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Blogs
August 20, 2012
Ramadan And Bacon Don't Mix. But A Hate Crime?
Throwing uncooked bacon all over a field on Staten Island is a reckless waste of bacon. And it also might be a hate crime, authorities say, when the field is the site of a Muslim religious ceremony -- which it was.Police are investigating pieces of bacon being strewn about John D'Amato Field on New ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2012
State Senator Malcolm Smith: An Illegal Gun Should Cost You 8 Years In Prison. About That...
As it currently stands, anyone caught with an illegal gun in New York is looking at a maximum of two years in prison. Two years, apparently, is chump change -- according to Democratic state Senator Malcolm Smith, anyway, who now wants to up the ante for those busted with less-than-legal firearms."We ... More >>
Blogs
August 15, 2012
New York Civil Liberties Union Files Lawsuit Against NYPD Over "Wrongful Arrests and Excessive Force" In City Schools
It looks like it's no longer just Bronx parents asking the DOE and the NYPD: Why so many student arrests?Last month we attended a roundtable hosted by the New Settlement Parent Action Committee and other community organizers that brought together concerned Bronx parents, students and representatives ... More >>
Blogs
August 9, 2012
That Silly Thing About the FBI Classifying Juggalos as a Gang? It's No Joke.
Last week, the U.S. Marshal's Service issued a press release with this headline: "Gang Member Removed from New Mexico's Most Wanted." The apprehended menace in question was 20-year-old Mark Anthony Carlson, a white 140-pound male wanted on a felony bench warrant for missing probation. His gang affil ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2012
Neo-Nazis Next Door? Here's a List of New York's Hate Groups
When details began emerging about the Oak Creek, Wis. massacre, reports indicated that the suspected shooter, Wade Michael Page, was a white supremacist and had played in a neo-Nazi band called "End Apathy." The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, had been keeping tabs on Page s ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2012
New "Rape Cop" Arthur Roldan Just As Rape-y As Old "Rape Cop" (Allegedly)
As we reported yesterday, for the second time in less than a year, a New York City police officer is accused of committing a violent sexual attack on a woman. And if the allegations are true, the latest "Rape Cop" is just as much of a creep as the old "Rape Cop" -- who currently is serving a prison ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2012
Dwaine Taylor, Ex-Rikers Inmate Sues, Claims 'The Program' Still Exists
Responding to a recent Voice article on violence in the jails, the city Correction Department had claimed that they had done away with "the program," in which correction officers on their own condoned or encouraged gang-affiliated inmates to beat up inmates to keep order. In 2008, 17-year-old Christ ... More >>
News
August 1, 2012
The Weird Story of Jimmy Meng's Sting Arrest
The $80,000 Fruit Basket
Blogs
July 31, 2012
More Pepper-Sprayed Protesters Sue NYPD
Three Occupy Wall Street protesters announced today that they are suing the New York Police Department in federal court over officers' use of pepper spray on marchers last September 24. Two of the plaintiffs, Damien Crisp and Julie Lawler, were sprayed by Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna, whose act ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2012
NYPD Detective Suspended After A Kidnapping Was Discovered in His Garage
This never looks good.Friday morning, a 25-year-old man was kidnapped at gunpoint in Cambria Heights, Queens, by two men who ambushed the poor guy in front of his home and proceeded to tie a t-shirt around his head with bounds around his wrist. The crooks took the hostage to a small garage in Spring ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2012
Hey Idahoans, That Obama/Holmes Billboard is Extremely Offensive
On Franklin Road and North 21st Avenue in Caldwell, Idaho, this little sign above exists. Even though it really bears no repeating, here's what it says.On the left is a picture Aurora shooting suspect, James Holmes - the man behind the largest mass shooting in American history - and a count of the n ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2012
Andrew Goodman, Perv Who Got Smooch-On-The-Wrist Plea Deal, Could Be Federally F**ked
At the sentencing hearing earlier this month for convicted Brooklyn pervert Andrew Goodman, the pederast was so happy about the wimpy sentence he was set to receive (thanks to a sweetheart plea deal from the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office) that he used the court appearance to declare his undyin ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2012
New Jersey Youth Pastor Accused Of Sexually Abusing 12-Year-Old Boy
For the second time in a week, a religious leader in New Jersey is accused of sexual assault -- the latest, former youth pastor Jeffrey Mackintosh, is accused of repeatedly abusing a 12-year-old boy more than a decade ago.Mackintosh, 46, was arrested Thursday at his home in Phillipsburgh in Middlese ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2012
