NEW YORK CITY -- A Greyhound bus bound for New York City had to pull over and evacuate Friday because it was infested with roaches that dropped from the ceiling and skittered across seats and the floor, terrorizing riders.

Mothers tried to shield their children and riders jumped into the aisle of the bus as roaches bolted out of cracks and crevices, seemingly all at once, about 15 minutes after the 10 a.m. ET bus left Atlantic City, passengers told NBC 4 New York.

"All of a sudden the roaches came out of nowhere, they were on the floor, they were falling from the ceiling," said Andy Rodriguez, a passenger.

Tracy Harmon told NBC 4 New York that "people were shrieking and shaking roaches off."

"It was terrible," she said.

The bus was carrying 48 people and an unknown number of roaches, according to Greyhound.

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"Once the driver became aware of the situation, the driver followed procedures by pulling the bus over to a safe location and notifying our dispatch office," Greyhound spokesman Timothy Stokes said.

A second bus was sent to pick up the passengers, and they later arrived at Port Authority Bus Terminal.

Greyhound said the company apologizes and has refunded the trip for all the passengers.

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Demonstrator Fatimah Shakur speaks during a vigil held for Kimani "Kiki" Gray in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn on March 13, 2013, in New York. The 16-year-old was shot to death on a Brooklyn street last Saturday night by plainclothes police officers who claim the youth pointed a .38-caliber revolver at them.

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Demonstrators march through the streets alongside police officers during a march following a vigil held for Kimani Gray on March 13, 2013.

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Memorial candles stand beside a picture of Kimani Gray during a vigil for the deceased teen on March 13, 2013.

The Associated Press reports — More than 100 people attended a candlelight vigil in Brooklyn Wednesday night for 16-year-old Kimani "Kiki" Gray just blocks from where he was shot to death by police Saturday night.

But anger was palpable as a group of young people heckled police officers in helmets and later marched down a street.

The vigil's organizers tried and failed to calm the young people, some of whom later threw bottles at police officers.

"I'm not going to tell people don't be angry because we're all angry," said Franclot Graham, whose teenage son, Ramarley Graham, was shot and killed after police chased him into his Bronx home last year. Read the full story.

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Demonstrators face-off against police during a protest against the shooting of Kimani Gray on March 13, 2013.

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Police officers arrest a demonstrator during a march after a vigil held for Kimani Gray on March 13, 2013.

To understand how Danny Stewart, Peter Mercurio and their son Kevin became a family of three, you have to go back 12 years to the 14th Street A/C/E subway station in Chelsea. 

"As I was leaving the subway, I glanced over to my left and thought I saw a doll," recounted Stewart. "I continued up the stairs because I didn't think anything of it, but I glanced back at the floor and I saw legs moving."

Stewart quickly discovered it was no doll, but a newborn baby bundled up in a sweatshirt, his umbilical cord still attached. After calling 911, Stewart's next call was to his partner.

"Danny is a really calm person so when he called me frantic, I knew something was wrong," said Mercurio. "I literally felt his heart beat through the line and the panic in his voice."

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By the time Mercurio reached the subway station, the NYPD had already responded. Police named the baby Daniel "ACE" Doe, because it was Danny who found him at the A-C-E train station. A citywide search began for the baby's mother, covered by local news stations including NBC 4 New York.

Three months later, no one had come forward and Stewart found himself at a family court hearing. As he explained to the judge how he found the baby, the judge suddenly asked him if he would be interesting in adopting the baby.

"I think everyone in the court room, their jaws dropped, everyone was quiet," said Stewart. "Everyone was looking at me, and I said, 'Yes, but it's not that easy.' And she said, 'Well, it can be.'"

Stewart and Mercurio had only been dating for three years, and they had not discussed having a family. Gay marriage wasn't legal then, either, so they weren't married. But Stewart said at that moment, he just knew the right thing to do.

"I thought, 'Maybe this is destiny, maybe this is divine intervention. This is a gift we're given and how can we say no to a gift?'" said Stewart. 

At first, the couple thought they would have months to prepare for the baby's arrival because of the mountain of bureaucracy and paperwork they had to go through, but the judge surprised them once again. A week after the initial court hearing, and three days before Christmas, the judge asked them if they would like to care for him for the holiday weekend.

"And he's been with us ever since," said Mercurio. "It was the best Christmas present ever. It was amazing."

They named the baby Kevin and eventually became his official adoptive parents. Kevin is now 12 years old and almost as tall as his dads. His parents want to protect his privacy, so NBC 4 New York did not interview the boy on camera, but off camera, the boy said he could not imagine what his life would be like if his fathers had not found him. It's something his parents often think about as well.

"It's something that's changed our lives forever, and we're better people for it, said Mercurio. "And we love him to death."

