Are the evicted squatters of Orient Avenue lashing out? One local wrote in to FreeWilliamsburg to describe their terrifying experience on the street (where parts of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind were filmed, and where Michel Gondry himself just moved). She reports back: "On Thursday evening at 7:30 pm I was walking home along Orient Ave., listening to my iPod, when I was approached by a guy with a steak knife in his hand.......

The police arrested Tiana Browne, 15, in connection with the murder of her 16-year-old cousin. On Tuesday afternoon, Browne's aunt Marva Braithwaite returned to her home in Crown Heights to find her daughter Shannon stabbed to death. Browne was found in her cousin's clothes and sneakers, apparently taken after she stabbed her 18 times. Browne also took Shannon's MP3 player, cell phone, and camera. The Daily News reports that "As a good Christian woman, Marva......

A woman returned to her Crown Heights home and made a devastating discovery: Her 16-year-old daughter was lying in a pool of blood, stabbed in the face and neck. Shannon Braithwaite was pronounced dead at the scene yesterday afternoon. WCBS 2 reports the teen, who had the day off for the Rosh Hashanah holiday, was waiting for her mother to return home, "so they could cash her final paycheck from her summer job at the......

A fight that broke out at last call of the night club Tahona in Astoria left as many as seven men stabbed. Two of those are still in critical condition at Elmhurst Hospital and police are still determining the total number stabbed as somewhere between five and seven. The fight broke out at 4 a.m. last night in the Queens club that opened just this year on Steinway Street. The AP describes it as "a......

The police are looking for two men who may have been involved in the stabbing of a livery cab driver late last night. Apparently the driver crashed his car on Hering Avenue near Burke in the Bronx, and witnesses saw two men running from the car. The driver was reportedly stabbed in the stomach and chest, and WABC 7 reports a trained EMT was lives nearby went to the scene. She said, "I applied pressure......

The police say a man fatally stabbed his roommate in Flushing, Queens. WABC 7 reports, "The 47-year-old suspect and his roommate had a dispute inside their Sanford Avenue apartment building just before midnight. " Apparently the suspected killer stabbed the victim once in their building's lobby. He later called 911 and waited for the police to arrive, and cops found the roommate's body in a pool of blood.......

A 36-year-old man headed to work at Merrill Lynch's Jersey City office was stabbed to death this morning. The victim was identified as Michael Fuccile, director of chief compliance, and a father of three. Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio told the Jersey Journal, "It appears to be a random act of violence and there is no indication there was any dispute or demand for property." WABC 7 reports that the suspect, Elgin Taylor Jr., may......

Police are looking for a man suspected of brutally stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death in College Point. 21-year-old Ebony Garcia was found in a pool of blood outside her cousin's apartment with multiple knife wounds to the torso. Garcia, a mother of a 2-year-old girl, had last been seen leaving a club after bumping into Segundo Penafiel, an ex-boyfriend whom she had recently filed a restraining order against due to his abusive history with her.......

Why did the police arrest the victim of a stabbing? Well, around 2 p.m., a couple got into a fight. The AP reports the man "punched the woman, who then plunged a pen into his shoulder" while on a subway or in the Union Square subway station. When police questioned him, he claimed another man had attacked him When cops figured out what happened--and found out the woman had an order of protection against the......

Two Americans were stabbed in Beijing today by a crazed Chinese man who then immediately committed suicide. The victims were a man who was killed and a woman who was injured, both relatives of a U.S. Men's Volleyball Coach. The stabber, a 47-year-old man from Hangzhou, then threw himself from the second story of the site of the attack, the 13th-century Drum Tower three miles from the main Olympics site.......

A grand jury decided not to indict a man for fatally stabbing a 15-year-old girl in June. Winston Alladin had aroused the anger of bus passengers when he was angered by a woman and child who cut him in line and, per the Post, "spat racial epithets at the woman and other African-American passengers." A group of passenger had followed him out the bus, throwing objects at him, and Alladin claimed the death of Keyanna......

Yesterday morning, at the Rockaway Deli & Grocery in Queens, a customer apparently lost it and stabbed two employees. According to WABC 7, Ortho Arnold is seen on a surveillance tape getting his change and then spitting in the cashier's face: "As other nervous customers start leaving the store, Arnold pulls the knife." The victims, the owner's son and cousin, were able to fight him off with broomsticks. The owner said Arnold is a regular......

The Post and Daily News have more information about yesterday morning's stabbing of an off-duty police officer who had been walking in Chelsea with his girlfriend and some other women. Apparently the women were harassed by a group of men, prompted Officer Jonathan Silvetti to say, "Hey, that's my girl. They're with me." When Silvetti said he was a cop and showed them his NYPD shield, one said, "So what? I got one of those,"......

An off-duty police officer was stabbed in Chelsea early this morning. The 25-year-old victim had left the nightclub Guest House with his girlfriend and had been walking with her and a few other women when a group of men (who apparently had followed them) started to harass them. WNBC reports the off-duty cop identified himself as a police officer. WABC 7 says the cop "apparently [asked] them to stop, and words were exchanged," before he......

The police arrested an ex-con with a history of stabbing-while-biking in the weekend stabbing of a Queens woman walking in Long Island City. Police say Eli Granger stabbed a woman in the chest while riding on his bike. A tip to Crimestoppers led the police to Granger's home at a Greenpoint "flophouse." Back in 1994, Granger attacked three men in similar fashion--plunging a knife as he rode on his bicycle--and was sentenced to 10 years......

