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New York Post
2 days ago
- New York Post
Boy, 13, busted in stray bullet NYC shooting death of Yonkers man in the Bronx: cops
A 13-year-old boy was busted this week in the shooting death of an innocent 28-year-old man who was simply meeting his out-of-town friend in the Bronx late last month, cops said Wednesday. The young teen turned himself in Tuesday afternoon to face charges of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and criminal use of a firearm in the broad-daylight April 23 shooting death of Daoud Marji, a 28-year-old plumber's apprentice from Yonkers, police said. Daoud was not the intended target, nor was a 33-year-old woman who was struck in the hip and wounded in the fray, according to law enforcement sources. 6 A 13-year-old boy was charged with second-degree murder in the April 23 shooting that took the life of Daoud Marji, 28, cops said. Peter Gerber 6 Daoud, a plumber's apprentice from Yonkers, was meeting up with an out-of-town pal at University Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road when he was fatally shot in the head. The motive for the deadly violence – and the target of the boy's gunfire – were not immediately known. Daoud was meeting up with a pal from Detroit at University Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road just before 5 p.m. when bullets flew – with a single round striking him in the head, according to cops and his father. He was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he clung to life but ultimately succumbed to his injuries. Daoud's dad Saed Marji, 56, previously told The Post he encouraged his son not to travel to the Bronx, because he heard the area was bad. He was heartbroken when his son's pal called him with the shattering news. 6 Daoud's dad Saed Marji, 56, said he had encouraged his son not to travel to the Bronx. TOMAS E. GASTON 'I'm a strong man, but I'm shocked. I have to take care of my family. My wife, she's very bad.' 'What am I going to do? He was my blood,' the heartbroken dad added. The alleged teen shooter's arrest came just hours after Commissioner Jessica Tisch bashed policies such as 'Raise the Age' initiatives which she said made it 'basically a consequence-free environment for kids committing crimes.' 6 'What am I going to do? He was my blood,' Daoud's heartbroken dad said. 'We changed the all the laws as they relate to how we deal with youth in our criminal justice system in 2019, and since then, we have seen an absolute explosion of youth violence, both youth as the perps and youth as the victims,' the top cop said on FOX 5's Good Day New York Tuesday morning. 'Kids commit crimes against other kids. And it is definitely something, an area where we need to re-look at the laws that were passed in 2019 and consider some major changes.' 'It's a bigger problem now,' Tisch added. 'There are more young people that we are finding with guns as the trigger-pullers.' 6 Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said youth violence has become a 'bigger problem' in recent years. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Shutterstock The tragic killing also marked the second time in as many days that an innocent New Yorker was slain in random gun violence on the city's streets. A trailblazing Harlem bodega owner and community fixture — Excenia Mette, 61 — was also fatally shot in the head less than 24 hours earlier when she ran outside to check on her grandson. Police believe Ricky Shelby, 23, shot Mette by mistake as he exchanged bullets with Darious Smith, also 23, around 10:20 p.m. April 22 near West 113th Street and Lenox Avenue, according to sources. 6 Daoud marked the second innocent bystander fatally shot in the Big Apple in as many days. Peter Gerber Shelby was arraigned on second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, and criminal possession of a weapon charges and ordered held without bail by a Manhattan judge. Smith, who was arrested nearby with a gunshot wound to his foot, faces an attempted murder charge and also remains in jail without bail.
New York Post
3 days ago
- New York Post
NYC shootings fall to 32-year record low over Memorial Day weekend: NYPD
Memorial Day weekend in the Big Apple saw the fewest number of shootings of any holiday since such data were first recorded 32 years ago, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Tuesday. There were seven incidents of gun violence in New York City from Friday through Monday – breaking the previous record of 10 set in 2013, according to the department. 'We had the safest Memorial day weekend in terms of gun violence that New York City has ever seen,' Tisch said on Fox 5's 'Good Day New York.' 3 NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the Big Apple had the lowest number of shootings over Memorial Day weekend in the last 32 years. FOX 5 'We have more cops out there than ever before – 1,500 additional cops this summer, and we were also very precise about the locations where we deployed our cops – looking at historical data about where the gun violence has occurred.' Tisch explained that the department's summer plan, which began on May 5, shifted deployments to focus on problem areas with a history of violent outbreaks — with shootings in these hotspots down nearly 60%. 3 Data showed there were seven shootings between Friday and Monday, a decline from the 17 reported last year. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Shutterstock 'Given the results we've had over the first weeks of the program, and especially this weekend, we think that for this first go, we picked the locations correctly,' she noted. The city saw two gunfire incidents Friday, one Saturday, and four Monday — as Gotham marked its first shooting-free Sunday during a Memorial Day weekend in 32 years, the department said. The previous record was three shootings reported in 2004, 2013, and 2017. 3 Fleet week had a safe time, as Gotham marked its first shooting-free Sunday during a Memorial Day weekend in 32 years. Michael Nagle There were 17 gun-related incidents recorded over the long holiday last year — with five shootings on Saturday, and four shooting each on Friday, Sunday and Monday. This year, data showed seven people were impacted by the acts of gun violence — a sharp drop from the staggering 21 shooting victims reported over the patriotic weekend in 2024. 'I think that the department has a lot of very rich data that we can mind and we can use to inform our operations,' Tisch said, touting the department's data and analytic team. 'One of the things I really enjoyed about this job, which is a difficult job, is getting to work with those talented data analysts to see how they pick where they're going to deploy the cops. And I'm very pleased that it's worked so far as well as it has.'
