ABOUT US

Shayna Jacobs is a DNAinfo reporter/producer covering courts and legal issues in Manhattan. She can often be found on a MacBook in a Wi-Fi hotspot downtown, working criminal cases and lawsuits in the city, state and federal court systems.

Shayna graduated from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in 2009. Her thesis explored forensics and DNA evidence in the city's criminal justice system using evidence from a Bronx cold case homicide.

Before grad school, Shayna reported for the Free Lance-Star, a daily newspaper in Virginia an hour south of Washington, D.C. She has also written for the Daily News and worked as a stringer during several breaking news events for the Associated Press, including the miracle on the Hudson. She has a B.A. in History from Montclair State University.

Shayna recently moved out of Harlem to the Upper East Side, from where she has to travel just a little bit further to see her beloved Yankees.

Fun Fact: Her favorite New York movies include "Goodfellas," "Serpico" and "Do the Right Thing."

Most Recent

Courts  |  Lower East Side     comment

picture of stuy town, stuyvesant town(Flickr/Marianne O'Leary)

Stuy Town's Fate Still Unclear as Judge Postpones Decision on Foreclosure Sale

Tags: Courts, Lower East Side & East Village

Crime & Mayhem  |  Manhattan     1comment

Darius McCollum Train Thief(Jude Domski)

Repeat Transit Thief Darius McCollum Admits to Stealing Two Buses, Held on $100,000 Bail

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem  |  Washington Heights     comment

crime tape(flickr/null_value)

DA: Phony Agent Indicted in Washington Heights Immigration Scam

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Washington Heights & Inwood

Crime & Mayhem     comment

Cat Woman Robber Caged(MySpace.com)

Alleged 'Cat Woman' Burglar Charged, Remains in Jail

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Greenwich Village & SoHo

Crime & Mayhem  |  Midtown     comment

Burress faces sentencing for illegal gun charge(Associated Press)

Former Giant Plaxico Burress Denied Work Release From Prison, Again

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Crime & Mayhem  |  Midtown     comment

Man Charged with Molesting 11-Year-Old Girl Inside Herald Square JCPenney(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Alleged JC Penny Child Molester Charged With Groping 11-Year-Old Girl

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Crime & Mayhem  |  Upper East Side     comment

Caroline Giuliani Expected to Make Plea Deal on Shoplifting Charges

Caroline Giuliani Gets Community Service for Shoplifting

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Upper East Side

Crime & Mayhem  |  Manhattan     1comment

(Associated Press)

Ex-Bin Laden Aid Gets Life in Prison for Stabbing Jail Guard

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem  |  Manhattan     comment

Homeless Man Faces Federal Charges for Chase Bank Heists in Manhattan(Getty Images)

Alleged Identity Thief Used Credit Reports to Finance $500K Spending Spree at Louis Vuitton, Tiffany

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem  |  Downtown     comment

Flaming Bar Owner Arrested(Flickr/istolethetv)

Chinatown Bartender Defends Lighting Bar on Fire

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Downtown

Crime & Mayhem  |  Upper East Side     comment

Aging Television Producer(Courtesy of Steven Hirsch)

TV Producer and Wife Arrested for Throwing Glassware During Fight

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Upper East Side

Courts  |  Lower East Side     comment

Shepard Fairey Begins Work on Houston Street Wall Made Famous by Keith Haring(DNAinfo/Patrick Hedlund)

Shepard Fairey Heads to Court, Accused of Stealing Obama 'Hope' Image From the AP

Tags: Courts, Lower East Side & East Village

Crime & Mayhem  |  Downtown     comment

Harlem Stabbing(Null Value / flickr)

DA: Phony Chinatown Lawyer Scammed Immigrants With Offers of Green Cards

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Downtown

Crime & Mayhem  |  Manhattan     comment

Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Disney Company Trade Secrets(Associated Press)

Man Pleads Guilty in Disney Insider Trading Scheme

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem  |  Manhattan     comment

Chris Simms Busted for Allegedly Driving in Manhattan While on Drugs, Reports Say

