Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

About the Author

Jorge Fitz-Gibbon is a general assignment reporter at The Post. He joined the staff in 2019 after more than three decades as a professional journalist. He previously worked in various capacities at the New York Daily News and the USA Today Network of Gannett Co. He was an award-winning member of the Investigations Team at Gannett’s Journal News/lohud.com. He is a former adjunct professor of journalism at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY.

The Archive

Cops searching for nut who stabbed woman on college campus in random attack

Police in Vancouver say a knife-wielding maniac stabbed a woman on a local college campus on Wednesday and may be the same goon who tried to kidnap another woman at...

Runaway goats and sheep invade Virginia interstate after mysterious escape: cops

A group of escaped Virginia farm animals clopped their way to freedom and onto I-64 on Wednesday -- until state troopers rounded them up and got them home safely.

NYC mugging victim who suffered heart attack in heist dies 3 months later, case now homicide

A Bronx knifepoint robbery was upgraded to a homicide after one of the victims -- who suffered a heart attack after the February incident -- died earlier this month, the...

New pizza box bin debuts at Central Park latest attempt in fight against rats

Rats be warned -- it's gonna be harder to nibble on that leftover pizza crust.

Upstate NY mom kept toddler locked in homemade cage as photos reveal the stomach-turning conditions: cops

Naesha Lumpkin of Buffalo is facing child endangerment charges after New York State troopers said they found her 2-year-old son was kept in an excrement-filled cage inside her home.

Pennsylvania carnival canceled after wild caught-on-video brawl: cops

The Exton Square Mall carnival in Pennsylvania was abruptly shut down over the weekend after a wild caught-on-video brawl broke out at the event.

Former Massachusetts prison to be converted to migrant family shelter amid crisis

Massachusetts, which is scrambling to find space for asylum seekers, will turn a former prison into a temporary shelter for hundreds of migrant families, according to reports.

NYC Council speaker forces pols to take down political signs -- including Israeli hostage posters

Big Apple lawmakers are being forced to strip their desks clean of any political signs — including pro-Israel posters and flyers — in a controversial move by City Council speaker...

Body found at Grand Canyon ID'd as man who went missing with dog on homemade raft

The National Park Service said a body that washed up on the banks of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon is an Arizona man who disappeared on a homemade...

Take a crime prevention class or go to jail: Westchester DA's scathing rebuke of anti-Israel college protesters

Westchester County prosecutors said SUNY Purchase protesters can avoid jail time if they agree to enroll in a three-hour crime prevention course to settle the criminal charges against them.

Popular NYC kosher restaurant targeted by vandals, has window smashed after anti-Israel protests

Rothschild TLV on Lexington Avenue had its front window smashed overnight -- leaving a gaping hole, images posted on X show.

NYPD identifies 'person of interest' wanted for randomly slugging actor Steve Buscemi on NYC street

Police have identified a person of interest in the random slugging attack on "Boardwalk Empire" star Steve Buscemi last week, and are fanning out across the Big Apple looking for...

Coast Guard catches 23 Cuban migrants headed to Florida and sends them back home

The US Coast Guard intercepted 23 Cuban migrants trying to reach the Florida Keys in to separate incidents -- sending all of them packing back home, authorities said Tuesday.

NYC's massive Salute to Israel Parade to go on with heavy police protection despite antisemitic protests

Defiant organizers of the city's annual Salute to Israel Parade announced Tuesday that the march will go on this year despite recent violent local antisemitic demonstrations.

Anti-abortion activist who led a clinic blockade is sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison

An anti-abortion activist who led others on an invasion and blockade of a reproductive health clinic in the nation’s capital was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly five years in prison.

Migrants charged with smuggling exotic birds to US soil — and drowning them when the Coast Guard closed in

"When confronted by law enforcement, the defendants tried to cover up those crimes by killing the protected birds by throwing them into the sea while still in their wooden crates."

Marine Corps vet pledged to gun down white people in chilling threats promising to 'OD on adrenaline': feds

A US Marine Corps vet spent months threatening to kill white people -- and fantasized about being a serial killer, federal prosecutors in New Jersey announced on Monday.

Wife of 'Duck Sauce Killer' once got text to 'bring your 9mm:' prosecutors

Dorothy Hirsch, who faces weapons possession charges, allegedly received the text from her kin nearly two years before her hubby allegedly gunned down Chinese food delivery worker Zhiwen Yan in...

Steve Buscemi spotted with black eye, swollen face after random NYC attack

The 66-year-old "Boardwalk Empire" actor was sporting bruises and a swollen chin while shooting a commercial in Soho on Saturday.

Troubled judge facing 8 felony gun charges indicted again after alleged drive-by shooting at brother-in-law's house

A sitting Oklahoma judge already facing multiple felony gun charges in Texas has now been indicted for allegedly riddling his brother-in-law's home with bullets in a drive-by shooting in his...