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Grand Larceny

  • 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

  • Film

    February 29, 2012

    Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?

    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

    Assemblyman Rory Lancman Announces Anti-Hate Crime Bill

    A recent spate of anti-semitic hate crimes has prompted Queens Assemblyman Rory Lancman to propose a law that would toughen penalties on perps who vandalize houses of worship. The proposed measure would amend the current penal code, so vandalism and thefts that take place on religious property wou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Robert Caballero and Gordon Jenkins Face Charges of Stealing $310,000 from the Poor

    ​What's worse than stealing money? Why, stealing from poor people, of course! And that's exactly what Robert Caballero and Gordon Jenkins are accused of doing, according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance. Vance indicted 53-year-old Caballero and 72-year-old Jenkins today on f ... More >>

  • Film

    January 25, 2012

    A Leap Into the Familiar: Wrong-Man Thriller Man on a Ledge Goes Thud

    ​What's worse than stealing money? Why, stealing from poor people, of course! And that's exactly what Robert Caballero and Gordon Jenkins are accused of doing, according to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance. Vance indicted 53-year-old Caballero and 72-year-old Jenkins today on f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    NYPD, FDNY Year-End Numbers Show Overall Good News, Some Trouble Spots

    A bit of good news as the passing of 2011 nears: homicides were down five percent for the year, the overall crime rate was flat, and fires killed just 64 people, the second lowest number of fire fatalities since 1916, the mayor's office says. But the neighborhood crime numbers reveal several trouble ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    The Occupation in East New York, Two Weeks Later

    The Indeypendent​It's been two weeks since hundreds of Occupy Wall Street organizers landed in East New York to reclaim and renovate a vacant house that will eventually become the residence of a homeless mother Tasha Glasgow and her two children. Now, in the wake of OWS's three-month anniver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    A One-Two Punch For The Oscars

    ​ The Oscars desperately need to get some glory back after their last dismal telecast. But when they announced Eddie Murphy as a host, we all wondered, "Isn't he on a bit of a career slide? Is he really the kind of piping-hot star they need right now?" Besides, don't Eddie's hideous homophob ... More >>

  • Film

    November 2, 2011

    Tower Heist: Stealing From the Rich to. . . Make a Funny Movie

    ​ The Oscars desperately need to get some glory back after their last dismal telecast. But when they announced Eddie Murphy as a host, we all wondered, "Isn't he on a bit of a career slide? Is he really the kind of piping-hot star they need right now?" Besides, don't Eddie's hideous homophob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Guy Accidentally Carjacks Poodle, Kids

    ​Today in an exclusive the New York Post tells the harrowing tale of a car thief in Queens who found himself the unlucky temporary possessor of van containing two "plucky" (read: adorably obnoxious) little boys and their similarly adorably obnoxious mini-poodle. They heckled him ("Do you know ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark Airports All Having Issues These Days

    ​At Newark airport, your  flight will rarely be on time. At JFK, your stuff might get stolen: according to the Post, larcenies at Kennedy Airport are up 30 percent from the first half of 2010 (the most commonly stolen items are laptops and iPads). Looks like we're all booking out of LaGuardia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    "Geovanni Kasanova," Bronx Con Man, Seduced Bank Tellers In Identity Theft Scheme

    The real Casanova.​Pro tip for single ladies: if a man introduces himself to you at a club as Geovanni Kasanova, it's a big red flag. Do not become his girlfriend. Do not let him convince you to access people's accounts at the bank where you work, making you a co-conspirator in a large-scale grand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 13, 2011

    BAD ASS 4 LIFE

    From cop killer to cop actor

  • News

    March 9, 2011

    NYC's Ten Worst Tenants

    We hope you don't live next to these people

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Great Christmas Day Diamond Heist in Chelsea

    NYPD​Amid 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 >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 29, 2010

    BREAKING THE LAW

    A writer turns to crime

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    'Busy Chef' Dan Kaufman Now in Trouble With Local Sex Blogger

    Dan Kaufman, alleged lousy boyfriend.​The last time Dan Kaufman was in the news, it was thanks thanks to charges of grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property stemming from his alleged theft of a friend's credit card. That, of course, was after Kaufman made local headlines tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Is Crime Increasing Because NYPD Has Stopped Fudging Stats?

    ​The influential crime reporter Murray Weiss, ex-chief of the New York Post police bureau, is weighing in on the questions being raised about the extent of manipulating crime statistics by NYPD commanders. In a column for the website, DNAInfo.com, Weiss reports that Police Commissioner Ray Ke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Suspect in Latest West Village Gay Attacks Was on Parole

    ​Following the latest in a string of gay "bias attacks," police have arrested a 45-year-old Queens man for attacking two men in the West Village Friday night, including a bartender at what authorities called the city's oldest gay bar, Julius. The suspect was already on parole for a separate, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Voice's NYPD Tapes to Get a Hearing by FBI Officials

    By Michael Cohen ​FBI officials will hear excerpts from the recordings of police bosses' harangues at street cops to manipulate crime stats, revealed in the Voice's NYPD Tapes series, when two criminologists present their research at a crime data conference at John Jay College later today. P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Motorized Wheelchair-Thief on the Loose in NYC

