Larry Celona
Larry Celona is a police reporter at the New York Post.
Background
Larry has covered every major breaking story in New York City for over 30 years. He has numerous page-one exclusives, including Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide and John Gotti putting a $1 million contract on Sammy the Bull, Celona has won numerous awards. He is a graduate of St. John’s University. He worked as a media consultant for the movie “Eyes Wide Shut,�working directly with Stanley Kubrick and has appeared on numerous television shows talking about stories he’s covered.
Latest Articles
Human remains discovered on Long Island after suspected MS-13 gangbanger tipped off authorities: sources
FBI agents and Nassau County police officers converged on Underhill Preserve in Jericho after a suspected member of MS-13 tipped them off to the dead body, sources said.
Maniac who slashed 4 girls with meat cleaver in NYC is charged for bloody frenzy after surgery: cops
Long Qian Chen, 49, was hit with a slew of attempted murder and assault raps late Monday after he allegedly unleashed mayhem inside the Bensonhurst home at the weekend, cops...
NYC council speaker ripped for calling Rikers Island 'death camp' �while admitting troubled jail won't close by 2027
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams called Rikers Island a "death camp" Monday even as she admitted the troubled jail complex can't shutter by 2027 -- but still refused to say...
Bronx woman killed, sister injured in double stabbing as police look for ex-boyfriend: sources
A violent ex-boyfriend allegedly stabbed his former partner and fatally knifed her mother in front of the estranged couple's kids Sunday morning in the Bronx, cops and law enforcement sources...
Heartless NYC man punches, stabs woman at World Trade Center Memorial: cops
Amir Thompson is accused of knifing the 57-year-old woman in the cheek and shoulder outside of the World Trade Center Memorial, according to cops.
Knife-wielding retired NYC correction officer, 54, stabbed himself before being shot dead by LI cops: sources
Brentwood resident Bruce Boyd, 54, had several self-inflicted stab wounds and was bleeding when police entered the house.
NYC mail thief busted for raiding USPS box in brazen caught-on-video heist: officials
Ebrahima Bah, 20, was captured on footage released by Crown Heights Shomrim allegedly grabbing two white garbage bags stuffed with mail.
NYC mom, boyfriend busted after kids allegedly found malnourished, toddler tied to bed
All of the children, including two girls �a 6-year-old and a 10-month-old �were unattended when the cousin of their mom’s boyfriend showed up at the Linden Street apartment...
NYC sees dramatic reduction in murders, shootings in 2025 under NYPD boss Jessica Tisch's leadership
If the Big Apple stays on this trajectory, New Yorkers could see the lowest number of murders and shootings on record in nearly a decade -- since 2017.
Wealthy NYC wigmaker charged with killing mom, kids may have been zooming up to twice the speed limit: sources
Yarimi, 35, was behind the wheel of her blue 2023 Audi A3 sedan �with a suspended license, suspended registration and no insurance �when she allegedly flew through a...
NYC neighborhood plagued by car meet-up mobs begs for help after video emerges of shocking NYPD cruiser vandalism spree
"We strongly urge the city to deploy a dedicated tactical response team in each borough to swiftly and effectively address these gatherings," an Ozone Park residents' group wrote Tuesday.
Wild mob smashes windows of NYPD vehicles after cops respond to apparent car meet-up, shocking video shows
Hordes of hoodlums vandalized three police cars early Sunday morning during a wild car meet-up in Queens, according to police and footage of the chaos.
Wigmaker told EMTs she had 'devil in me' moments after allegedly mowing down NYC mom, kids in horrific wreck
Miriam Yarimi had been recently ranting that she was being pursued by the CIA, too -- and is now in Bellevue Hospital's prison ward undergoing a psych evaluation before her...
Glam wigmaker accused of killing mom, 2 young kids in horrific Brooklyn crash charged with manslaughter
The New York City wigmaker accused of fatally mowing down a mother and her two young daughters in Brooklyn has been charged with manslaughter and criminal negligent homicide for the...
Driver accused of mowing down mom, her two daughters in NYC crash is big-spending wigmaker who won $2M from NYPD rape lawsuit
The driver accused of fatally running down a mother and her two daughters in Brooklyn Saturday is a wigmaker who lives a luxe lifestyle and who won $2 million from the...
NYC school bus hit by gunfire, sending young special-needs students ducking for cover: sources
At least two gunshots struck the bus as it traveled with eight students between the ages of 5 and 9 in the Forest Houses neighborhood of the Bronx, sources said.
Maniac who allegedly torched Times Square club promoter ID'd as food cart worker who fled to Egypt
Cops are searching for a crazed food cart vendor they say set a club promoter on fire in Times Square over the weekend �who has since fled the states...
NYC student, 18, stabbed in the back near Manhattan high school during dismissal
A person of interest is in custody, but it is not clear what connection they had to the victim or the school, the NYPD said Monday night.
Man set on fire in Times Square, leaving him horrifically burned: video
Police are still hunting for the attacker, who knew his victim and apparently grabbed something containing flammable liquid off a nearby cart and used it to torch the 45-year-old man.
Man stabbed to death by group of teens outside Barclays Center in NYC
Michael Hernandez was walking near Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues when he was apparently set upon by four people, stabbed once in the chest and multiple times in the back, police...