DEVELOPING: Aurora Police Venture Into Holmes' Booby-Trapped Apartment
As we all know by now, yesterday marked the largest mass shooting in America's history, as suspect James Holmes, who is now in police custody, gunned down a total of 71 people, leaving 12 dead and 59 injured at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado - a t ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2012
DEVELOPING: Shooting at Midnight Screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Colorado Leaves 12 Dead, 50 Injured
A mass shooting took place at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado last night. Aurora is a suburb of Denver, a short distance from the suburb Columbine, where 13 people were killed in a mass shooting in 1999. Although initial stories reported 14 dead, WNYC's The Takeawa ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2012
To The Parents Of 3-Year-Old Robbed For $400 Chain: Yes, It Is Your Fault
A 3-year-old Brooklyn boy is apparently terrified to leave his house after a group of thugs robbed a $400 chain he was wearing while in the lobby of his apartment on Malcolm X Boulevard in Bed-Stuy late Tuesday night.If the New York Post won't just come out and say it, we will: his parents, Pedro He ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2012
Racist Cop Michael Daragjati Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Prison
Disgraced Staten Island cop Michael Daragjati, 32, was sentenced to 57 months in prison on Friday, after a sentencing hearing filled with so much racist doublespeak that it would make any decent human being cringe. Daragjati was charged after being caught on a FBI wiretap bragging about how he had ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2012
Michael "Rape Cop" Pena Pleads Guilty To Additional Charges; No Time Added To Extreme Life-Sentence
Michael "Rape Cop" Pena did something today that's somewhat admirable; rather than put his victim through the torture of another trial, he pleaded guilty to additional charges stemming from his attack on a 25-year-old teacher -- charges on which a jury deadlocked when he was convicted of three count ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2012
"Dating Game" Serial Killer Rodney Alcala Pleads Not Guilty To Two New York Murders
A California serial killer -- who once appeared as "bachelor number one" on the 1970s dating show "Dating Game" -- was in a Manhattan courtroom this morning where he pleaded not guilty to all charges stemming from the murders of two women more than 30 years ago.In all, Rodney Alcala, 68, has been ch ... More >>
Blogs
June 20, 2012
Andrew Cuomo: "Extreme" GOPers Will Have To Answer to Voters For Killing "Public View" Marijuana Bill
As we reported yesterday, State Senate Republicans killed a bill proposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo that would further decriminalize marijuana in the Empire State by closing a loophole that makes having weed in public a misdemeanor, while possessing weed in private is only a violation.No skin off the ... More >>
Blogs
June 20, 2012
Rodney Alcala Takes Manhattan; California Serial Killer Coming To New York To Face Two Murder Charges
There's good news and bad news...The bad news is a cold-blooded serial killer is coming to New York. The good news he'll be under lock and key the entire time he's here.California serial killer Rodney Alcala is en-route to the Big Apple where he'll face murder charges in the deaths of two women in t ... More >>
Blogs
June 19, 2012
Weed Fans: Senate Republicans To Blame For "Public View" Marijuana Buzz-Kill
As we reported earlier, a bill that would decriminalize the "public view" loophole in New York's marijuana possession law appears to be dead in the water -- and weed fans are pissed. The Drug Policy Alliance, one of the many groups pushing the bill, is holding Republicans in the Senate responsible f ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2012
Bad News, Perverts: Watching Kiddie-Porn In New York Is Finally Going To Be Illegal
Sorry, perverts -- your days of legally "viewing" kiddie-porn in New York are coming to an end.Believe it or not, "viewing" kiddie-porn currently isn't a crime in the Empire State -- thanks to a ruling last month by the New York State Court of Appeals, which determined that "viewing" kiddie-porn is ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2012
Harlem Teacher Forced 8-Year-Old Student To Write Him Love Letters -- Which Is The Least Disgusting Part Of The Story
We got the details about the Harlem elementary school teacher accused of sexually assaulting one of his 8-year-old students. Hold on to your lunch -- this one's especially revolting (when compared to the other 10 New York City teachers charged with sexual misconduct with students this year, that is) ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2012
Another Day, Another NYC Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing A Student
In what now has become a trend, another New York City teacher is accused of sexually abusing a student.The latest alleged pervert is 29-year-old Rafael Sosa, who currently is accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old student at a Harlem elementary school.According to authorities, Sosa sexually abuse ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2012
