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 ...
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 ...
Sebastian Zapeta says he was drunk, doesn’t remember setting subway victim on fire, prosecutors say
Sebastian Zapeta, the migrant accused of fatally setting homeless woman Debrina Kawam on fire on a Coney Island subway train, pleaded not guilty Tuesday — even as court papers revealed he said, “Oh, ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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Suspect in NYC subway burning told police 'that's me' when shown video, transcript says
The interview was made public shortly after Sebastian Zapeta, 33, entered a plea of not guilty on murder and arson charges in a Brooklyn court. Prosecutors say he set fire to Debrina Kawam, 57, aboard ...
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 ...