A truck driver is facing driving while intoxicated (DWI) charges in connection with a crash that injured five NYPD police officers. He allegedly refused to take a Breathalyzer test, an offense that typically leads to further penalties on top of the original charge. Police identified the truck driver as Brian Manning, 39. His pick-up truck…

A Staten Island man was arrested for the second time in two months after allegedly pretending to be a teenage boy online to solicit sexual images from underage girls. He was charged with attempted sexual exploitation of a child. The FBI said Ryan Behar, 42, is a registered sex offender with a “history of criminal…

An abstract artist in the New Springville neighborhood of Staten Island, New York, was arrested for stalking his former coworker. Harassment and trespassing charges were also leveled against him. Prosecutors said Richard Plunkett, 46, allegedly stalked the coworker at her workplace, threatened her and left multiple phone messages. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count…

An NYPD officer will face a departmental disciplinary trial in May 2019 for alleged use of excessive force that led to the death of an unarmed black man. Officer Daniel Pantaleo was accused of recklessly and intentionally placing 43-year-old Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold during a 2014 confrontation over untaxed cigarette sales. Garner could…