    The suspect​Of all the things you have to worry about! Now it's heading over to your favorite spot for a nice, quiet steak dinner, parking your wheels outside, savoring your delicious meal, and finally, returning outside to find your transport disappeared. Such is the case for a recent 68-year ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Quotas and Victim Intimidation? Of Course, Says Another NYPD Veteran

    ​Marquez Claxton spent 20 years as a police officer and a detective in the NYPD, most recently in Williamsburg's 90th Precinct. He retired as a detective second grade. He worked in narcotics as an undercover, in vice, in domestic violence, and was involved in the investigation of thousands of ... More >>

  • News

    May 4, 2010

    The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct

    ​Marquez Claxton spent 20 years as a police officer and a detective in the NYPD, most recently in Williamsburg's 90th Precinct. He retired as a detective second grade. He worked in narcotics as an undercover, in vice, in domestic violence, and was involved in the investigation of thousands of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    "Cake Mixx" Exhibit Posits that Baked Goods Can Predict the Future of Your Relationship

    Dustin Wayne Harris/Heist GalleryIt didn't end well.​ While at least one-quarter of Fork in the Road is well-versed in the art of cake eating, cake reading has been, until now, a completely foreign concept. Thanks to the Heist Gallery, that is about to change: Beginning tonight at 6 p.m., the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

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

    ​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. With 440 murders so far this year, there likely will be fewer than 500 homicides for the year. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Crime Beat: Precinct of the Week -- Rugby-Remsen Village! (Plus a Comparison With Williamsburg)

    See the crime reports compiled by EveryBlock.com Congratulations to the 67th Precinct in Brooklyn, our Precinct of the Week. No offense to the good people and good cops there in the heart of Brooklyn and including the Rugby-Remsen Village neighborhood, but there was actually plenty of offense durin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Crime is down (Times), But it's bloody in Staten Island (News)

    ​There are dramatically dueling macro and micro takes on the state of crime in the city this morning. The big picture, of course, comes from the Times which reports that, despite growing local poverty and economic woes, crime stats are still trending lower. "Murder, considered the bellwether ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Breaking: H&H Bagels Owner Indicted for Stealing Withholding Taxes and Unemployment Insurance Tax Evasion

    Ty Hewitt/New York Magazine​Earlier this afternoon, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau announced the arrest and indictment of Helmer Toro, the owner of H&H Bagels, for stealing withholding taxes and evading unemployment insurance tax in connection with his wholesale and retail busin ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 20, 2009

    The Unholy Three

    Ty Hewitt/New York Magazine​Earlier this afternoon, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau announced the arrest and indictment of Helmer Toro, the owner of H&H Bagels, for stealing withholding taxes and evading unemployment insurance tax in connection with his wholesale and retail busin ... More >>

  • News

    March 18, 2008

    The NYPD Ignores Leap Day Crimes to Keep Stats Low

    CompStat might not count a February 29th murder, but the neighborhood does

  • Film

    March 20, 2007

    Oh, The Humanity of a Heist

    Noir screenwriter makes strong directorial debut; Joseph Gordon-Levitt awes again in character-driven theft thriller

  • Film

    October 17, 2006

    'Cocaine Cowboys'

    Noir screenwriter makes strong directorial debut; Joseph Gordon-Levitt awes again in character-driven theft thriller

  • Film

    July 11, 2006

    'Little Man'

    Noir screenwriter makes strong directorial debut; Joseph Gordon-Levitt awes again in character-driven theft thriller

  • News

    December 20, 2005

    Something's Missing

    Crime-stat revelation: 'Lost property' reports mysteriously soar

  • NYC Life

    May 17, 2005

    Close-Up on Bedford-Stuyvesant

    Crime-stat revelation: 'Lost property' reports mysteriously soar

  • NYC Life

    December 28, 2004

    Close-Up on Elmhurst

    Crime-stat revelation: 'Lost property' reports mysteriously soar

  • Film

    November 30, 2004

    The Flirty Dozen

    We know what they did last summer: Paid vacation makes for surprisingly snazzy sequel

  • Film

    November 2, 2004

    Film

    We know what they did last summer: Paid vacation makes for surprisingly snazzy sequel

  • NYC Life

    October 19, 2004

    Close-Up on Jamaica

    We know what they did last summer: Paid vacation makes for surprisingly snazzy sequel

  • Film

    February 17, 2004

    This charming man: From Eurotrash to aristocrats

    We know what they did last summer: Paid vacation makes for surprisingly snazzy sequel

  • News

    November 25, 2003

    Double Dutch in a War Zone

    On Ghetto Streets, It's Bloodshed and Tears All Over Again

  • Film

    June 3, 2003

    False Grooves

    Tribes and Tribulations

  • NYC Life

    November 26, 2002

    Close-Up on Yorkville

    Tribes and Tribulations

  • NYC Life

    May 14, 2002

    Close-Up On: Hoboken

    Tribes and Tribulations

  • NYC Life

    May 7, 2002

    Close-Up On: Bedford-Stuyvesant

    Tribes and Tribulations

  • Film

    November 6, 2001

    Lost in the House of Games

    Tribes and Tribulations

  • Film

    July 3, 2001

    Battles Royale

    Tribes and Tribulations

  • Film

    September 14, 1999

    Hey! They're Workin' Here!

    Tribes and Tribulations

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