Vigilantes
NYC 'bounty hunters' making almost $1M apiece reporting idling trucks are professionals, live in posh enclaves
November 3, 2025 | 7:00pmThe street snitches who have raked in up to nearly $1 million apiece reporting idling trucks to the city are lawyers, doctors and residents of posh enclaves — enjoying the...
LI teacher caught in sexting sting said he had 'MEGA' access to child porn, blamed wife: video
October 16, 2025 | 1:52pmWading River Elementary School’s music teacher Mark Verity, 37, was suspended from his job Wednesday night after he was tied up in a sting operation.
LI elementary school teacher says he sexted girl, 13, on camera in wild undercover sting
October 16, 2025 | 9:42amThe teacher allegedly made the confession during an undercover sting spearheaded by the Predator Poachers Long Island vigilante group.
Nun chases down thief who stole credit cards from customer of religious goods shop
August 31, 2025 | 10:16pm"He was walking out the door, and I started following him, and he turned around and said, 'I don't want to have to shoot you,'" she said.
Florida man busts burglary suspect while wearing Batman pajamas: 'Gave me the confidence I needed'
August 28, 2025 | 12:08am“[The burglar] was taken into custody, he was arrested and charged, he’s facing multiple charges today thanks to Kyle and his Batman pajamas," Lisa Greenberg with the Cape Coral PD...
Teen bullies beat, kick 21-year-old with disability in barbaric caught-on-video attack
May 23, 2025 | 6:49pm"This was absolutely cruel. It was more than bullying ... it was a senseless, cruel assault and simply pure evil," one resident said.
Armed vigilante gunned down by cops in failed revenge hit on suspect who killed his young great-grandkids
May 8, 2025 | 2:38am“I think that he was planning it, to go over there at the Courthouse and take out that guy who took out his grandkids,” a neighbor said.
DA Bragg drops case against Chinatown landlord who beat homeless man after the vagrant attacked him
January 12, 2025 | 6:39pm"I am more angry than relieved because this is something that never should have happened," landlord Brian Chin told The Post.
Daniel Penny's prosecution was 'BS' and a 'political trial,' NYC's original subway vigilante says
January 4, 2025 | 9:22amGoetz, 77, spoke to WABC's Frank Morano Dec. 10 about the Penny case, nearly 40 years to the day after he blasted a foursome of thugs who tried to rob...
Vigilante bystander throws brick at Mercedes to stop teen driver from fleeing NY crash: cops
August 28, 2024 | 4:37pmMarianne Mkrtchian, 18, was driving a 2023 Mercedes Benz C30 on a residential block in North Babylon when she slammed into a utility pole, cops said.
NYC landlord and Harvard fellow defends pummeling armed vagrant he said charged him with 'deadly weapon'
August 27, 2024 | 5:44pmBrian Chin, a 32-year-old married dad, told The Post on Tuesday he was defending himself when he pummeled an armed homeless man — and provided chilling new video of the...
NYC landlord accused of beating armed vagrant cheered by locals who complain 'it's like the wild west now'
August 26, 2024 | 5:48pmThe Chinatown landlord accused of brutally beating an armed vagrant is being hailed a hero by locals — who say the area has devolved into a lawless cesspool because of...
These amateur vigilantes are taking down online 'predators' — sometimes with deadly results
August 13, 2024 | 6:00am"Predator catcher" groups — with names like Dads Against Predators and Predator Poachers — confront alleged pedophiles in busts that can turn violent.
Bronx prosecutor abruptly resigns after getting caught allegedly trying to meet young boy by predator hunters
August 3, 2024 | 8:18amA Bronx prosecutor abruptly resigned after he was caught on video allegedly attempting to meet a young boy he communicated with online, according to a clip produced by internet vigilantes...
Vigilante posing as NYPD detective tries to stop fare-evading family, pepper-sprays man: cops
June 28, 2024 | 7:40pmA vigilante posing as an NYPD detective tried to stop a fare-evading family in Lower Manhattan this week -- and even pepper-sprayed a man who didn't comply, cops said.
Biden's speech commemorating D-Day: Letters to the Editor — June 10, 2024
June 9, 2024 | 6:13pmNY Post readers discuss President Biden’s remarks during a speech honoring the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
Fellow subway vigilante says Daniel Penny should be convicted for Jordan Neely killing
June 1, 2024 | 10:57amJordan Williams, who made national headlines after killing a man in a brawl on a Brooklyn train, said he feels no empathy for fellow subway killer Daniel Penny.
Squatter crisis could force homeowners to take matters into their own hands: expert
April 21, 2024 | 10:25amMeaike, a 51-year-old podcaster and serial entrepreneur, told The Post this week that lenient laws letting squatters stay in houses they don't own and aren't paying for must change —...
'Vigilantes' try to evict squatters at $1M Queens house after homeowner who confronted them is arrested in tense standoff
March 20, 2024 | 6:42am“I am here to talk to him. I want to see why he is here."
Veteran stabbed while saving woman in NYC subway warns of rising crime consequences: 'Vigilantes will come out'
March 8, 2024 | 5:48pm“The point is, they need to deploy,” Marine veteran Alfredo Troche, 53, told The Post. “Tell the mayor to deploy. The governor too. If not, the vigilantes will come out....