NYPD will give hero teens $10K reward for nabbing arson suspect —after they were told they were ineligible: ‘They caved’
The NYPD insisted Friday that the teens who helped nab a deadly subway arson suspect are still in line for the $10,000 reward ...
Meet the teen heroes who turned firebug Sebastian Zapeta-Calil over to cops: ‘Really surreal’
Christos Strieder and his pals, Kingson and Navid, made the fateful 911 call on Dec. 22 that landed sick firebug Sebastian ...
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Man charged with torching woman to death told detectives 'that's me' when shown video
The man accused of torching a sleeping woman to death on a New York City subway train identified himself as the man starting ...
'Oh Damn, That's Me': Transcript Reveals When N.Y.C. Burning Suspect Allegedly Realized Man in CCTV Footage Was Him
But in his first interview with detectives at the NYPD's 60th Precinct in Coney Island, Zapeta would repeatedly inform investigators he had no memory of the incident, despite positively identifying ...
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NYC subway arson suspect did not remember allegedly setting woman on fire
Guatemalan Sebastian Zapeta is accused of setting a sleeping woman's clothes on fire on Dec. 22, using his shirt to fan the flames and then sitting on a platform bench nearby as the woman was ...
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Man accused of killing a woman on NYC subway by setting her on fire pleads not guilty to murder
The man accused of killing a woman by setting her on fire on a New York City subway car last month pleaded not guilty to ...
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Man pleads not guilty to burning woman to death on a New York City subway train
Sebastian Zapeta, 33, appeared in Brooklyn court in an orange jumpsuit and orange jacket, his hands cuffed behind his back as he was arraigned on murder and arson charges in the killing of Debrina ...
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Man Charged in Subway Burning Says He Was Drunk and Remembers Nothing
Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, confronted with video of the immolation of Debrina Kawam, told detectives he was blackout drunk at the time. He pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday. By Liam Stack The man ...
Illegal charged with lighting sleeping woman on fire pleads not guilty
Sebastian Zapeta, the Guatemalan man accused of lighting a sleeping subway rider on fire and watching her burn to death on a Brooklyn subway car, was arraigned Tuesday.
3 NYC teens getting $10,000 reward for reporting man accused of setting woman on fire on subway
CBS News New York learned the boys will receive and split the $10,000 cash reward and be gifted a Nintendo Switch each. Click ...
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Here's the story behind the woman set on fire in the NYC subway
A woman set on fire inside a New York City subway has raised questions about how a world traveler and former Merck employee ended up homeless and burned on a train.
Man accused of setting woman on fire on New York subway pleads not guilty
A man accused of setting a sleeping woman on fire and killing her on a New York subway pleaded not guilty to felony murder ...