Email Author Graham Rayman

Awards

• 2011 - Investigative Reporters and Editors

  "The NYPD Tapes"

• 2011 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award

  "The NYPD Tapes"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "The NYPD Tapes"

• 2009 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award

  Teen Murders at Rikers Island series

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2009 Stories by Graham Rayman

• Somebody Got Murdered: Man Shot Dead in Harlem

  published Dec 29, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at approximately 12:30 a.m. LOCATION: 161 West 132 St., Manhattan. The police say a man was found shot once in the head in an apartment at the above ... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: One Slain During Christmas Party Brawl

  published Dec 28, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Friday, Dec. 25, 2009, 2:09 a.m. LOCATION: 2033 McGraw Avenue, The Bronx. The police have arrested 34-year-old David Delgado of 50th Street in Brooklyn for the fatal stabbing ... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: Bronx Man Killed in Barrage of Bullets

  published Dec 28, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009, 11:18 p.m. LOCATION: 668 East 161 St., The Bronx. Kelvin Gladden, 25, of Union Avenue in the Bronx, was found shot in the head, neck and chest outside... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: Mom Found Shot Dead in Brooklyn

  published Dec 28, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Saturday Dec. 26, 2009, 1:43 p.m. LOCATION: 2116 Regents Place, Brooklyn. The police say a 32-year-old woman was found by her sons in her second floor apartment at the above ... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: Young Man Stabbed in Brooklyn

  published Dec 27, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Friday, Dec. 25, 2009, 3:54 a.m. LOCATION: 390 Georgia Ave., Brooklyn. The police say 20-year-old Kendall Witherspoon of Blake Avenue was stabbed once in the back near the abov... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: Brooklyn Teen Girl Stabs Alleged Attacker to Death

  published Dec 27, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Friday, Dec. 24, 2009 at approx 8:43 p.m. LOCATION: F train subway station, 21 Street and 41 Avenue, Queens. When a gang of thugs tried to assault a teenage girl in the F trai... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Somebody Got Murdered: Son Finds Dad Murdered on Christmas Day

  published Dec 27, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Dec. 25, 2009 at approximately 10:30 p.m. LOCATION: 844 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn. A murder mystery in Brooklyn. After not hearing from his dad for two days, a concerned son visi... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: (Update) Body Found in Bronx Stairwell

  published Dec 24, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, 1:54 a.m. LOCATION: 549 Commonwealth Ave., The Bronx. The police found a 26-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head in a stairwell at the above l... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: (Update) Cops Find Body Wrapped in Plastic The Day Before Christmas

  published Dec 24, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Thursday, Jan. 24, 2009, 12:40 a.m. LOCATION: 180 27th St., Brooklyn. The police arrived outside the above address just after midnight today to find a dead body wrapped in plas... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: Looks Like Crime Rate Will Drop Again This Year; Murders, Too

  published Dec 21, 2009

  With the year coming to a close, the citywide crime rate as of Dec. 13 looks like it will drop by about 10 percent, with overall drops in every major crime except assault which rose by 2 percent. Wit... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: Four Dead in Rough Pre-Holiday Weekend

  published Dec 21, 2009

  View Larger Map On the weekend before Christmas, amid a record snowfall, the city saw four people killed in separate incidents, including a wheelchair-bound man allegedly stabbed to death in an East... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: Queens Woman Found Shot to Death In Her Home

  published Dec 18, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, 5:51 p.m. LOCATION: 74-38 65th St., Queens. A 42-year-old Queens woman, Joanna Malki, was found dead in her home last night. She had one gunshot wound... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: Man Shot Dead in Brooklyn

  published Dec 18, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Thursday, Dec.17, 2009, 8:18 p.m. LOCATION: 42 Hampton Place, Brooklyn. An 18-year-old man was shot in the chest last night outside the above address. Darrell Gresham of Hampto... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: Ex-Con Slaughters Three in Drug Robbery Gone Bad

  published Dec 18, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 1:45 p.m. LOCATION: 492 Amsterdam Ave., Manhattan. A crazed ex-con turned an Upper West Side apartment into an abattoir yesterday, shooting and st... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: Police Want Public's Help in Slaying of Bronx Mom

  published Dec 17, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, 7:15 a.m. LOCATION: 4321 Furman Ave., The Bronx. The police want the public's help in finding the man who shot a 30-year-old Bronx woman early last week. ... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: One Shot, One Killed in the Bronx

  published Dec 16, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, 7:40 p.m. LOCATION: East 172 Street and Boston Road, the Bronx. A 19-year-old man was shot and killed Tuesday evening at the above intersection, and a s... More >>

• New Yorkers Play Santa, Bestow $12K Each on People Who Don't Even Work Here Anymore!

  published Dec 14, 2009

  Christmas is coming a little early for certain New Yorkers, thanks to your taxes. Once again, the state is handing out cash bonuses of $12,000 each to thousands of police officers and firefighters wh... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  The Recession Job You've Been Looking For: Gambling In Your Pajamas!

  published Dec 14, 2009

  Out of a jobr Desperate to pay your mortgage and feed your kidsr The folks at something called "The Consumer Standard" have the answer: Online Poker! Over the weekend, we noticed a pitch from PartyGa... More >>

• Online Poker Requires Constant Influx of Suckers, Says Leaked Report

  published Dec 10, 2009

  Ever wonder what online poker companies think of you, the consumerr Well, on the heels of our piece in this week's Voice about James Giordano and Internet gambling, someone forwarded us an investment... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  The Rise and Fall of Internet Sports Bookie and Poker Pro James Giordano

  published December 8, 2009

  Last Wednesday, a former bookmaker named James Giordano stood up in a Queens courtroom to be sentenced for promoting illegal... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: Brooklyn Man Killed in His Apartment; Cops Looking for Ties to Murder of NBA star's Ex-Girlfriend

  published Dec 08, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, 8:15 p.m. LOCATION: 20 Monroe St., Brooklyn A 35-year old Brooklyn man was shot and killed inside his apartment at the above address Monday evening. The p... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: Former Companion of NBA Star World B. Free Shot and Killed (Update)

  published Dec 08, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Dec. 6, 2009, 9:30 p.m. LOCATION: 149 Clifton Place, Brooklyn. A former companion of NBA star World B. Free was shot and killed last night outside the above address as she trie... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: Bronx Man Shot Outside Home

  published Nov 30, 2009

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• Julius Hodge: Harlem Globe-Trotter

  published November 24, 2009

  If you wandered by the Gauchos gym in the Bronx last month, you might have seen a gangly six-foot-seven man named Julius Hodge working doggedly... More >>

• Somebody Got Murdered: A Second Weekend Homicide in Staten Island

  published Nov 16, 2009

  View Larger Map DATE: Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 12:27 a.m. LOCATION: In front of 44 Yale Street, Staten Island. In the second of two weekend murders in Staten Island, two men were shot, one of them fata... More >>