"I can't imagine life without him," said Stewart.

Protesters gathered in Brooklyn for the second night Tuesday to protest the Saturday shooting of a teen by New York City police officers.

About 100 people gathered to march from the scene of the shooting to a police precinct in the East Flatbush neighborhood amid a heavy police presence.

“People gotta say, we’ve had enough of going to bed and waking up to another police killing,” protester Juanita Young told NBC New York.

Kimani Gray, 16, adjusted his waistband suspiciously and pulled a .38-caliber revolver before officers shot him shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, police told NBC New York. Police fired eleven shots and struck Gray multiple times. A revolver with four live rounds was found at the scene, according to police.

More than 70 people marched to a police precinct on Monday to protest Gray’s shooting. The protesters threw garbage and empty bottles at the precinct, NBC New York reported. The precinct building was not damaged, but officials told the station that a 51-year-old man was injured and had his iPhone stolen when 50 people stormed a neighborhood Rite Aid.

“They were throwing garbage in the street,” witness Winston James told NBC New York, “pelting the city buses, pulling down the fruit stand.”

A 19-year-old was arrested for looting after Monday’s protest. There were no reported arrests after Tuesday’s demonstration.

Outrage over Gray’s violent death has reached the city’s top cop.

City Councilman Jumaane Williams, who represents the district where the shooting took place, clashed with police commissioner Ray Kelly on Tuesday, saying that Kelly does not spend enough time in his district.

“I was there last night at 1 o’clock in the morning,” Kelly said.

“Yes, but you didn’t walk around, I didn’t ask you to because there wasn’t the time to do it,” Williams said. “But I want to go when it is safer, when there are people we can talk to.”

A family vigil for Gray was delayed by the protests but was scheduled to go ahead Wednesday.

“We understand the frustration in the community, but we have a grieving mother who’s lost two sons in three years, and all she wants to do is bury her son,” said Gilford Monrose, a spokesman for the family.

An Air India jet clipped a JetBlue airliner on Saturday near the gate at John F. Kennedy International Airport, a JetBlue spokesman said. The two planes bumped on the tarmac shortly before 6 a.m.

The Air India jet taxied into the area where a JetBlue Airbus 320 was waiting, making contact, the spokesman said. No passengers were hurt in the accident.

“While crews went to get a new towbar, an air India flight taxied into the area and made contact with their aircraft,” said Alex Headrick, spokesperson for JetBlue.

There were 150 passengers about to head to Florida on board the JetBlue plane, as well as two pilots and three flight attendants. After the accident, the passengers on JetBlue Flight 145 had to switch onto a new plane. The flight was delayed for almost three hours.

The JetBlue Airbus was taken out of service while maintenance evaluates its damage.  

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Firefighters at the scene of a fire in a high-rise building in Manhattan.

Nineteen people, including nine firefighters, were taken to the hospital after a wind-driven fire broke out in a 40-story building in New York City early Saturday morning.

The blaze on the 12th floor of a Second Avenue building on Manhattan's Upper East Side saw 25 fire department units – a total of 110 firefighters – speed to the scene after the call came through at 3:42 a.m., said Mike Madison, a fire department spokesman said.

Nine firefighters were taken to the hospital, including six who suffered minor burns to their knees, Madison said.

Ten civilians suffered minor injuries or were affected by smoke inhalation, the FDNY spokesman added. The fire was brought under control at 5:34 a.m.

Fire officials said the fire was contained to one apartment in the high-rise on the corner of 92nd Street, NBCNewYork.com reported.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. As of noon Saturday, more than six hours after the blaze was brought under control, fire officials remained on the scene. Windows on the building’s 12th floor were shattered and shards of glass were scattered on the sidewalk in front of the building, along with other debris. Broken glass was also in the street on Second Avenue.

John Rodriguez waited for the building’s elevator service to be restored on Saturday afternoon. Rodriguez, 75, got a call from his girlfriend, a resident of the building’s 28th floor, at about 5 a.m. Rodriguez said she was told by building security to stay put. Rodriguez was hoping to avoid climbing the 28 flights of stairs up to see her.

“At some point, I’ll have to make the climb,” he said.

NBC News’ Michele Acevedo and Ian Johnston contributed to this report.

This story was originally published on Sat Mar 9, 2013 9:38 AM EST

The suspect in a car crash that killed a pregnant New York City woman, her husband and ultimately her baby was transported from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested, back to Brooklyn on Thursday, local media reported.

Police say Julio Acevedo, 44, fled the scene after a speeding BMW he was driving slammed into a livery cab carrying Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21, on Sunday. The couple died that day, and their premature son died on Monday.

