Metro Reporter

Ellen Moynihan

Ellen Moynihan is a metro reporter covering crime, breaking news and other stories in New York. She has worked for the Daily News since late 2015.

The trial of "Duck Sauce Killer" Glenn Hirsch's widow on weapons possession charges began Monday with prosecutors arguing a trove of firearms found in her home belonged to her.

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Queens trial of ‘Duck Sauce Killer’s’ widow kicks off with focus on text about gun

May 13, 2024 at 9:07 p.m.

The trial of "Duck Sauce Killer" Glenn Hirsch's widow on weapons possession charges began Monday with prosecutors arguing a trove of firearms found in her home belonged to her.

Anthony Doolan was found on a burning boat on top of a trailer in a Red Hook lot on April 27.

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Family bewildered after man found dead on burning boat dry-docked in Brooklyn

May 13, 2024 at 7:00 a.m.

Anthony Doolan, 31, was discovered on the boat dry-docked in a Red Hook lot on April 27 after the 4:54 a.m. blaze.

A man was caught on video putting a belt around a woman’s neck and dragging her between two cars where he sexually assaulted her in the Bronx on May 1, 2024.

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Bronx woman choked by belt, dragged on street by rapist recounts ‘shock’ of attack

May 10, 2024 at 7:08 p.m.

The victim in a terrifying caught-on-video strangulation and rape on a Bronx street recounted hair-raising details of the May 1 ambush, and said the fiend who attacked her was a...

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.

A teen girl was fatally stabbed in the neck outside a Queens subway station — and a 15-year-old girl has since been arrested for the murder – police said Thursday.

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As 15-year-old is arrested for fatal stabbing of classmate, Queens family seeks answers

May 10, 2024 at 9:04 a.m.

A teen girl was fatally stabbed in the neck outside a Queens subway station — and a 15-year-old girl has since been arrested for the murder – police said Thursday.

Reuven Kahane, a 57-year-old real estate developer, was arrested at Park Ave. and E. 72nd St. by police following the clash with protesters picketing the home of a Barnard College trustee Tuesday morning, cops said.

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Man ID’d as cousin of controversial Rabbi Meir Kahane arrested for ramming NYC pro-Palestinian protester

May 8, 2024 at 6:24 p.m.

Reuven Kahane, a 57-year-old real estate developer, was arrested at Park Ave. and E. 72nd St. by police following the clash with protesters picketing the home of a Barnard College...

Mahki Brown, 16, was shot to death Tuesday in a SoHo hotel courtyard. (Obtained by Daily News)

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Boy, 16, fatally shot in Soho by gunman on Citi Bike was always ‘trying to help somebody’

May 8, 2024 at 6:04 p.m.

It was Mahki Brown's innate desire to help that led to him being shot in the courtyard of the luxury Dominick Hotel, his family believes.

One of two juveniles arrested after a shooting that left a 24-year-old Brooklyn man dead inside a BMW was charged with gun possession, police said. The 15-year-old teen, whose name was not released by cops due to his age, is not linked to the murder.

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

May 5, 2024 at 5:05 p.m.

One of two juveniles arrested after a shooting that left a 24-year-old Brooklyn man dead inside a BMW was charged with gun possession, police said. The 15-year-old teen, whose name...

Hundreds of NYPD officers in riot gear disperse and arrest protestors occupying the Columbia University campus at West 114th Street and Broadway, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (Jeff Bachner for New York Daily News)

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Man arrested in Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall raid charged with stealing flag from pro-Israeli protester

May 3, 2024 at 6:10 p.m.

One of the protesters busted inside Hamilton Hall in the NYPD raid of Columbia University this week also faces charges for an earlier incident in which a protester carrying an...

Michael Rivera was arrested for manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal crash, speeding and blowing a light.

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Mercedes driver who left friend to die on birthday in Brooklyn crash arrested

May 1, 2024 at 4:32 p.m.

Michael Rivera was arrested for manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal crash, speeding and blowing a light.

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