QB Chris Simms Avoids Arrest Warrant After Blowing Off Court

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem  |  Chelsea     comment

Bouquet Bandit Busted for Chelsea Bank Robberies, Police Say(DNAinfo/Josh Williams)

'Bouquet Bandit' Robbed Banks to Buy Sneakers and Drinks, Prosecutors Say

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen

Crime & Mayhem  |  Harlem     1comment

Angel Alvarez(DNAinfo/Shayna Jacobs)

DA to Delay Indictment of Man Shot 21 Times as Investigation into Police Shootout Continues

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Harlem

Crime & Mayhem  |  Harlem     comment

Angel Alvarez(DNAinfo/Shayna Jacobs)

Judge Gives DA Extra Time to Investigate Harlem Police Shootout After NYPD Testimony

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Harlem

Crime & Mayhem  |  Harlem     1comment

Woman Allegedly Shot by Her Off-Duty Police Officer Girlfriend Arraigned on Assault Charge(DNAinfo/Josh Williams)

Woman Allegedly Shot by Off-Duty Cop Charged With Assault

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Harlem

Crime & Mayhem  |  Midtown     1comment

Charges Against Ice-T Dismissed in Criminal Court Due to DMV Clerical Error(DNAinfo/Shayna Jacobs)

Charges Against Ice-T Dismissed in Criminal Court Due to DMV Clerical Error

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Crime & Mayhem  |  Harlem     1comment

police tape(Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)

DNA Technology Links Arsonist to Decade-Old Rape Case

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Harlem

Crime & Mayhem  |  Harlem     2comments

Police Shooting Victim Angel Alvarez Charged With Weapons Possession(DNAinfo/Shayna Jacobs)

Angel Alvarez Only Charged With Weapons Possession in Harlem Police Shootout

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Harlem

Crime & Mayhem     comment

Man Who Admitted To Killing an Aspiring Boxer From Midtown Sentenced to Prison(Gasper Family)

Man Who Admitted to Killing a 19-Year-Old Aspiring Boxer Sentenced to Prison

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Upper East Side

Crime & Mayhem     comment

Leandra Rosada Memorial(DNAinfo/Serena Solomon)

Drunken Drivers Required to Have Vehicle Breathalyzers as Part of Leandra's Law

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem  |  Upper East Side     comment

Brother of Foxy Brown Charged With Hermes Credit Card Scam(Getty Images)

Foxy Brown's Brother Charged in Hermes Credit Card Scam

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Upper East Side

Crime & Mayhem  |  Midtown     comment

Basketball Player Cleared of Ritz-Carlton Rape Charge, Charges Reduced Against Nike Executive(DNAinfo/Shayna Jacobs)

Sexual Assault Charges Against Basketball Player Dropped

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Crime & Mayhem  |  Manhattan     1comment

(DNAinfo/Shayna Jacobs)

Manhattan Prep School Teacher Allegedly Had Huge Stash of Child Pornography

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem  |  Harlem     comment

Harlem Doctor Arrested Over Drug Ring, Medicaid Fraud(Flickr/Be.Futureproof)

Harlem Doctor Arrested Over Drug Ring, Medicaid Fraud

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Harlem

Crime & Mayhem  |  Upper East Side     comment

French Bulldog(Flickr/Audrey_sel)

Upper East Side Dog Walker Accused of Stealing Jewelry From Clients

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Upper East Side

Crime & Mayhem  |  Harlem     comment

Crime Scene tape generic daylight(Flickr/Essg)

Man Hit By Bullet in Fatal Harlem Shootout to Sue NYPD, City

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Harlem

Crime & Mayhem  |  Manhattan     comment

Waterfront Commission Detecitve Guilty of Perjury, Jury Finds(Wikimedia Commons)

Ex-Waterfront Commission Detective Sentenced to Probation for Lying About Agency Exam

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem     comment

Carmen Huertas Pleads Guilty(DNAinfo/Josh Williams)

Carmen Huertas Pleads Guilty to Drunk Driving Wreck that Killed Leandra Rosado

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Upper West Side

Crime & Mayhem  |  Harlem     1comment

Cop Shoots Her Partner(DNAinfo/Josh Williams)

