Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
Background
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 an෴d 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.
Latest Articles
Dad of NYC teen charged with sex assault in football hazing incident claims school is overreacting to 'horseplay' as he shares video
October 21, 2024 | 4:56pmDad of JV football player charged in alleged assault on another student at their Brooklyn school defended his so🎃n'🐎s behavior, calling it simple "horseplay" and nothing more.
Two girls dead in NJ blaze after 'playing with fire' at birthday party: officials
October 21, 2024 | 4:02pmA fire at a Newark home shortly after midnight Sunday left two young girls dead and eight ot𓄧hers injured, with authorities saying the youngsters were playing with fire at a...
Horrific caught-on-vi𓆏deo truck crash in Philly leaves one critical, four teens on run
October 20, 2024 | 7:30pmShocking video captures the moment a truck smashed into another pick-up in Philadelphia on Sunday, leaving a driver in critical con🌞dition and cops looking for four teens who were in...
Mom of NYC teen allegedly assaulted by James Madison HS coach 'not really surprised' by new sexual hazing claim
October 20, 2024 | 5:58pmThe mom🙈 of a Brooklyn high-schooler who allegedly had his head slammed int💦o a wall by his football coach says she is not surprised by new claims that another player...
Pai✱r allegedly swiped homes using shockingly easy scam that costs less than $1
October 20, 2024 | 4:15pmA quit📖claim deed is a document that transfers ownership of a property with the owner's consent -- but crooks can simply forge signatures on i🅘t and reportedly walk away with...
NYC lawyer who sent twisted texts to '14-year-old' who turned out to be cop slapped with 10-year sentence
October 20, 2024 | 4:03pmA Connecticut police sting operation ensnared a 47-year-old Bronx lawyer who thought he was arranging a s✃🌼exual tryst with a teenaged girl, only to get a hefty prison sentence instead.
𒐪 Migrant who ganged up on NYPD cops in Times Square nabbed by ICE after slap-on-the wrist jail sentence
October 17, 2024 | 5:05pm🌃 One of the migrants caught on video ganging up on New York's Finest in Times Square is on his way to getting deported -- thanks to federal immigration agents who... ꦚ
NYC migrant moms are fed up wꦜith gang violence at notorious Midtown hotel as they worry about impact on their kids
October 17, 2024 | 2:12pmThe gang rep of🌠 a Big Apple migrant hotel has spread alಞl over TikTok and asylum seeking moms stuck at the facility are up in arms -- and worried their...
Cash-strapped DA pleads with feds to free up $13M to prosecute accused Gilgo Beach serial killer: 'I will beg them'
October 16, 2024 | 3:16pmSuffolk County DA Ray Tierney wants the feds to free up 'frozen' county money so he can ඣuse it to keep prosecuting accused serial killer Rex Heuermann, he said Wednesday.
'Little Devil' teen Tren de Aragua gangbanger adds another crime to rap sheet after knife-point robbery
October 16, 2024 | 2:24pmA 15-year-old Venezuelan migrant♉ busted at least 10 times in the last 𝓰few months — and believed to be part of a violent crew of young gang members — was arrested again...
Meet one of Tren de Aragua's pint-sized gangbangers -- a 15-year-old migrant terrorizing NYC in armed robberies
October 15, 2024 | 7:28pmA 15-year-old migrant has already amassed 10 busts in New York City this year -- one of dozens of young thugs recruited by the vicious ꦆVenezuelan gang Tren de Aragua...
Numb🌳er of unaccompanied migrant kids arriving in NYS jumps 60% over four years: records
October 15, 2024 | 6:24pmUnatt🌼ended migrant children are now arriving in New York State -- and the Big Apple -- at a higher rate than they were just four years ago, creating a dilemma...
'King Conker' accused of using metal nut to cheat in chestnut-game tournament
October 15, 2024 | 12:27pmThe winner of the world "conker" world c🅠hampionship in England 🌟is being investigated after another competitor accused him of using a metal chestnut to smash his way to the title.
NYC's 'sanctuary city' status largely keeps NYPD from breaking up migrant youth gang in shelter system
October 14, 2024 | 5:13pm𓆉 ဣ The NYPD, which has its hands tied by New York State's lenient bail reforms and protections for violent juveniles criminals, also grapples with the Big Apples migrant-friendly 'sanctuary' status.
Woman killed after malfunctioning ottoman bed falls on her♏ n♍eck
October 14, 2024 | 12:49pmHelen Davey, a 39-year-old mother of two from England, was suffocated to death after🔥 an Ottoman bed malꦬfunction and trapper her underneath, raising concerns about the beds.
Baby-faced Tren de Aragua crew at NYC migrant shelter targets Times Square — and they're getting away with it
October 14, 2024 | 6:01amA crew of nearly two dozen young Tren de Aragua gang members shacking up at the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown are wreaking hav🦩oc in Times Square, but remain free because... 🎶
LI mom of Hamas hostage says expanding war is taking attention away from captives: 'We're worried'
October 13, 2024 | 6:47pmThe mother of an Israeli-American hostage from Long Island said Sunday that the exp🎃anding war in the Middle East is distracting the world from the plight of the captives.
NYPD commish makes first visit to migrant 'Market of Sweethearts' -- with sex workers, illegal vendors in full view
October 13, 2024 | 6:11pm"We've always taken it serious, but we're gonna kick up to another level," Interim NYPD Commissioner Tom Donlon said of enforcement as he walked through Roosevelt Avenu⛄e's hotbed of illicit...
Fewer fare beaters hopping on MTA buses after transit 'enforcers' deployed throughout NYC
October 13, 2024 | 5:14pmAn MTA program launched in Aug💃ust to deploy uniformed and plainclothes 'enforcers' has cut down on the number of fare beaters trying to hop💖 on city buses for free.
Irate sheriff calls for backup after Burger King messes up ✅his order, and squad cars show up with sirens blaring
October 13, 2024 | 12:18pmCobb County Sheriff Craig Owens🍎 was boiling mad after a local Burger King allegedly messed up his Whopper order -- so he called for backup, newly released bodycam sho🐻ws.