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May 9, 2012
"Rape Cop" Michael Pena's Not The Only Former NYPD Officer Headed To Prison
Former NYPD officer Michael "Rape Cop" Pena's not the only former cop headed to the hoosegow -- former NYPD officer Emmanuel Tavarez is the second former cop this week who's about to make the jump from officer to inmate. Unlike Pena, Tavarez, 33, didn't violently sexually assault a defenseless schoo ... More >>
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April 5, 2012
"Vaseline Bandit" Arrested. New York Media Responds With Collection Of Lame Puns (Sigh)
[Insert lame pun about Vaseline being slippery and a guy who used the substance to break into apartments here].That's what multiple media outlets in New York City did today when police announced that the "Vaseline Bandit," a.k.a. 40-year-old Luis Gonzalez, has been arrested and booked on charges tha ... More >>
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March 23, 2012
"Vaseline Bandit" Suspect Identified, On the Loose -- Now Let's Catch This Creep!
On Tuesday, we told you about the "Vaseline Bandit," a burglary suspect linked to at least 14 break ins in Manhattan over the last six months. How was he linked to these burglaries, you ask? Well, in each case, he was dumb enough to leave a calling card -- dude would put Vaseline over the peephol ... More >>
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March 20, 2012
Let's Catch This Creep: Vaseline Bandit Apparently Never Saw Home Alone
The New York Police Department needs your help in tracking down a man authorities say is responsible for at least 14 burglaries in Manhattan over the past six months.Like an idiot, the suspect left a calling card -- in each burglary, he rubbed Vaseline over the peephole of the apartment door.The ... More >>
News
March 7, 2012
The NYPD Tapes Confirmed
The report police hid for nearly two years that corroborates a Voice investigation — and vindicates a whistle-blower the NYPD tried to destroy
Blogs
February 27, 2012
Tyrone Hunter Could Spend His Life in Prison for Burglarizing Upper East Side Women
Tyrone Hunter, who terrorized three Upper East Side women in a creepy 2010 crime spree, will spend anywhere from 18 years to the rest of his life in prison, the Manhattan District Attorney announced today. Indeed, the deets of Hunter's crimes are chilling, and it's a good thing he's going t ... More >>
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February 21, 2012
NYPD Numbers Show Sharp Increases in Crime So Far This Year
That jump in the citywide crime rate has continued through the sixth week of the year, up over 5 percent so far, with thefts and robbery accounting for the increase. Robberies, burglaries and grand larceny are all up 10 percent citywide. Crime is up through Feb. 12 by double digits in three of the ... More >>
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December 2, 2011
Mark Lugo, Picasso Thief, Due In Court Today
Mark Lugo, the Hoboken wine steward accused of a number of art thefts including that of a $275,000 Picasso sketch in San Francisco, is due to be arraigned in New York today. Lugo just finished a 138-day sentence in California for the Picasso; the arraignment in New York is related to two art heists ... More >>
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August 16, 2011
Mustachioed Marc Ecko Thief Signed in With Fake Name, and Other Clues in KAWS Theft
Last Friday we reported on the daring heist of a $100,000 KAWS poster, the one done in acrylic over a Calvin Klein ad featuring Kate Moss, perpetrated by a guy wearing a mustache, dark glasses, and a dark green hoodie. We spoke to Katie Hill, Ecko's assistant, today to get the latest on the c ... More >>
Film
July 27, 2011
Shooting to Kill and Kill Again in French Adrenaline Pumper Point Blank
Last Friday we reported on the daring heist of a $100,000 KAWS poster, the one done in acrylic over a Calvin Klein ad featuring Kate Moss, perpetrated by a guy wearing a mustache, dark glasses, and a dark green hoodie. We spoke to Katie Hill, Ecko's assistant, today to get the latest on the c ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Mark Lugo of Hoboken Arrested in Theft of Picasso Sketch
WikipediaPablo is not happy. Oh art thieves, your crime of choice sure does seem like a glamorous business when you're envisioning yourself as Pierce Brosnan in The Thomas Crown Affair remake. But then you get caught like Mark Lugo, a 31-year-old from Hoboken, who was arrested in a hotel in N ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Thirsty Thief Busted by Orange Juice Container Left at Crime Scene
The orange juice did it.James Moorer, a 20-year-old burglar, stole a desktop computer and other electronic equipment from the residents of a brownstone in Chelsea back on Christmas Day of 2009. He also stole a container of orange juice from the fridge of his victims, drank it, and left the co ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
NYPD Crime Stats: Half The Year Over, Neighborhoods Seeing Spikes in Burglaries and Larcenies
Well, the year is nearly half over, and it's time to do a bit of handicapping of the city's crime statistics. In general, some sections of the city are experiencing a spike in assaults, and a rash of economic crimes--burglaries and grand larcenies, mainly. Overall, citywide crime, according ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata, NYPD Officers, Found Not Guilty of Rape