Acevedo waived extradition at a hearing in Allentown, Pa., on Thursday morning and was taken to the 78^th Precinct station in Brooklyn, according to the New York Daily News.

In the hearing, Acevedo told the judge he had finished the 11th grade, was unemployed and lives in Brooklyn with his mother, The Associated Press reported.

Acevedo, who served about a decade in prison for manslaughter in the 1990s, surrendered to authorities on Wednesday in the parking lot of a convenience store in Bethlehem, Pa.

Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes told the Daily News that his office would levy the highest possible charge on the man.

“When we arraign the defendant, we will announce that we have charged him with the most serious crime available based on the facts and a pending further review of the evidence,” Hynes said.

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Suspect in custody in connection with hit-run that killed couple, baby

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Julio Acevedo is escorted to a hearing at the Lehigh County Courthouse Thursday, in Allentown, Pa. He is a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pregnant woman and her husband on their way to a hospital in New York. Their premature baby, delivered after the crash, later died.

A suspect is in custody in connection with the hit-and-run crash that killed a pregnant woman, her husband and ultimately their child, an NYPD spokesman confirmed to NBC 4 New York.

Julio Acevedo was taken into custody in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. A source told NBC 4 New York that a friend of Acevedo told police he would surrender at a home in Hellerton, and met police there.

Police believe Acevedo was driving the speeding BMW that slammed into a livery cab carrying Nachman and Raizy Glauber, both 21. They died Sunday and their child died on Monday.

Raizy Glauber, who was seven months pregnant, decided to go to the hospital because she wasn't feeling well, her family said. They called a livery cab.

The crash with the BMW reduced the cab to a crumpled heap, and Raizy Glauber was thrown from the wreck. The engine ended up in the back seat. The driver of the livery cab was knocked unconscious but was not seriously hurt.

The child was delivered by cesarean section after his parents were killed. The baby weighed only about 4 pounds when he was delivered, neighbors and friends said.

He later died of extreme prematurity, the city medical examiner's office said.

The baby was buried Monday near his parents' graves, according to a spokesman for the Hasidic Jewish community. About a thousand community members turned out for the young couple's funeral a day earlier.

Acevedo, 44, was arrested last month on a charge of driving while under the influence, and the case is pending. He was stopped by police after they said he was driving erratically around 3 a.m. Feb. 17. He had a blood-alcohol level of .13, over the limit of .08, police said.

He served about a decade in prison in the 1990s for manslaughter after he was convicted of shooting Kelvin Martin, a Brooklyn criminal whose moniker "50 Cent" was the inspiration for rapper Curtis Jackson's stage name.

How Acevedo came to possess the BMW is under investigation. The registered owner was arrested Sunday on insurance fraud charges related to the vehicle, but the case was deferred.

The Associated Press contributed to this story

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Bahsid Mclean, 23-year-old son of Tania Byrd, was charged with second-degree murder, among other charges Wednesday.

A 23-year-old man accused of killing his mother, cutting up her body with a saw and dumping it on the curb throughout their Bronx neighborhood said at a court appearance Thursday that his mother was dying and that he was trying to help.

Bahsid McLean, 23, was denied bail at the appearance where he was charged with second-degree murder for allegedly killing his mother, 45-year-old Tania Byrd.

"I didn't do anything wrong," McLean shouted in court. McLean, wearing a black garbage bag, had several other outbursts during the court appearance where he is also charged with unlawful dissection of a human body. It was not immediately clear what he meant when he said his mother was dying.

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McLean's attorney said outside of court that his client is not taking the medication he needs, but would not specify what that was or the condition he has.

McLean's friend, William Harris, 26, faces the same unlawful dissection charge for allegedly helping McLean dispose of Byrd's body. Lawyer information for Harris was not immediately available.

Law enforcement officials tell NBC 4 New York that both men have admitted to chopping up the body and using a shopping cart to dump the parts along the curb in Morrisania, but each is pointing the finger at the other for killing Byrd.

Officials say the two men tell different stories. The son says he left the apartment he shared with his mother at about 3 a.m. Monday to go to the ATM. When he returned, he has told investigators, his friend had stabbed Byrd to death and threatened to kill him and his 6-year-old brother if he didn't help get rid of the body.

His friend, meanwhile, has told investigators that the son told him he killed his mother, and showed him a photograph of her, dead, asking for his friend's help in disposing of her corpse.

The two suspects agree that they went to a Bronx hardware store to purchase supplies for the job, including a power saw and gloves. Investigators say there are bloodstains at the apartment, and that it appears someone tried to clean up the mess with bleach.

An empty power saw box was also found there. The saw was found at the apartment of the friend's girlfriend, officials said.

