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A Pennsylvania city worker was accused Monday of staging a fake “hate crime” after she allegedly planted a noose at her own desk, according to police. Allentown City Hall employee LaTarsha Brown was charged with a pair of criminal counts after DNA pulled from the noose only belonged to her, authorities said — though one of her pals claims she’s innocent. Brown initially said she made the shocking discovery at her desk on Jan. 10 when she arrived for work — leading to an investigation and a community protest. Allentown City Councilwoman Ce-Ce Gerlach said at the time she was...

A deranged, anti-Elon Musk dad scrawled a swastika on the side of a Cybertruck in Brooklyn in a brazen attack committed right in front of The Post. The lefty loon was so triggered by the $80,000 electric Tesla truck parked on Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights that he double-parked his Subaru – with two car seats in the back – burst out, and defaced the car. The Cybertruck’s owner Avi Ben Hamo, who is Jewish, was stunned. “I feel myself burning inside,” Ben Hamo said. Back in his Subaru, the hateful vandal tried to speed off — but Ben Hamo,...

The Brief Doctors at a state mental health facility say Darriynn Brown is now capable of understanding the capital murder charge that he's facing. Brown is accused of kidnapping 4-year-old Cash Gernon from his bedroom in Dallas and stabbing him to death. Prosecutors have video and DNA evidence that links Brown to the crime. Brown's defense team suggested he may be entitled to an insanity defense. DALLAS - The man accused of kidnapping a Dallas 4-year-old from his bed and murdering him is now competent to stand trial, a judge declared. What's new: According to court records, 22-year-old Darriynn Brown...

Here we go again. A career criminal who was charged with slugging a female NYPD cop and was cut loose after a Bronx judge lowered his bail has been charged in another assault — a random attack on a woman in Times Square. Ernst Delma, 41, who has a string of busts on his rap sheet, was able to post bail in October after Bronx Judge Brenda Rivera clipped his $200,000 bond to just $80,000 — which meant he only needed to come up with $8,000 to end up back on the streets, records show. On Saturday, police said, Delma...

Investigators probing what they described as the torturous killing of a 24-year-old transgender man in upstate New York, allegedly at the hands of five people, say they have found no evidence that the homicide was a hate crime. The remains of the victim, identified as 24-year-old Sam Nordquist of Minnesota, were discovered on Wednesday in a field in Benton, New York, in Yates County, according to Capt. Kelly Swift, a New York State Police investigator. Swift said investigators suspect that Nordquist was tortured and killed in neighboring Ontario County and moved "in an attempt to conceal a crime."

Dec. 19 Jerusalem stabbing ruled a terror attack. The suspect, Nabil Shabani, 60, was employed as a cleaner and handyman in the 70-year-old victim's apartment complex, according to Israeli authorities. (Jan. 5, 2025 / JNS). Israeli authorities on Sunday filed preliminary charges against a resident of eastern Jerusalem in connection with the Dec. 19 stabbing of an elderly Israeli woman in the capital’s downtown area. The suspect acted with a terrorist motive when he attacked the victim in her home, according to the indictment. Around noon on Dec. 19, the Magen David Adom emergency medical service received a report about...

Hours after the incident, Mayor Eric Adams took to social media and called the attack 'an appalling act of violence' that 'has absolutely no place on our subway system'. 'Random acts of violence like this contribute to New Yorkers feeling unsettled,' he added.

CHELSEA, Manhattan (WABC) -- A man pushed into the path of an oncoming subway train in Manhattan narrowly escaped death, as the suspect in the case found he could not evade authorities. Chilling video obtained by Eyewitness News shows a man standing close to the edge of the platform behind a couple of fare evaders, and another man approaching and casually shoving him in front of a 1 train just after 1:30 Tuesday afternoon at 18th Street. First responders went between the stopped subway cars to rescue the 45-year-old victim and take him to Bellevue Hospital. Sources tell Eyewitness News...

Video shows a rider being pushed onto the subway tracks as a train was coming into the station in NYC Dec 31, 2024 Suspect in custody

A 26-year-old Memphis woman was arrested on Christmas Eve after allegedly assaulting a nurse at Methodist South Hospital, stating she did not want to be treated by a white attendant. The incident occurred on Tuesday when the woman, Dashawna Williams, reportedly punched a nurse in the face with a closed fist while receiving treatment at the hospital. According to law enforcement, Williams admitted to striking the nurse because of her race. Officers responded to the scene and took Williams into custody. She has been charged with assault. Authorities noted that Williams is believed to have mental health conditions, and crisis...

