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Children 7, 4, And 3-Month-Old Believed Drowned By Mentally Ill Mom On Coney Island Children 7, 4, And 3-Month-Old Believed Drowned By Mentally Ill Mom On Coney Island
Children 7, 4, And 3-Month-Old Believed Drowned By Mentally Ill Mom On Coney Island A frantic search for three children whose mentally ill mother had taken them to the Coney Island boardwalk in the middle of the night ended when the kids were all found lifeless on the beach, the NYPD said. All three were later pronounced dead of apparent drownings, authorities said. Police had received an overnight 911 call on Monday, Sept. 12, from an aunt who was "concerned her family member may have harmed her three small children,” NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said. Officers who responded to the 1:40 a.m. call found the Neptune Avenue apartment of 30-year-old Erin Merdy emp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mom Wanted In NJ Motel Child Abuse Case That Gravely Injured 3-Year-Old Daughter: Prosecutor Mom Wanted In NJ Motel Child Abuse Case That Gravely Injured 3-Year-Old Daughter: Prosecutor
Mom Wanted In NJ Motel Child Abuse Case That Gravely Injured 3-Year-Old Daughter: Prosecutor A 21-year-old woman is wanted in connection with a child abuse case that left her 3-year-old daughter fighting for her life, authorities said. Shaqwana Baker brought her daughter to NYU Langone Hospital on Jan. 23 with life-threatening injuries suffered at a motel in North Bergen, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said.  Baker's boyfriend, Edward Smith, 29, of Far Rockaway New York, was also at the motel. Baker's daughter was later transported to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Bellevue Hospital, where she is receiving treatment for the injuries that are&n…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Drunk Jersey City Man Attacks Crossing Guards At COVID-19 Food Pantry Drunk Jersey City Man Attacks Crossing Guards At COVID-19 Food Pantry
Drunk Jersey City Man Attacks Crossing Guards At Covid-19 Food Pantry A drunk 28-year-old Jersey City man punched a pair of crossing guards in the face while waiting on a free "grab-and-go" COVID-19 meal line in Brooklyn, reports say. An intoxicated Osvaldo Romero attacked the two guards Tuesday on 4th Avenue near 62nd Street in Sunset Park, police said.  Romero argued with someone while waiting for the free meal -- then the crossing guards, pummeling them, according to the NYPD. The assault was unprovoked, authorities said. The crossing guards, one 72 years old and the other 50, were taken to NYU Langone Hospital and are expected to be OK, the New…

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by Jon Craig