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Second crypto investor charged in alleged kidnapping, torture for Bitcoin access
A second person has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and torture of a man held for weeks over access to his Bitcoin password. The arrest of 32-year-old William Duplessie on Tuesday comes after police say a 28-year-old Italian national escaped from weeks of captivity in a New York City apartment. Prosecutors said the victim was bound at the wrists, beaten, shocked with electric wires, drugged, hit in the head with a firearm and dangled over the top of stairs while being held, all to gain access to his Bitcoin password. New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told 'Good Day New York' that Duplessie turned himself in. Another cryptocurrency investor, John Woeltz, was arrested Friday and pleaded not guilty on Saturday to the charges he faces, including kidnapping, assault, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of a firearm. He is being held without bail. Tisch said the two suspects are currently the only ones that the department is looking at, but 'there may be others.' The Associated Press reported that Duplessie faces the same charges as Woeltz. The outlet reported that authorities said the two suspects lured the victim into an eight-bedroom townhouse in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan. The victim eventually gave his Bitcoin password to the men on Friday as he believed he would soon be killed and took an opportunity to escape and flag down a traffic officer when they went to get his computer. The Manhattan district attorney's office also confirmed that a third individual, Beatrice Folchi, was arrested in connection with the situation, but the office declined to prosecute her at this time 'pending further investigation.' The Hill has reached out to the New York City Police Department for additional information. Folchi told The New York Post in an interview she's 'not arrested' and 'everything is going to be told but with a lawyer.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
3 days ago
- The Hill
Second crypto investor charged in alleged kidnapping, torture for Bitcoin access
A second individual has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and torture of a man held for weeks over access to his Bitcoin password. The arrest of 32-year-old William Duplessie on Tuesday comes after police say a 28-year-old Italian national escaped from weeks of captivity in a New York City apartment. Prosecutors said the victim was bound at the wrists, beaten, shocked with electric wires, drugged, hit in the head with a firearm and dangled over the top of stairs while being held, all to gain access to his Bitcoin password. New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told 'Good Day New York' that Duplessie turned himself in. Another cryptocurrency investor, John Woeltz, was arrested Friday and pleaded not guilty on Saturday to the charges he faces, including kidnapping, assault, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of a firearm. He is being held without bail. Tisch said the two suspects are currently the only ones that the department is looking at, but 'there may be others.' The Associated Press reported that Duplessie faces the same charges as Woeltz. The outlet reported that authorities said the two suspects lured the victim into an eight-bedroom townhouse in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan. The victim eventually gave his Bitcoin password to the men on Friday as he believed he would soon be killed and took an opportunity to escape and flag down a traffic officer when they went to get his computer. The Manhattan district attorney's office also confirmed that a third individual, Beatrice Folchi, was arrested in connection with the situation, but the office declined to prosecute her at this time 'pending further investigation.' The Hill has reached out to the New York City Police Department for additional information. Folchi told The New York Post in an interview that she's 'not arrested' and 'everything is going to be told but with a lawyer.'
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
2nd suspect surrenders in SoHo crypto torture case; man allegedly held for weeks
The Brief A second man has turned himself in after a victim was allegedly tortured inside an apartment in order to get him to give up his Bitcoin password. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch made the announcement on Good Day New York. "So far, it's those two that we're looking at. There may be others," Tisch said. NEW YORK CITY - A second man has turned himself in – NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Tuesday morning on Good Day New York – after a victim from Italy was allegedly tortured inside an upscale SoHo apartment in order to get him to give up his Bitcoin password. The man, identified as William Duplessie, 33, of Miami, FL, is charged with: Assault in the 2nd degree. Kidnapping in the 1st degree. Unlawful imprisonment in the 1st degree. Criminal possession of a firearm. "So far, it's those two that we're looking at. There may be others," Tisch said. What we know Cryptocurrency investor John Woeltz, 37, was also charged with kidnapping the man and keeping him locked up for weeks in the apartment, where authorities say he was beaten, shocked and led to believe that his family was in danger if he didn't give up his Bitcoin password. Woeltz was arrested Friday night after the victim escaped from the eight-bedroom town house and flagged down a traffic officer on the street for help, according to prosecutors. He was arraigned Saturday on charges of kidnapping, assault, unlawful imprisonment and criminal possession of a firearm, court records show. The backstory The 28-year-old victim arrived in New York City from Italy in early May, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The victim said he was bound by the wrists and tortured for weeks inside the apartment. His captors, according to prosecutors, drugged him, used electric wires to shock him, hit him in the head with a firearm and, at one point, carried him to the top of a flight of stairs, where they dangled him over a ledge and threatened to kill him if he didn't share his Bitcoin password. Believing that he was about to be shot, the victim was able to escape on Friday after agreeing to give up his password, which was stored on his laptop in another room. When the suspect turned his back, prosecutor Michael Mattson said, the victim ran out of the apartment. The victim was taken to a hospital and treated for injuries that Mattson said were consistent with his descriptions of being bound and assaulted. A search of the town house turned up a trove of evidence, Mattson said, including cocaine, a saw, chicken wire, body armor and night vision goggles, ammunition and polaroid photos of the victim with a gun pointed at his head. What we don't know It's not clear how or if the two knew each other, but the district attorney's office said in an email that prosecutor Michael Mattson told a judge Saturday that the victim, whose name has not been released, was abducted on May 6.
