Queens standoff ends in suicide
A nearly four-hour standoff between an emotionally disturbed Queens man and police ended tragically when the subject was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. Officers arrived at the apartment on 68th Street in Glendale at around 6:40 p.m. after the 31-year-old man’s wife called police to say she received text messages from him threatening to kill himself, cops said. Read More: New York Post
Attorney for ‘Madam’ puts own condo up for collateral so she can make bond
The Upper East Side’s alleged hockey-mom madam could be sprung today. Anna Gristina’s lawyer, Peter Gleason, will offer to put his own TriBeCa loft up as collateral to free the mom of four — who is charged with running a multimillion-dollar prostitution ring — on $2 million bond, The Post has learned. The paperwork, to be filed today in Manhattan Criminal Court, must still be approved by Judge Juan Merchan. Read More: New York Post
Cancer kid in TV bid
A leukemia-stricken 7-year-old Queens boy and his 6-year-old pal might wind up as reality-TV stars because of their effort to find bone-marrow donors. Luis Danvers, of Jamaica, and Jack Szablewski, of Brick, NJ, met at a bone-marrow drive and found a common goal — to encourage as many people as possible to register as donors. “People need to get swabbed because we want to save Luis’ life,” said Jack, noting his friend has not found a match. The kids were filmed yesterday for a reality pilot being pitched by photographer Tricia Messeroux. Read More: New York Post
Gay-threat lawsuit vs. MTA
A former MTA coach cleaner was subjected to frightening homophobic bigotry by his co-workers in Grand Central Terminal — including some who’d sing a song about killing gays, an explosive discrimination lawsuit says. “Kill them f–kers dead,” one of Reginal Jenkins’ cruel colleagues sang to him as others laughed, the suit says. “It was crazy,” Jenkins, 40, told The Post. “I was scared.” Read More: New York Post
Whitney Houston’s daughter tells Oprah Winfrey: My mother’s spirit visits me and tells me to ‘keep moving, baby’
Whitney Houston’s only child says her mother’s spirit visits her and encourages her “to keep moving, baby.” In her first interview since her mother died, Bobbi Kristina Brown said her mother was “my everything” and still comforts her. Read More: Daily News
