Linda Schmidt

1 week ago | fox5ny.com | Linda Schmidt

Police have arrested and charged a man after he allegedly kidnapped and assaulted a victim while inside his Lower Manhattan apartment. What happened? What we know: The victim, a 28-year-old male, managed to escape from his alleged captor and flagged down an on-duty traffic agent. The victim told the agent that he was assaulted while being imprisoned in 37-year-old John Woeltz's apartment for over a week. Officers were directed to 28 Prince Street and arrested Woeltz on Friday.

1 month ago | fox5ny.com | Linda Schmidt

A violent robbery at a bodega in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, is prompting another push for panic buttons in the shops. Brooklyn bodega robbed What we know: Store surveillance video shows four masked men wearing NYPD jackets and hats storming a bodega near Marcus Garvey Blvd. and Willoughby Ave. early Sunday morning. The video shows robbers throwing a bodega worker onto the floor before dragging him to another part of the store.

1 month ago | fox5ny.com | Linda Schmidt

Residents in one Bronx neighborhood are hearing howls so loud they say it's hard to sleep. A pack of coyotes has made its presence known—and its eerie calls are echoing across apartment buildings and through social media. What we know: A group of coyotes has been spotted—and heard—in the Spuyten Duyvil section of the Bronx. The animals have been howling loudly, prompting curiosity, concern, and in some cases, sleepless nights.

1 month ago | fox5ny.com | Linda Schmidt

A judge has granted Harvey Weinstein’s legal team’s request to move him from Rikers Island to Bellevue Hospital as jury selection in his rape retrial progresses slowly. Nine jurors have been selected so far, and jury selection will resume Monday after a break for Good Friday. What we know: Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is being retried in Manhattan on rape and sex crime charges after his 2020 conviction was overturned by New York's Court of Appeals.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Linda Schmidt

NEW YORK - A judge has granted Harvey Weinstein’s legal team’s request to move him from Rikers Island to Bellevue Hospital as jury selection in his rape retrial progresses slowly. Nine jurors have been selected so far, and jury selection will resume Monday after a break for Good Friday. What we knowFormer Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is being retried in Manhattan on rape and sex crime charges after his 2020 conviction was overturned by New York's Court of Appeals.