Law enforcement officials say the pair cut up the body on Monday night and dumped it around 9:30 p.m. Surveillance camera video shows the son in the apartment building lobby, leaving the elevator with numerous bags, and then video outside the building shows two men wheeling away a shopping cart.

Officials say a man walking his dog along 158th Street in Morrisania early Tuesday morning came upon a plastic bag of what he thought were books. As he moved to open the bag, he noticed a vehicle circling the block and became nervous, so he took the bag around the corner and looked inside, finding two hands and a shoulder.

He sent his son to call police and continued walking the dog. About two blocks away on Eagle Avenue he and the dog came upon a suitcase, and the dog sat down next to it. The man opened the suitcase and found a woman's torso, wearing a bra, according to law enforcement officials.

Responding police found a plastic bag further down Eagle Avenue that contained a leg and a foot, and then nearby on Cauldwell Avenue, they found a black suitcase with a leg and the woman's head.

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• Two NYC men arrested after woman killed, cut up with power saw

A 23-year-old man and his friend have been arrested in connection with the gruesome killing of his mother, whose body was cut up with a power saw and scattered in bags throughout their Bronx neighborhood, law enforcement officials tell NBC 4 New York.

Both men have admitted to chopping up the body and using a shopping cart to dump the parts along the curb in Morrisania, but each is pointing the finger at the other for killing the mother, 45-year-old Tania Byrd, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

The initial charges do not include murder. Bahsid McLean, 23, and William Harris, 26, are both charged with unlawful dissection of a human body, among other charges. They were in custody and lawyer information was not immediately available.

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Law enforcement officials tell NBC 4 New York that the two men tell different stories. The son says he left the apartment he shared with his mother at about 3 a.m. Monday to go to the ATM. When he returned, he has told investigators, his friend had stabbed Byrd to death and threatened to kill him and his 6-year-old brother if he didn't help get rid of the body.

His friend, meanwhile, has told investigators that the son told him he killed his mother, and showed him a photograph of her, dead, asking for his friend's help in disposing of her corpse.

The two suspects agree that they went to a Bronx hardware store to purchase supplies for the job, including a power saw and gloves. Investigators say there are bloodstains at the apartment, and that it appears someone tried to clean up the mess with bleach.

An empty power saw box was also found there. The saw was found at the apartment of the friend's girlfriend, officials said.

Law enforcement officials say the pair cut up the body on Monday night and dumped it around 9:30 p.m. Surveillance camera video shows the son in the apartment building lobby, leaving the elevator with numerous bags, and then video outside the building shows two men wheeling away a shopping cart.

Officials say a man walking his dog along 158th Street in Morrisania early Tuesday morning came upon a plastic bag of what he thought were books. As he moved to open the bag, he noticed a vehicle circling the block and became nervous, so he took the bag around the corner and looked inside, finding two hands and a shoulder.

He sent his son to call police and continued walking the dog. About two blocks away on Eagle Avenue he and the dog came upon a suitcase, and the dog sat down next to it. The man opened the suitcase and found a woman's torso, wearing a bra, according to law enforcement officials.

Responding police found a plastic bag further down Eagle Avenue that contained a leg and a foot, and then nearby on Cauldwell Avenue, they found a black suitcase with a leg and the woman's head.

People who knew Byrd were stunned about the grisly killing.

"Every time you see her, she would have a smile on her face," said neighbor Chastity Agosto. "How could a son do that to his mother?

Aerial view of area where body parts were found in bags strewn on a Bronx street early Tuesday.

A suspect is in custody for the dismemberment of a New York City woman whose body parts were found early Tuesday morning scattered throughout suitcases and plastic bags in a Bronx neighborhood.

Police believe the victim is a 45-year-old woman who has been missing since the weekend, NBCNewYork.com has learned.

The woman’s son, who called police to report her missing Tuesday morning, was being questioned, according to NBCNewYork.com.

A man walking his dog with his 12-year-old son in the neighborhood found a woman’s severed shoulder and two hands in a plastic bag and the rest of the body turned out to be scattered in suitcases and another bag elsewhere in the neighborhood.

The man first thought the bag was full of books, law enforcement officials told NBCNewYork.com. They said he moved to open it but noticed an SUV circling the block, so he took the bag around the corner and then found the body parts.

The man sent his son, who was along for the walk, to call police while the man kept walking the dog. Two blocks later, he found a suitcase and the dog sat next to it, and when the man opened it he found a woman’s torso, wearing a bra, law enforcement officials said.

Police later found a plastic bag with a leg and a foot inside, and nearby another suitcase with a leg and the woman’s head.

Law enforcement officials tell NBC 4 New York they found an empty box in her apartment that they believe contained a power saw. The apartment also smelled of bleach and was littered with latex gloves.

This story was originally published on Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:02 PM EST