Metro Reporter

Ellen Moynihan

Ellen Moynihan is a metro reporter covering crime, breaking news and other stories in New York. She has worked for the Daily News since late 2015.

Police on Friday busted a teen immigrant from Venezuela suspected of shooting a tourist and firing at police as he escaped arrest for shoplifting at a Times Square sporting goods store, law enforcement sources told the Daily News.

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Teen Times Square shooting suspect busted in Yonkers in intense NYPD-led manhunt

February 9, 2024 at 8:05 p.m.

Police on Friday busted a teen immigrant from Venezuela suspected of shooting a tourist and firing at police as he escaped arrest for shoplifting at a Times Square sporting goods...

Meir — whose luxury real-estate company HFZ Capital Group collapsed amid plans to build $2 billion luxury towers near the High Line — was set to be extradited to New York after being arrested in Miami earlier this week.

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NYC developer Nir Meir facing charges as accomplices arraigned in $86M fraud scheme: DA

February 7, 2024 at 10:54 p.m.

Meir — whose luxury real-estate company HFZ Capital Group collapsed amid plans to build $2 billion luxury towers near the High Line — was set to be extradited to New...

NYPD Highway Patrol cops investigate after a pedestrian was fatally struck at Glenwood Road and E. 105th St. in Brooklyn Wednesday. (Gardiner Anderson for New York Daily News)

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Minivan driver charged with manslaughter for DWI crash into Brooklyn pedestrian

February 1, 2024 at 4:02 p.m.

Gary Turner, 47, was heading west on Glenwood Road when he slammed into Luis Garcia in the crosswalk at E. 105th St. in Canarsie, cops said.

Steven Wilks was so frightened after he was set on fire he hid in his bed and so wasn’t treated immediately, according to his sister.

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Man set on fire by Brooklyn neighbor over debt had already repaid: sister (EXCLUSIVE)

February 1, 2024 at 3:50 p.m.

Steven Wilks was so frightened after he was set on fire he hid in his bed and so wasn’t treated immediately, according to his sister.

Yohenry Brito, 24, was the man the officers were seen attempting to place under arrest on Saturday night — but he resisted by swinging his arms and tensing up, bringing him and a lieutenant to the ground — according to prosecutors.

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Migrant accused of fighting NYPD cops held on bail, unlike five other suspects

February 1, 2024 at 7:56 p.m.

Yohenry Brito, 24, was the man the officers were seen attempting to place under arrest on Saturday night — but he resisted by swinging his arms and tensing up, bringing...

Denise Wylie, 62, went to collect the debt from her downstairs neighbor in their apartment building in Brownsville on Sunday, cops said.

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Brooklyn woman sets 73-year-old neighbor on fire over unpaid debt

January 30, 2024 at 10:42 p.m.

Denise Wylie, 62, went to collect the debt from her downstairs neighbor in their apartment building in Brownsville on Sunday, cops said.

Friends of a Staten Island man recently accused of murdering his mother Rosalie Sutera, 82, were left stunned by the charges on Monday.

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Friends of Staten Island man accused of mom’s murder left in disbelief

January 29, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.

Friends of a Staten Island man recently accused of murdering his mother Rosalie Sutera, 82, were left stunned by the charges on Monday.

Órla Baxendale tragically died from a peanut allergy after her family said she ate a mislabeled cookie from Stew Leonard's. (@orla_baxendale via Instagram)

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NYC dancer Orla Baxendale, who died after eating Stew Leonard’s cookie with peanuts, remembered as ‘radiant’ performer

January 27, 2024 at 3:54 p.m.

Órla Baxendale, the UK-born dancer who died from a peanut allergy after her family said she ate a mislabeled cookie from Stew Leonard's, was remembered by friends and the prestigious...