time in the early 1980s.
All that time, the Haitian woman had complained of stomach pains, according to doctors at the hospital, but had… Continue
A 16-year-old has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder over the shotgun deaths of his great-grandparents in a tiny farming community where the elderly couple had lived for decades.
The boy, who has not been named, was arrested on Thursday evening following the deaths of Laura Clagett, 82, and her husband Charles, 80, at their home in Hugo.
The town, on… Continue
A 92-year-old woman is set to stand trial for allegedly killing her 98-year-old husband after more than 70 years of marriage.
Clara Tang is charged with stabbing and bludgeoning her wealthy husband to death in their home in Sydney, Australia last year, the Sun-Herald reported.
When cops found her, they say Tang was soaked in blood after stabbing Ching Yung… Continue
Seven middle-aged Atlantic City cocktail waitresses claim they were fired because their boss didn't care for their looks - or the date on their birth certificates.
A discrimination lawsuit, filed Thursday in state Superior Court, charges Resorts and new owner Dennis Gomes canned the employees because they failed to fit the boss's "body ideal or appearance… Continue
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A 12-year-old boy was attacked and devoured by a crocodile as his horrified friends watched at a South African swimming hole Saturday.
Mpho Mugwena, a resident of the nearby rural village of Tshivhilwi, was last seen alive as he was dragged underwater in the Mutshindudi River, London's Daily Mail reported.
The boy's friends scrambled out of the water and… Continue
Mayor Bloomberg took the stage at the annual Inner Circle Saturday night and - after aborting an attempt to be Spider-Man - donned bell bottoms and platform shoes and cavorted with the cast of "Mamma Mia."
Bloomberg first descended from the rafters with a cape as if he was Peter Parker but - just like the troubled big-budget musical - had to… Continue
A love-starved 92-year-old woman in Florida shot up her neighbor's house after he refused to kiss her, local police said.
Helen Staudinger told police in Marion County that she went over to neighbor Dwight Bettner's house on Monday and refused to leave without a kiss, police said.
The two argued for several minutes before the jilted Staudinger finally… Continue
A Bronx mom and her 11-year-old son have been busted as a pickpocket duo after they were caught in action on at least two stores' security cameras, cops said Monday.
Carolyn Taylor, 35, is accused of prompting her son, Enrique Tate, to snatch a wallet from an unattended baby stroller at a Gap Kids store.
"What kind of mother is she who's actually training… Continue