The demand for racism continues to exceed the supplyThere were 21 campus hate crime hoaxes uncovered this year.A hate crime hoax occurs when a person admits to fabricating the attack or something that appears criminal turns out to not be, such as a noose that is really just a garage pulley at a NASCAR race. It can also include situations where the given facts suggest no one intended to harm someone on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, or religion.1. Police charge ‘black feminist theory’ PhD with theft for fundraising on false brick attackPolice accused Roda Osman, a University...

A sleeping subway rider burned to death on an F train in Coney Island Sunday morning after a madman threw a lit match onto her causing her to burst into flames police sources said. NYPD officers responded to reports of a fire just before 7:30 a.m. at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station and found the woman engulfed in fire while sitting on an idling F train, police told The Post. Investigators believe that the woman was sleeping when a man sitting across from her got up, walked by her and threw a match on her, engulfing her in fire,...

A man who entered a chapel in Redlands and said Jesus had let him down smashed three statues, caused other damage and threatened a person who was praying on Friday, Dec. 6, employees said. The damage was estimated at $20,000, Redlands Police Department spokesperson Carl Baker said. No arrests have been announced. Marie Marino, who works in the gift shop of the El Carmelo Retreat House on E. Highland Avenue, said witnesses described the man and his car to investigators. Police declined to provide a description of the man. Marino said she believes the Catholic-based prayer center was a victim...

Nine attackers were found guilty of raping a girl in a Hamburg city park ... A woman has been given a prison sentence in Germany for making 'harmful comments' towards a gang-rapist after learning of his heinous crime. The man was one of nine attackers who were found guilty of brutally raping a 15-year-old girl in a city park in Hamburg - with all but one of the convicted men and teenagers allowed to walk free. Anger grew online and his name and number were leaked - with a 20-year-old woman among those who messaged him to share their disgust...

Few politicians had more for which to give thanks this past holiday week than Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade. He has thus far avoided the kind of media scrutiny and publicly forced transparency that should — must — reveal whether he committed a crime for which many before him have been prosecuted and incarcerated. This is a story that deserves national coverage. The story is incredible. In the waning days of a vigorous campaign for mayor of Colorado Springs, our state’s second largest city, a cross was burned in front of a campaign sign with a racial slur painted on...

A Brooklyn straphanger was randomly shoved onto subway tracks by a woman in a gray trench coat Sunday morning, cops say. The 43-year-old victim was standing on a southbound platform at the Kosciuszko Street station in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 9 a.m. when his unidentified assailant in a long coat suddenly pushed him onto the J train tracks, the NYPD and police sources told The Post.

I'm not saying you should never call the FBI. I mean, I'd usually advise against it. But you can imagine that sometimes it's warranted. Sometimes. Probably not this time, though? The Ider Police Department is seeking information from the public regarding vandalism involving homophobic and racist remarks at a park in Ider. IPD told News 19 that the department is offering a cash reward to anyone who can provide information about the newly renovated park being vandalized.

Staten Island leaders demanded Whoopi Goldberg apologize for falsely claiming a Big Apple bakery refused to serve her sweet treats because of her lefty politics — as the family-run business was inundated with orders. “The View” co-host sparked widespread outrage this week when she alleged that the beloved 145-year-old Holtermann’s Bakery on Staten Island declined to make her a batch of Charlotte Russe desserts due to her political beliefs. “Recently someone took to the national airwaves and defamed, frankly, this family business,” borough president, Vito Fossella, fumed at a news conference held outside the bakery on Friday. “We’re here to...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Three people are now facing federal charges for allegedly staging a hate crime during the Colorado Springs mayoral race in 2023. In the early morning hours of April 23, 2023, a burning cross in front a campaign sign for then-candidate Yemi Mobolade was found at the intersection of Union and Fillmore. The sign had been defaced with a racial slur. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado (USAOC) now says the entire scene was a hoax, intended to make citizens think that there was a group of racists in Colorado Springs strongly opposed to...

Humza Yousaf has revealed he has doubts over whether he and his family will stay in the UK amid a growing rise of Islamophobia and the far right. The former First Minister of Scotland admits that the riots in England over the last week have been concerning and he is now considering a future where he, his wife and three children move out of the UK and potentially away from Europe. Mr. Yousaf has been vocal in his criticism of the trouble in England over the last week and there are concerns it could spread to Scotland. Scottish Secretary Ian...