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May 31, 2013
Program Launches Pet-Friendly Housing for NYC Survivors of Domestic Abuse
Humans aren't the only survivors of domestic abuse. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 71 percent of female pet-owners who sought shelter from abusive homes reported that their abuser had also hurt, maimed, killed, or threatened family animals. That's part of the reason ... More >>
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May 8, 2013
New York's Sen. Gillibrand Prepares to Introduce Military Sexual Assault Bill Next Week
If sexual assault in the military has persisted with a nauseating frequency of terror, shame, and muted protest, this week has amplified that signal to a roar. On Monday, the officer in charge of the Air Force's Sexual Prevention and Response unit was charged with sexual battery for assaulting a wom ... More >>
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April 10, 2013
New Numbers on Domestic Violence-Related Murders in New York
At the end of last year, city officials announced that New York saw the lowest number of murder victims in 2012 in over 50 years. A new report by the NYPD provides the data behind those rates and a visual analysis of the 419 victims, as well as the 290 suspects identified in their murders. Among the ... More >>
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March 8, 2013
Why the Police in Michael Premo's Occupy Wall Street Trial Are Unlikely To Face Perjury Charges
Many of the readers who commented on last week's story about Michael Premo, the Occupy Wall Street protester who beat his criminal charges last week thanks to video evidence, wanted to know: Would the police officer whose testimony was contradicted by the video face any consequences? Would he be cha ... More >>
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February 11, 2013
Even A Blizzard Didn't Stop A Ton Of Violence From Happening This Weekend
Nemo was able to shut down power, the Long Island Expressway and most of the news over the weekend. But, somehow, it apparently couldn't prevent the unfortunate plague of crime in New York City. The first shooting victim came Friday night during the apex of the snowstorm. At a baby shower up on Eas ... More >>
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January 2, 2013
9 People Were Non-Fatally Shot While You Were Stumbling Home On New Year's
As we know, New Year's Eve brings out the worst in people. An hyped-up party atmosphere mixed with thousands of people mixed with alcohol will produce that blowback; on my walk from the Flatiron District to the East Village at around 2am, I witnessed two huge fights, five ambulances and a streaker p ... More >>
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December 18, 2012
Gun Show Located Near Newtown Still a Go, Because Of Course
It's now been four days since the Adam Lanza's killing spree in Newtown, Connecticut, where he killed 27 people, including 20 small children, before committing suicide when he heard first responders to the scene. For the first time ever, it seems, we're talking seriously looking at gun control, and ... More >>
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December 6, 2012
"Krills," "Yams," and "Grizz": Decoding NYC Gangsters' Facebook Faux-Pas
In October, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly publicly announced that he was doubling the size of the Department's Anti-Gang Unit and would be stepping up efforts to bust gangsters using social media websites like Facebook and Twitter -- where gangsters have recently taken their turf wars.New York City's ... More >>
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December 5, 2012
Cops Go To Question Westchester Women-Slasher About Cold Case Murders; Find Woman's Body
What are the odds that when detectives go to question a parolee about two cold case murders they find another body in his house? In the case of Westchester killer Lucius Crawford -- who's already served prison time for stabbing six women -- the odds were apparently pretty good, because that's exactl ... More >>
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November 28, 2012
'Killer' Nanny Yoselyn Ortega Hit With First-Degree Murder Charges
The Upper West Side nanny accused of brutally stabbing two children in her care has been formally indicted on first-degree murder charges -- a charge reserved for the state's most heinous criminals, including those who murder cops and judges.In addition to the two first-degree murder charges, 50-yea ... More >>
News
October 31, 2012
Country Club Sopranos
American banks are on a massive crime spree. Obama and Romney hope you won't notice.
