Major crimes including murder, assaults and robberies plummeted in January — but rapes were the exception — soaring 40% amid ...

NEW YORK-- A vigil was held Sunday in Brooklyn for Debrina Kawam, the woman fatally set on fire on a subway back in December. Faith leaders who've been in touch with her family shared new details ...

Sebastian Zapeta, the migrant accused of fatally setting homeless woman Debrina Kawam on fire on a Coney Island subway train, pleaded not guilty Tuesday — even as court papers revealed he said ...

Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, confronted with video of the immolation of Debrina Kawam, told detectives he was blackout drunk at the time. He pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday. By Liam Stack The ...

The man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway told detectives, “Oh, damn, that’s me,” when he saw video of the attack but said he couldn’t remember anything, according to a ...

Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was indicted last month on four counts of murder and one count of arson in the death of 57-year-old Debrina Kawam. Zapeta, who according to court documents lives in a shelter ...

AP Photo/Curtis Means via Pool Kawam, 57, was originally from Toms River, New Jersey, the New York Police Department said. Kawam was asleep on a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell ...

Sebastian Zapeta, the migrant accused of fatally setting homeless woman Debrina Kawam on fire on a Coney Island subway train, pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn Supreme Court Tuesday to the horrific ...