Off-Duty Police Officer 'Justified' in Shooting Girlfriend, Lawyer Says

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Harlem

Crime & Mayhem  |  Upper West Side     comment

Police Seek Other Victims of Riverside Park Picnic Rapist(Manhattan District Attorney's Office)

Alleged Riverside Park Rapist Indicted

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Upper West Side

Crime & Mayhem  |  Midtown     comment

East Harlem Stabbings(Null Value / flickr)

Ex-Catholic School Teacher Pleads Guilty to Videotaping Women in Midtown YMCA Locker Room

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Crime & Mayhem  |  Chelsea     1comment

Judge Says He'd Give More Than the Minimum to Jail Sentence to Carmen Heurtas(DNAinfo/Josh Williams)

Carmen Huertas to Plead Guilty in Drunken Driving Crash that Killed Leandra Rosado

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen

Crime & Mayhem  |  Upper West Side     comment

Police Seek Other Victims of Riverside Park Picnic Rapist(Manhattan District Attorney)

Riverside Park Rape Suspect Faces Second Day of Grand Jury Testimony

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Upper West Side

Crime & Mayhem  |  Midtown     comment

Payen Charged With Immigration Fraud(DNAinfo/Josh Williams)

Fake Lawyer Scammed Haitian Immigrants at UN After Earthquake, DA Says

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Crime & Mayhem  |  Upper East Side     comment

Teen Charged With Central Park Robberies Released

Alleged Central Park Teen Mugger Released on $150,000 Bail

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Upper East Side

Crime & Mayhem     1comment

NYPD Officer Guilty of Seeking Sexual Favor From Minor in 2002(DNAinfo/Josh Williams)

Ex-Cop Gets 5 Years for Sexually Abusing Women in Upper Manhattan

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Harlem

Crime & Mayhem  |  Manhattan     comment

Man Accused of Killing Elderly 'Mensch' in WaHi Stands Trial Again(Flickr)

Prosecutors Say Real Estate Title Company Owner stole $6.7 Million in Fraud Scheme

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Crime & Mayhem  |  Manhattan     comment

Richard Bassick Makes Court Appearance(DNAinfo/Josh Williams)

Self-Proclaimed Lottery Addict Turns Down Grand Larceny Plea Deal

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Courts  |  Upper East Side     comment

Meat Cleaver Killer Wants to Fire Lawyer(DNAinfo/John Marshall Mantel)

Trial Date Set for Man Charged With Killing Upper East Side Psychiatrist With Meat Cleaver

Tags: Courts, Upper East Side

Courts  |  Downtown     comment

Lenahan Found Guilty(NY Daily News File Photo/Marc Hermann)

Chinatown Strangler Found Guilty of Murdering Date

Tags: Courts, Downtown

Crime & Mayhem     1comment

Judge Says Art Swindler Lawrence Sandler Can Remain Free -- for Now(DNAinfo/Josh Williams)

Lawrence Salander Gets at Least 6 Years in Prison for $120 Million Art Scam

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Manhattan

Courts  |  Upper West Side     comment

Mom Accused of Tossing Baby into the Hudson River Goes

Mom Who Tossed Baby into the Hudson River Goes Home to Her Husband

Tags: Courts, Upper West Side

Courts  |  Manhattan     comment

Mental Health Court Likely Coming to Manhattan by 2011(Flickr/phirleh)

Mental Health Court Likely Coming to Manhattan by 2011

Tags: Courts, Manhattan

Courts  |  Upper West Side     comment

Mom Who Threw Toddler Into Hudson River is Bipolar, Lawyer Says(DNAinfo/Josh Williams)

Mom Who Threw Baby in Hudson River Expected to Be Released on Bail

Tags: Courts, Upper West Side

Crime & Mayhem  |  Midtown     comment

Police Identify One Shooter in Times Square Riot, Claim to Have Leads on Others(DNAinfo/Alexandra Cheney)

No Jail for Teen Charged With Hitting Police During Times Square Easter Riot

Tags: Crime & Mayhem, Midtown

Courts  |  Downtown     comment

(Manhattan District Attorney)

Chinatown Strangling Was Rape Cover-Up, Prosecutor Says

Tags: Courts, Downtown

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