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Cops: Man tried to set car on fire, then struck it with an axe Updated 3:28 PM; Today 3:27 PM A man tried to set a car on fire in front of the Halal Deli & Grill at 281 South Ave. in Mariners Harbor on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (Staten Island Advance/Maura Grunlund) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A man tried to set a parked car on fire and when that didn’t work, he hit it with an axe in a bizarre episode that unfolded Tuesday morning outside a Mariners Harbor deli, police said. The incident was reported around 8:15 a.m. in front of Halal Deli & Grill at 281 South Ave., according to...

Gun arrests have more than doubled on Staten Island this year. Where were they? What does it mean? (crime analysis) Updated 5:31 AM; — An AR15 rifle. A machine gun. These are just some of the scary firearms the New York City Police Department seized from Staten Islanders during the first three months of 2021 as gun arrests more than doubled in the borough compared to the same period last year, according to data from the NYPD. There have been 43 arrests on the borough this year compared to 17 last. “It’s good news and bad news. It’s good news that we are making the incarcerations. Th...

Staten Island Community Boards to hold public virtual meetings this week Updated 12:00 PM; Today 12:00 PM A city plan to add elevators and other station access to the Staten Island Railway will be discussed on Wednesday during a public virtual meeting of a Community Board 3 committee. (StatenIslandAdvance/Jan Somma-Hammel) Staten Island Advance Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A city plan to add elevators and other station access to the Staten Island Railway will be discussed on Wednesday, April 14, during a public virtual meeting of a Community Board 3 committee. The Land Use Commit...

Drug raids in Eltingville, Stapleton; new details in skeleton case: Staten Island’s top crime stories of the week Updated 8:01 AM; COPS: CRACK COCAINE FOUND IN MAN’S HOME The arrest occurred on Grove Street near Hygeia Place in Stapleton. (Courtesy of Google Maps) An early-morning raid led to the arrest of a 38-year-old man who had crack cocaine inside his home in Stapleton, authorities allege. Officers armed with a search warrant swarmed the Grove Street residence of Tychim Haynes around 6:15 a.m. on April 2, according to the criminal complaint and police. The suspect, who was inside ...

Woman, 22, hit with sex-trafficking charges; allegedly forced victim into prostitution to pay off debt Updated 9:56 AM; Today 9:51 AM This order from the city was from a 2018 crackdown on prostitution locations. (Advance file photo)Staff-Shot Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 22-year-old woman faces sex-trafficking charges after she forced a female victim into prostitution under the threat of violence in order to pay off a debt, authorities allege. The shocking arrest marks at least the third connected to alleged sex-trafficking on Staten Island in less than a month. Anastasia Mason ...