A woman was stabbed in the chest yesterday morning by a man on a bicycle. The woman, 37-year-old Eduarda Olivia, had been walking in the Queensbridge section with her 13-year-old daughter when the sudden attack occurred. She was taken to NY-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell, where she is currently in stable condition. According to police, the man just cycled up to her "plunged a knife into her chest." He did not rob Olivia or harm the......

The Williamsburg Stabber, who is more than likely a group of stabbers, has struck again. In April two cops walking the beat told us "the increased police presence was in response to a spate of machete-wielding gang violence" -- well, a lot of good the increased security has done. A tipster writes in to tell us about last weekend's Saturday morning stabbing, which police suspect was part of a gang initiation and in step with......

A 60-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in her apartment last night. The Post reports the 60-year-old woman's boyfriend found her in the Eighth Avenue near 15th Street building around 11:15 p.m. The boyfriend, who tried to revive her and called 911, told police he arrived home late and made the grisly discovery--the victim had been stabbed multiple times. According to the Daily News, 10th Precinct police officers were on the scene and the......

An off-duty police killed one of two men who attacked the desk clerk of a luxury building in Chinatown late last night. Detective Martin Carrano, 36, was also stabbed in the neck and back; his injuries, as were the desk clerk's, were non-life-threatening...

A violent scene unfolded on the platform of the 23rd Street and 6th Avenue F train yesterday afternoon when a person was stabbed by a homeless man. Clarence Carter Cochran had a steak knife plunged into his chest when he tried to stop the homeless man from bothering a pregnant friend. According to the Post, Cochran and his friend were talking when Herron Wilson, "who was screaming wildly, lunged at the woman and spit on......

William Davila surrendered to the police this afternoon, three days after his estranged wife was found stabbed to death in the front of his car on the Lower East Side. The body of Leonida Davila, 39, was found shortly before midnight Tuesday evening in parking garage on Delancey and Essex Streets. She was wrapped in a blanket and handcuffed, with multiple stab wounds to the head, neck, and chest. Davila, who was convicted of attempted......

Two incidents of people trying to stop others from harassing or beating people have had some violent consequences. Yesterday, at West 4th and Jones Street, a 23-year-old Andrew Mindnich saw a woman being bothered by two men around 12:30 a.m. When he intervened by saying, "What's going on?" the Post reports the two men punched, kicked, and stomped Mindnich in the head and chest. Mindnich was treated for his injuries, while the police managed to......

The morning after George Atterbury, general manager of Grayz restaurant on West 54th Street, was interviewed by Eater about his experiences greeting swells at Grayz, he was slashed in the face and stabbed in the abdomen by three men on the East Side. A dining blog curse, or just a random act of violence? Police are now suggesting another possible explanation: mob ties. This isn’t the first time the dapper Atterbury’s been victimized by thugs;......

Earlier in the week, unconfirmed reports of a knife-wielding assailant had Williamsburg residents on edge; South Williamsburg in particular has been flooded with patrolmen all week, and we’ve heard from readers who say they’ve been written summons for minor offenses like jaywalking. Though the 90th Precinct and the NYPD press liaison are unforthcoming about the dragnet, two officers walking their beat by the future Pies ‘n’ Thighs location on Driggs and South 4th Street told......

What could the increased number of NYPD on foot in the South Williamsburg area mean? One reader tips us off to a new South Side stabber who may have the 90th Precinct working overtime. Ladies, hipsters, et al, even though Matchbox 20 and McLovin were bro-ing down south of the Williamsburg Bridge – the ultimate sign of gentrification – you still need to buddy up on those evening walks. A tipster writes:There is a man......

Queens DA Richard Brown announced that a 34-year-old Woodside resident will be charged with second-degree murder, second-degree assault, and child endangerment after killing his wife and stabbing his young daughter on Sunday night. Balbar Singh and Kulvinder Kaur had gotten into an argument when Singh attacked Kaur with a knife in their bedroom, stabbing her in the torso and neck. Their 7-year-old daughter, Babita Rani, tried to defend her mother and was slashed, requiring 11......

A tragic scene unfolded in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn yesterday morning. A man fatally stabbed his wife and then a friend in their apartment. The Daily News points out these are the 9th and 10th murders "in southern Brooklyn since March 20." It's unclear what provoked Angel Valentin to attack. The News suggests he and friend Wilfredo Suarez had been fighting, and wife Iris Cuadrado had been breaking up the fight. The Post reports Cuadrado had......

A Red Hook man is hospitalized with serious stab wounds after his wife was found strangled to death in their Brooklyn home. It's a domestic abuse case that reportedly tilts in the opposite direction of most. Patrick Sculley (aged 60) and his wife (aged 50) had what neighbors described as a combative marriage, with frequent public fights. Neighbors told WNBC News that they saw Pamela hit her husband repeatedly with a baseball bat and kick......

Students were confined to classrooms until the end of the school day yesterday afternoon after a student was badly injured in a stabbing just after noon. Police swarmed through Paul Robeson High School in Bedford-Stuyvesant, looking for a student suspected in the stabbing of 18-year-old Kyle Owens, who was wounded in the neck and the chest with an unidentified weapon. Teacher and basketball coach Todd Myles helped save Owens' life by coming to his immediate......

Images from WNBC A month ago, a man stabbed two employees of the Key Foods supermarket in the East Village, killing one and seriously injuring the other. Today, police released surveillance footage from the attack, in hopes that someone can provide information on suspect Jamie Gonzalez. The footage shows the suspect walking down the aisle, heading to the manager's booth. Some employees are seen heading towards the booth also, but he exits holding a......