Sarah Wallace

2 weeks ago | nbcnewyork.com | Sarah Wallace

A 16-year-old New Jersey student faces attempted murder and aggravated assault charges for allegedly stabbing another student in the bathroom where the two attend high school, authorities say. Authorities were called to Fort Lee High School shortly before 11 a.m. a day ago by an officer assigned to the school. Officials said responding officers found the victim stabbed in the neck, back, arm and chest. He was taken to a hospital with serious injuries but is expected to survive.

2 weeks ago | nbcnewyork.com | Sarah Wallace

First responders are on the scene of a reported stabbing at Fort Lee High School in New Jersey, according to the city's board of education. Fort Lee police officers and members of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit are at the school on Lemoine Avenue after a stabbing incident that took place within the school, officials said. It is unclear if anyone was injured or who was involved in the incident.

1 month ago | nbcnewyork.com | Sarah Wallace

It was a day of reckoning for a convicted former Bronx attorney who admitted guilt in a multi-million dollar immigration fraud, who was exposed by an I-Team investigation. “He destroyed so many American dreams," said Ricardo Velasquez Jr., who gave a victim statement on behalf of his family on Wednesday. It came as convicted and disbarred Bronx immigration attorney Kofi Anankwaa faced a federal judge at a sentencing hearing in lower Manhattan.

2 months ago | nbcnewyork.com | Erica Byfield |Sarah Wallace |Michael R. Sisak

The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day search was in court for the first time since his December arraignment on state murder and terror charges. Luigi Mangione had on a bulletproof vest and shackles as he walked into the Manhattan courtroom on Friday. The 26-year-old has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of murder, including murder as an act of terrorism, in the Dec.

2 months ago | nbcnewyork.com | Sarah Wallace

Wilfredo Pagan is dead. Or at least, so says the Social Security Administration. In reality, the 77-year-old Long Island resident is very much alive, and has been looking for several years to collect Social Security benefits. But because the administration has him listed as deceased, they say there are no benefits he is entitled to receive. "I am suffering because everyday I say, 'Why do I deserve what happens to me?'" Pagan said.