Plaza Hotel Rapist/Pal Of Saudi Prince Gets 10 Years In Prison. "Rape Cop" Michael Pena Will Die Behind Bars
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced yesterday that a pal of a Saudi prince was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the 2010 rape of a bartender at the Plaza Hotel -- which is 65 years to life less than the sentence handed down to Michael "Rape Cop" Pena for a vicious sexual attack on ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2012
Judge Allows Class Action In Last Fall's Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrests To Go Forward
A federal judge ruled today that a class action suit against the NYPD over the mass arrest of more than 700 people on the Brooklyn Bridge October 1 can go forward. The march over the vehicular roadway of the Brooklyn Bridge was one of the most visually dramatic events of the young Occupy Wall Stree ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2012
Rashad Tucker, Mattiyas Letang, Teen Inmates, Slashed in Troubled Adolescent Jail
Two teen inmates were slashed Saturday in the latest violent incident at the troubled jail for adolescents on Rikers Island, the Voice has learned. The gang-related incident took place in the law library at the Robert N. Davoren Center, which likely means that the attackers were able to slip weapon ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2012
Gay Inc Takes On Stop and Frisk, the NAACP Goes to the Stonewall Inn, and Other Signs of the "Black/Gay Divide"
So, the promised fallout between blacks and gays continues! Four weeks after President Obama came out for same-sex marriage, today will see one of the most significant signs of a new alliance between traditional race-based civil rights groups and the current wave of LGBT oriented civil rights group ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2012
Murderer Of Mother Of Three Gets Lesser Sentence Than "Rape Cop" Michael Pena
A Manhattan murderer convicted of killing a mother of three is heading to prison for a long, long time -- but his sentence isn't nearly as severe as the one handed down to former NYPD officer Michael "Rape Cop" Pena, who currently is serving a 75 years to life prison sentence for the violent sexual ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2012
City Jails Slapped With Major Class Action Lawsuit, Alleging Pattern of Staff Brutality
The city Correction Department has been hit with a new very toughly worded class action lawsuit alleging a program of excessive violence by correction staff on inmates throughout the jail system. Eleven inmates allege that they were severely beaten by correction staff, including Mark Nunez who clai ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2012
Cuomo's Plan To Decriminalize Weed In "Public View" Has Support Of Pretty Much Everyone
As we reported earlier, Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to make possession of marijuana even less illegal than it already is -- a move that apparently has the support of just about everyone.The governor's office put out a press release this afternoon announcing Cuomo's plan to make possessing weed in "p ... More >>
Blogs
May 30, 2012
Brower Boys Street Gang "Taken Down" Thanks To Facebook And Stupid (Alleged) Criminals
Here's a tip for any potential criminals out there: don't bicker about the proceeds of robberies you've committed on Facebook. Believe it or not, cops also have access to Facebook, and monitor it for dopes dumb enough to announce to the world that they're criminals.That said, more than a dozen membe ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2012
"Depraved Sex Fiend" Jeffrey Ritter Will Get Out Of Prison Some Day. Meanwhile, "Rape Cop" Michael Pena Will Die Behind Bars
A Brooklyn perv -- who's been referred to in the mainstream media as a "tattoo freak," a "beefy beast," a "twisted perv," and a "depraved sex fiend" because he sexually assaulted an 85-year-old woman -- eventually will get out of prison, which is absolutely ridiculous considering his lengthy rap she ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2012
Netas Gangsters "Boobie," "J-Live," And "Lae" Charged In 2004 Shotgun Murders
Three members of the Netas, a street gang that's found its way from the prisons of Puerto Rico to the streets of New York, have been indicted on murder charges in the 2004 shotgun slayings of two rival gangsters.According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the three gangsters -- Alvaro Cabral, a.k.a. "B ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2012
New York: Come For The Bagels, Stay For The Perfectly Legal Kiddie Porn
Attention, perverts: if you like kiddie porn, you'll love New York.Probably not the slogan New York State tourism officials were hoping for, but New York has (un)-officially become the Kiddie Porn State thanks to a ruling from the New York State Court of Appeals Tuesday that determined viewing kiddi ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2012
President Obama: Will He Come Out Today For Gay Marriage?
