Saniyah Cheatham, 18, died after being found unconscious in an NYPD jail cell. Her mother is now demanding footage and ...

The family of 18-year-old Saniyah Cheatham is demanding answers after the Bronx college student was found dead in an NYPD holding cell, with officials calling the death a suicide. According to the ...

After police said an 18-year-old woman took her own life while in NYPD custody, the teenager’s family is now raising ...

An 18-year-old woman died by suicide while in NYPD custody over the weekend, police sources tell CBS News New York.

Police identified the 18-year old as Saniyah Cheatham of the Bronx. Several attempts to revive Cheatham failed, cops said.

Officials said 18-year-old Saniyah Cheatham was detained and inside of the 41st Precinct in Longwood when she became ...

Video shows NYPD officers standing by as woman set aflame burns to death The suspect police said lit the victim on fire was arraigned Tuesday. He has not yet entered a plea.

A man who died in police custody last week after being accused of shoplifting was jailed because he didn't have identification, police said — part of a surge in arrests for petty theft, which ...

A Manhattan man struggling with drug addiction was trying to pull his life together before his sudden death in NYPD custody, leaving heartbroken family members wondering what went wrong after his ...

A man died in NYPD custody while at an area hospital after reportedly refusing medical treatment for injuries he sustained during a prior vehicle collision.

The New York City Police Department is disbanding a 600-person plainclothes anti-crime unit in a move that a top official described as the end of its controversial stop-and-frisk program.

A 43-year-old man died in NYPD custody at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on Wednesday, according to police — the third time this year someone has died at a city courthouse. NYPD officials ...