New Dorp couple charged with leaving baby in car as they shopped

Police said the child had been sitting alone in the cold car for half an hour before a woman in the parking lot of the Hylan Shopping Plaza noticed him.

Man charged with stealing nail polish

Oh, how I long to report that he stole it all for personal use. But no. Police say he would sell the stolen nail polish for $2 a bottle to a salon on Port Richmond Avenue.

Mall runs displays of shoplifters

This is the fourth year the mall has done this. Digital ads this year feature five people with multiple convictions for theft, including a woman arrested 138 times.

Parking ticket for holiday donor after traffic agent gave permission

Why the ticket? Did the traffic agent have to meet a quota? Nah, that can’t be it. Police officials constantly deny there are quotas – because they constantly have to.

Boy accidentally shoots self with gun

The .38-caliber unregistered revolver accidentally went off while the boy was playing with it. He was alone in the house with his 10-year-old brother at the time.

Fugitive rape suspect is traced through Staten Island, finally caught

Police say Pasquale Senatore forcibly raped a 14-year-old girl repeatedly over a three month period in 1998. After the charge came to light in 2002, he disappeared.

Man killed ex-roommate over false bills

The New York Post is reporting that the shooter at the Concord apartments Thursday was targeting his former roommate at the University of Waterbury in Connecticut.

Students beat up dean who suspended them

Court papers say one of the 16-year-olds punched the dean in the side of the head, knocking him down, and the two then punched him, causing his ear to swell and bleed.

Menorah stolen from public plaza display

It had been on display at the Pleasant Plains Plaza. A thief snipped a string that held it in place. A piece of the stand on which it was set was tossed near the sewer.

DNA evidence solves ’08 Taco Bell break-in

A blood stain was found at the crime site in September 2008, but didn’t match any DNA in the records until, Naquan Christie, now 19, got arrested in Westchester County,