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October 25, 2012
Robbing the Same Bank Over and Over Whenever You Need Cash Is a Thing, Apparently
On Monday, we wrote an article about a Brooklyn bandit who has robbed the same Crown Heights Apple Bank three times in the past year and a half. We, for the record, were flabbergasted by the amount of chutzpah the guy had for returning to the scene of the crime where he ostensibly could have (should ... More >>
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October 24, 2012
Hudson River Park Rapist Opts For The Old Four Lokos And Weed Defense
A convicted sex offender accused of violently raping a woman at Hudson River Park last month told police that he doesn't know if he raped the woman because he'd consumed five Four Lokos before the attack -- but that was only after drinking vodka, and smoking weed and K-2, a brand of synthetic mariju ... More >>
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October 23, 2012
Another School Bus Driver Charged With DWI (Sigh)
For the third time this month, a New York school bus driver is accused of driving a bus drunk.The latest allegedly tipsy driver is 47-year-old James Sommer, of Massapequa. At the time of his alleged DWI, Sommer was transporting 29 seventh graders on a field trip to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ... More >>
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October 23, 2012
Nassau Police Officer Shot and Killed During Queens Traffic Stop; Second Homicide Also Linked to Suspect
A traffic stop in Queens led earlier today to the shooting deaths of a Nassau County Police Officer and a bystander. Authorities locked down eight public schools in a search for the suspect, which was still ongoing by late afternoon. The shooting took place on an entrance ramp onto the Cross Islan ... More >>
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October 19, 2012
Duo Pulls off Robbery Almost Exactly the Way It's Done in the Movies, Then Decides to Run out with the Safe
NYPD say that yesterday, two robbers robbed a physician's office, because as everyone who has watched a good heist film knows, one guy isn't enough, and more than guarantees that someone's going to snitch. The robbery took place in the 43rd Precinct of the Bronx on 2029 Westchester Avenue (Manhatta ... More >>
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October 17, 2012
New York Has A Drunk Bus Driver Problem
Several New York pols are pushing to have breathalyzers installed in every school bus in the entire state. You might be thinking, "does New York really have a drunk bus driver problem?" Well, yeah, it does.In the last two weeks, two school bus drivers have been accused of driving a bus while drunk. ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 10, 2012
Murder, Inc.
The biggest criminals are on the loose
News
October 3, 2012
For the First Time in 20 Years, New York's Crime Rate Is on the Rise
While Bloomberg brags about his record, the city's crime rate is on the rise
Blogs
October 2, 2012
Ray Kelly Goes Gangbusters: NYPD to Double Size of Anti-Gang Unit; Target Facebook Thugs
New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly will give a speech later today in which he will announce his plans to double the size of the NYPD's anti-gang unit to combat the escalating problem of gang violence in the city.Kelly is calling the plan "Operation Crew Cut," which will bring the number of ... More >>
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October 1, 2012
Syringe-Wielding Robbery Suspect Angel Cintron In Custody
Breathe easy, New York -- the man police suspect was using a hypodermic needle to rob people of their iPhones, iPods and other pricey electronics currently is in police custody.The NYPD says Angel Cintron was arrested this morning in Yonkers after he was identified over the weekend as the suspect in ... More >>
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September 27, 2012
Anti-Islamic Subway Ad Scuffle: Time To Pick Sides
It took just over 24 hours for several subway ads featuring an offensive, anti-Islamic message were vandalized, which, somehow, has led to a debate about the First Amendment, as apparent in the comment section of our story abut the vandals posted yesterday.The entire debate is a bit of an enigma/com ... More >>
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September 25, 2012
And Here's the Guy Who Has Been Robbing Everyone at Gunpoint
NYPD is now looking for a man who pulled off a quartet of robberies over the past 48 hours, including two on the same street 10 minutes apart. The suspect, who has only been unidentified from security cameras as a bald, black male, started his string of crime around 4:20 on Sunday morning, robbing ... More >>
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September 21, 2012
Brooklyn Gets Federal Bucks to Combat Domestic Violence Against Immigrant Women
