A Merritt Island man who authorities say was recruited to captain a boat for trips to the Bahamas to bring Haitian, Honduran and Bahamian migrant workers to the United States, has been sentenced to ...

Michael Nieves, 40, was awaiting trial on Rikers Island when he tried to kill himself in 2022. The staff response to his suicide drew a harsh rebuke from the New York State attorney general and ...

The New York Times has obtained video of the 2022 death of Michael Nieves, a mentally ill detainee who mortally wounded himself on Rikers Island.