NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime New York City prosecutor and former judge who presided over the arraignment of “Son of Sam” killer David Berkowitz will retire at the end of the year, he said Wednesday.

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, who was appointed in 1991, said he plans on ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The “Son of Sam” serial killer who terrorized New York City 40 years ago is in the hospital.

New York state prison officials say Tuesday that 64-year-old David Berkowitz was transferred to a hospital from the upstate maximum-security prison where he is serving a life ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The “Son of Sam” killer who terrorized New York 40 years ago says he thought he was doing something “to appease the devil.”

David Berkowitz told CBS News in an interview broadcast Friday (http://cbsn.ws/2vjE4Fa ) that he “surrendered to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — For a year, David Berkowitz terrorized New York.

The papers called him the ”.44 Caliber Killer.” In taunting notes to police and a journalist, he called himself “Mr. Monster,” the “Son of Sam.”

When the police finally got him, 40 years ago Thursday, the man behind the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Geraldo Rivera dates the low point in modern New York City history to Aug. 9, 1977.

That was the day before police arrested David Berkowitz, the serial killer who called himself “Son of Sam.” He terrorized the city for a year with late-night shootings, killing six and ...