The Brooklyn District Attorney's office will get $900,000 to beef up its program aimed at supporting domestically abused immigrant women. The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded the grant to the borough in order to help Brooklyn better assist domestically abused women w ... More >>
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September 21, 2012
Feds Nail Eleven MS-13 Thugs ("Bam-Bam" And "Scooby" Included)
Federal authorities have rounded up nearly a dozen members of the murderous MS-13 street gang, each of whom face multiple counts of murder, attempted murder, robbery and other acts of thuggery dating back to 2008, the United States Attorney's Office announced today.In a 50-count indictment, the feds ... More >>
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September 18, 2012
New Evidence Emerges About Police Downgrading of Crimes
Accounts of police downgrading crime reports surfaced again on Sunday in a New York Times article, which compared descriptions of crimes in police reports versus the charges eventually brought by prosecutors. The article's author Joseph Goldstein examined more than 100 police reports, and found a n ... More >>
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September 17, 2012
More Intimidating Robbery Weapon: Gun Or Herpes? Discuss
As a Bronx resident notes in an interview with a local TV station, "anything" could be found in a hypodermic needle, including "AIDS, herpes -- anything!" And nobody -- nobody -- wants either of those stigmatic/potentially deadly diseases.That said, a thief is using the threat of potential herpes to ... More >>
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September 14, 2012
Crips Members Unimpressed With "Fake Ass" Facebook Gangsters
There have been a slew of new, young street gangs popping up in New York the last several years -- including the "Very Crispy Gangsters" and "Rockstarz," each of which were "taken down" by law enforcement earlier this week.These new gangsters have taken their battles to the Internet (which is why th ... More >>
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September 12, 2012
Facebook Leads To Fall Of Two Brooklyn Gangs; "Very Crispy Gangsters" Are Crispy No More
As it currently stands, the body count from the ongoing war between the "Rockstarz" and the "Very Crispy Gangsters," both thuggish Brooklyn street gangs, stands at three dead VCG members -- which prompted a member of the "Rockstarz" to post on Facebook that "Rockstarz are up 3-0."Unfortunately for t ... More >>
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September 7, 2012
Kiddie-Porn Officially Illegal In New York Again
Bad news, perverts: kiddie-porn is illegal in New York again.Believe it or not, prior to today, "viewing" kiddie-porn wasn't a crime in the Empire State -- thanks to a ruling in May by the New York State Court of Appeals, which determined that "viewing" kiddie-porn is perfectly legal because of a lo ... More >>
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September 6, 2012
NY GOP Compares Coverup Of Vito Lopez's Pervy-ness To Penn State Scandal
If the many, many allegations of sexual misconduct are true, shamed Assemblyman Vito Lopez is a dirty, dirty old man -- he tells female staffers not to wear bras, shoves his hands up their skirts, etc.The coverup of the disgraced pol's alleged actions by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver are equally s ... More >>
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September 5, 2012
Here's A Fairly Horrifying Photo Of One Of The Stabbings At The West Indian Day Parade
The West Indian Day parade in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn has proven itself to be one of the more popular events in New York City at which to become a victim of violent crime -- and we've come across a pretty gruesome photo to illustrate that fact.Since 2003, the parade has been marred by ... More >>
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September 2, 2012
Fight Turns Bloody at Bronx Playground
On July 22nd, paramedics arrived at the Half-Nelson Playground in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx at around 9pm, only to find a young 22-year-old man named Tashawn Murray covered in blood and sprawled out across the basketball court. Murray was rushed to a nearby hospital and declared d ... More >>
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August 31, 2012
New Jersey Shooting Update: Suspect An Ex-Marine; Killed Two Before Turning Gun On Self
The suspect in this morning's mass-shooting at a New Jersey grocery store has been identified as an ex-Marine who's worked at the store for the last two weeks. Additionally, authorities say he shot two people before turning the gun on himself.Authorities say the suspect entered the Pathmark store in ... More >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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