Moreno on the standThere is a verdict in the trial of NYPD officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata, who had been accused of raping a 27-year-old East Village woman they were called to help home on a drunken night in 2008. This comes on the seventh day of deliberations. Moreno, 43, and Mata, ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Serial Restaurant Burglar At Large in Manhattan
Burglary suspectCausing heartburn among a select few around the city in the past six weeks, a serial burglar has cut through security gates late at night and swiped cash from at least 17 little businesses in Manhattan, most of them restaurants, cops say. Tips are welcome, not only at the restau ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
Watergate Just "Seven Bad Boys Who Went Just a Bit Too Far in Their Efforts to Re-elect the President"
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 18, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 3 The commies at Watergate? by Judith Miller WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The major problem with the Watergate trial is that the prosecution has not gotten to the bottom of the sordid affair, because it has ref ... More >>
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March 11, 2011
Brooklyn Heights Residents Reminded to Lock Doors Because They Live in New York City
Lock your doors. Even if you live here. This story kind of blows our minds. In Brooklyn Heights, people apparently feel so safe that they don't bother, most of the time, even locking their doors, or their windows. Maybe we're paranoid. (Yes, we're paranoid.) But, come on! It's the city! (We h ... More >>
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February 2, 2011
Smash-And-Grab Burglar On a Spree Up at Columbia
Watch out for this burglarCops are searching for a burglar who has recently been smashing and grabbing in and around Columbia University. The suspect resembles Omar, but we know from The Wire that Omar doesn't bother citizens.
Blogs
January 24, 2011
Bronx Burglars Caught on Tape; Your Turn to Catch Them
Cops are asking for help in finding two burglars caught on surveillance cameras ripping off a Hunts Point apartment at 918 Faile Street at about 1:30 a.m. on New Year's Day. As you can see, each had an armful of swag. Know anything? Tipsters can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or sub ... More >>
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January 21, 2011
Burglars in the East Village — Hide Your Laptops
Burglary suspectsCops are looking for two daring burglars who sneaked into a first-floor East Village apartment at 11:30 p.m. January 5, scared the hell out of a 79-year-old woman there, then scurried down the fire escape to another apartment, where they stole jewelry, a laptop, and credit cards. ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
Great Christmas Day Diamond Heist in Chelsea
NYPDAmid the tales of peril and loss still emerging from what's now being dubbed "Bloomberg's Blizzard," there is this from the Post about a troop of intrepid jewel thieves who made the most of the build-up to nature's calamity by sacking a Chelsea diamond store on Christmas Day. The Post's J ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
BREAKING THE LAW
A writer turns to crime
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December 20, 2010
Bronx Church Burglar Suspect Nabbed by Cops
Police say they have arrested and charged a Bronx man on two burglary counts, and are investigating him as a suspect for a string of eight other similar burglaries at churches and parochial schools in the Bronx's 50th and 52nd precincts.
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October 20, 2010
Former Jet Blue Flight Attendant Steven Slater Will Always Be News
Steven Slater, the renegade airline steward who shot to cult stardom when he walked off the job by sliding out of a plane's inflatable emergency slide and onto the tarmac at JFK with two beers in-hand, can't catch a break. While he was in court yesterday, copping a plea that would allow him t ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Chelsea Hit by String of Burglaries; Surveillance Video Released by Police
There have been a string of burglaries reported in Chelsea in the last few weeks, with vacationing residents targeted in particular. Police have now released surveillance video of one suspect, who's wanted for a break-in that may be linked. On September 6, at 12:30 a.m., the suspect used a wi ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Stray-Cat-Loving Grandpa Shoots Two Intruders in Brooklyn
via the PostLarry GoldsteinLarry Goldstein, a grandfather known to neighbors for tutoring children and caring for stray cats, opened fire on two armed burglars, shooting one in the chest and sending the other running, according to the Post. Goldstein and his wife were sleeping upstairs in the ... More >>
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August 16, 2010
Ninja-Thieves Wielding Telephone Cord Rob Diamond District Store
An armed duo of jewel thieves busted into Namat Inc. diamond store in Midtown yesterday afternoon wearing all black (like ninjas) including hats and sunglasses (less like ninjas), and made off like bandits with $29,000 in cash and $37,000 in jewels, according to the Daily News.