Update: President Obama has indeed come out of the closet, telling ABC news that he does, in fact, support the right for same-sex couples to get married. Read our report, with reactions from New Yorkers, here. It's been a rough few days for President Obama on the gay marriage question, although he ... More >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
May 9, 2012
Christine Quinn, Bride To Be This Month, Reacts To Obama's Gay Matrimony Approval
Christine Quinn, the Speaker of the City Council, frontrunner for being the Democratic nomination as the next mayor, and bride to be this month, gave her pleasant reaction to Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriages this afternoon. Says Quinn, in the above video, "For me, someone's who's getting m ... More >>
Blogs
May 8, 2012
Is Again Pursuing A Rape Conviction For "Rape Cop" Michael Pena Even Worth The Trouble?
Embarrassment to the badge Michael Pena, also known as "Rape Cop," was sentenced yesterday to 75 years to life in prison for the brutal sexual attack of a young teacher last summer, during which the now-former NYPD officer dragged the woman into an alley at gunpoint and forced her to have sex with h ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2012
Karl Vanderwoude, Falsely Accused Serial Groper, Vindicated. Cops Had The Wrong Man
There's good news and bad news...The good news: a man falsely accused of being a serial pervert was vindicated in a Manhattan criminal court this morning. The bad news: the real pervert is still out there and is free to continue groping unsuspecting women.Charges against Karl Vanderwoude, 26, were d ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2012
Gay-Bashing Massachusetts Macho Man Pleads Guilty To Hate Crime After Attack On Gay Queens Man Backfires
Cristian Flores must have thought he was pretty tough when he and a few of his buddies decided to hassle a gay couple in Queens last year. However, Flores wasn't such a tough guy when one of the gay men tackled him to the ground and held him until police showed up -- and that was only after Flores a ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2012
Senator Chuck Schumer Calls on House to Pass the Violence Against Women Act with Key Provisions
Senator Chuck Schumer this morning called on the House to pass a bill called the "Violence Against Women Act," which he says literally saves women's lives. A measure to reauthorize the act was approved by the Senate on Thursday with broad bipartisan support, despite some objections from Republican ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2012
After Angry Birds Incident, Scott Stringer Writes Letter to Ray Kelly
This is a story about Angry Birds and a Manhattan pol who is probably going to run for mayor in 2013. More specifically, this is a story about an Angry-Birds-inspired police raid that prompted Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer to write a letter to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. On Novem ... More >>
News
April 25, 2012
Bail is Busted: How Jail Really Works
Thousands of New Yorkers are stuck behind bars because they're too broke to get out
Blogs
April 25, 2012
Fox News "Mole" Joe Muto Claims Manhattan D.A. Raided His Apartment
Fox News "mole" Joe Muto claims (via-Twitter) that his apartment was raided this morning by investigators from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and several of his mole-y gadgets were confiscated. "I just got search warranted at 6:30am by a very polite crew from the DA's office. Took my iPhon ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2012
MS-13 Gangster Carlos "Silencio" Ortega Indicted For Attempted Murder Of Voice Source, Murder Of Two Others
The MS-13 gangster who admitted to shooting one of our sources in the head -- and fatally shooting one of his friends -- was formally indicted today by a federal grand jury. Additionally, Carlos "Silencio" Ortega, 22, was indicted in the machete-to-the-face murder of a fellow MS-13 gangster who refu ... More >>
News
April 4, 2012
How One Man Survived to Testify Against a Machete Killer
Witness against MS-13
Blogs
March 28, 2012
No Rape Conviction For "Rape Cop" Michael Pena Hardly Means He Beat The Rap
As we reported earlier, former New York City police officer Michael "Rape Cop" Pena has been convicted of several of the top charges against him for the vicious sexual assault of a teacher last summer. However, the jury was deadlocked on whether to convict him of two rape charges -- which is what ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2012
MS-13 Gangster "Silencio" Earns High Marks For Gang-Name Mystique, Low Marks For Getting Away With Murder
We're not going to venture to guess what an alleged MS-13 gang member has to do to earn the name "Silencio," but we'll give credit where credit is due: it's a badass friggin' gang name.Unfortunately for "Silencio," a.k.a. Carlos Ortega, 22, his badass gang name probably isn't going to get him off ... More >>
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