Contributing Metro reporter

Colin Mixson

Colin Mixson is a contributing general assignment reporter for the metro desk at the New York Daily News. He's covered breaking news in New York City since 2011, once memorably about Brooklyn anti-vaxxers, who would not inoculate their dogs for fear of autism.

Michelle Hernandez was charged with the slaying Monday afternoon, a day after 47-year-old Alejandro Santos was knifed in his sixth-floor apartment.

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Manhattan stab victim used last words to accuse longtime girlfriend of slaying: prosecutors

May 14, 2024 at 8:06 p.m.

Michelle Hernandez was charged with the slaying Monday afternoon, a day after 47-year-old Alejandro Santos was knifed in his sixth-floor apartment.

The 22-year-old victim was attacked in the back of a Total by Verizon shop on Madison Ave. near E. 108th St. on Sunday, cops said.

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Robber attempts to rape cell phone store worker in E. Harlem, runs off amid screams

May 13, 2024 at 9:12 p.m.

The 22-year-old victim was attacked in the back of a Total by Verizon shop on Madison Ave. near E. 108th St. on Sunday, cops said.

After being stabbed in a vicious random attack, the Pennsylvania woman and her family are never coming back to the Big Apple, her husband said Monday.

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‘Traumatized’ tourist stabbed in Times Square will never return to city, husband says (EXCLUSIVE)

May 13, 2024 at 7:49 p.m.

After being stabbed in a vicious random attack, the Pennsylvania woman and her family are never coming back to the Big Apple, her husband said Monday.

Blood is seen on the sidewalk on W. 147th St. in Harlem on Sunday. (Gardiner Anderson for New York Daily News)

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Man stabbed to death in his Harlem apartment, girlfriend questioned by NYPD

May 13, 2024 at 4:35 p.m.

Alejandro Santos was stabbed all over his body inside his home on W. 147th St. near Frederick Douglass Blvd. about 3:40 p.m. Sunday.

Woman left sleepless after terrifying attack by Stalker who followed her from subway

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NYPD cops nab stalker who harassed, chased woman into her Queens workplace

May 10, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

Cops have arrested a man seen on video stalking, then chasing a woman into her Queens workplace, leaving her so terrified she couldn't sleep at night, officials said Friday.

The NYPD Highway Patrol investigates after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a driver who fled the scene on Knickerbocker Avenue and Eldert Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City on Thursday, May 9, 2024.

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Brooklyn woman killed by hit-and-run driver fleeing cops was shopping for grandson’s birthday

May 10, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.

The 71-year-old Brooklyn woman killed by a driver who was fleeing cops Thursday was running an errand for her 17-year-old grandson’s birthday with her daughter, her brokenhearted family said.

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Manhattan stab victim used last words to accuse longtime girlfriend of slaying: prosecutors

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Robber attempts to rape cell phone store worker in E. Harlem, runs off amid screams

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‘Traumatized’ tourist stabbed in Times Square will never return to city, husband says (EXCLUSIVE)

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Man stabbed to death in his Harlem apartment, girlfriend questioned by NYPD

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NYPD cops nab stalker who harassed, chased woman into her Queens workplace

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Brooklyn woman killed by hit-and-run driver fleeing cops was shopping for grandson’s birthday

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15-year-old charged with gun possession after Brooklyn man fatally shot in BMW

Book on “terrorism” nabbed by NYPD in Columbia raid is history textbook offered through university library system

Early morning shooting at Queens party leaves 1 dead, 3 wounded

Cops nab Bronx motorist one year after fatal hit-and-run claimed life of hard working immigrant