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August 5, 2010
Equinox on Prince Street: Best Place to Get Your Bike Stolen?
Click to enlarge. (Via Bowery Boogie)Bowery Boogie notes another creative (prose-picture!) missive to bike thieves today. This one is reportedly posted all around the Equinox gym at 69 Prince Street, at Crosby. The text of it reads: ATTN: BIKE THIEVES WHO KEEP STEALING FROM OUTSIDE EQUINOX R ... More >>
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July 28, 2010
JellyNYC Is Not Having a Very Good Week
It's been a rough summer season for JellyNYC, the promoters responsible for the Williamsburg Waterfront Pool Parties and various and sundry other events around town. First the New York City Parks Department moved to take the Pool Parties away from them before Senator Chuck Schumer, of all people, ... More >>
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August 27, 2009
Clip Job: Nora Ephron on Murph the Surf!
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJanuary 7, 1964, Vol. X, No. 12Murph the Surf: The Case of a Failed Folk HeroBy Nora EphronFrom the moment it was announced that someone with the improbable nickname of Murph the Surf had been arrested and charged with the $410,000 Museum of N ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 11, 2009
To Catch a Thief
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJanuary 7, 1964, Vol. X, No. 12Murph the Surf: The Case of a Failed Folk HeroBy Nora EphronFrom the moment it was announced that someone with the improbable nickname of Murph the Surf had been arrested and charged with the $410,000 Museum of N ... More >>
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July 16, 2009
Kitten Roasting Teen Speaks: "It's Dead, Bitch!"
17-year-old Cheyenne Cherry, who is accused of roasting a kitten in an oven to get back at her ex-roommate, has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and attempted burglary in the torture-killing of Tiger Lily (pictured) and break-in, during which she also broke up some furniture and stole DVDs and food ... More >>
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March 24, 2009
Dumbass Thief of the Day
Everyone likes a good Dumbass Thief story, and the Post provides a very good one today. Sayaka Fukuda got her purse jacked on the Fifth Avenue N platform in February. Later she noticed a picture in her email outbox that she knew she hadn't sent. Turned out the thief had taken his own photo with the ... More >>
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September 1, 2008
Update: Car-Smash "Blog Bust" in Vain?
Everyone likes a good Dumbass Thief story, and the Post provides a very good one today. Sayaka Fukuda got her purse jacked on the Fifth Avenue N platform in February. Later she noticed a picture in her email outbox that she knew she hadn't sent. Turned out the thief had taken his own photo with the ... More >>
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August 10, 2007
Cop Seek Some Busy Midtown Bandits
Everyone likes a good Dumbass Thief story, and the Post provides a very good one today. Sayaka Fukuda got her purse jacked on the Fifth Avenue N platform in February. Later she noticed a picture in her email outbox that she knew she hadn't sent. Turned out the thief had taken his own photo with the ... More >>
Art
October 3, 2006
Rogues' Gallery
Floating in a historical limbo without past or present
Film
July 11, 2006
'Little Man'
Floating in a historical limbo without past or present
News
May 31, 2005
Felt's Goon-Squad Past
In his day job, Deep Throat specialized in smears and illegal break-ins
NYC Life
October 19, 2004
Close-Up on Jamaica
In his day job, Deep Throat specialized in smears and illegal break-ins
NYC Life
July 27, 2004
Close-Up on Weehawken
In his day job, Deep Throat specialized in smears and illegal break-ins
NYC Life
July 8, 2003
Close-Up on Elizabeth, New Jersey
In his day job, Deep Throat specialized in smears and illegal break-ins
NYC Life
May 27, 2003
Close-Up on Jersey City
In his day job, Deep Throat specialized in smears and illegal break-ins
NYC Life
April 8, 2003
Close Up On: East Orange, New Jersey
In his day job, Deep Throat specialized in smears and illegal break-ins
NYC Life
February 25, 2003
Close-Up on Fort Lee, New Jersey
In his day job, Deep Throat specialized in smears and illegal break-ins
NYC Life
January 14, 2003
Close-up on Bayonne
In his day job, Deep Throat specialized in smears and illegal break-ins
Film
January 14, 2003
Film
In his day job, Deep Throat specialized in smears and illegal break-ins
NYC Life
May 14, 2002
Close-Up On: Hoboken
In his day job, Deep Throat specialized in smears and illegal break-ins
News
December 4, 2001
Burglars With Badges
The Return of 'Black Bag Jobs'
News
September 21, 1999
The Warrant Squad 'Burglars'
Detectives allegedly broke into an apartment once occupied by a suspect. They rummaged through the new tenant's lingerie, then said it was all a mistake. Was it a crime?
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