At least 10 years was shaved off her sentence — part of a plea agreement in April — angering victim Ray Hodges’ loved ones, ...

A man who fatally stabbed a father for allegedly insulting his “gender identity” was reportedly sentenced to 15 years in ...

Hodges' furious family members began chanting "It's a boy!” and “F–king boy!” as other supporters wore "Justice for Ray” ...

Jaia Cruz, 24, was promised a sentence of 15 years in prison and five years supervised release in the fatal January stabbing of Ray Hodge, a 36-year-old father of two. Witnesses said the stabbing ...

The mother of a New York City postal worker who was stabbed to death at a deli condemned the plea deal of her son’s convicted killer as too lenient, guaranteeing that offender will kill again ...

Jaia Cruz was sentenced Wednesday in the murder of 36-year-old Ray Hodges, a postal worker who was on duty when he was stabbed in the stomach at the deli on Lenox Avenue near 118th Street on Jan. 2.

A deli worker said the employee, Ray Hodges, was ordering a sandwich when Jaia Cruz argued with him over who was first in line to order. New York City Police arrested Cruz for first-degree murder.

Jaia Cruz, 24, has been charged with the murder of USPS worker Ray Hodges, 36, on January 2. The two got into an argument after Hodges accused her of cutting in the sandwich line at Joe's Grocery ...

Jaia Cruz, 24, was arraigned in court in Manhattan Thursday. Cruz is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 36-year-old Ray Hodge, a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service.

Jaia Cruz appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 in Manhattan, New York, where she was indicted for the stabbing murder of postal worker Ray Hodges. (Barry Williams/ New York ...