Stapleton

Former Staten Island ‘hero’ cop gets 35 years for molesting adopted boys

William Fox, who won “Father of the Year” after adopting a 17-year-old runaway he talked out of suicide, has been sentenced for sexually abusing three other adopted boys.

Skeleton from house flood – murder

Bones that emerged in a Stapleton basement flood turn out to be a man who was reported missing in January 2000. Signs are that he’d been stabbed in the torso. Back when he vanished, that address had been known for drugs.

Did cop make up charge of resisting arrest?

Federal officials say NYPD Officer Michael Daragjati didn’t like when a black man got a little sassy during a stop-and-frisk. So he allegedly lied that the man fought during arrest. Later, he bragged in a tapped phone call, ‘Fried another n****r.’

Revitalizing Stapleton

The Rail project will turn around the whole neighborhood, developer says.

Floods dredge up bones in a basement

Medical examiners are determining whether the bones are human.

Fatal shooting, right after the hurricane

This is the third shooting on or near that spot in the last two-and-a-half years.

Staten Island man goes to jail for exposing himself at clothing store

He followed women several times into the T.J. Maxx.

Bedbugs invade Staten Island precinct, forcing its closure

Prisoners are shipped to other holding cells while exterminators de-bug the 120th precinct.

Staten Island massage parlor wasn’t dirty, but the toilet was, lawsuit states

Two women were arrested, spent 17 hours in jail, and were released without even a summons, according to a lawsuit filed.