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Manhattan Criminal Court

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    As Occupy Arrestees Arraigned, Iris Scans Affect Bail

    ​The first of the more than 70 Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested Saturday afternoon and evening were arraigned yesterday in Manhattan Criminal Court. Exhausted by a night and day in jail and shaken by the violence of the police response to Occupy Wall Street's six-month anniversary celebrati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Kenneth Clarfield, the Flatiron District's Maybe-Menace, Says He Waved Fingers, Not a Gun

    ​So it seems like there might have not been a gun involved in that initially-reported-as-a-hostage situation near the Flatiron Building Wednesday, but at least we got sound bites out of it! After the man in question, 69-year-old Kenneth Clarfield, was released without bail yesterday, he gave ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Paz de la Huerta Pleads Guilty to Harassment, Lotions

    Wikipedia​Actress Paz de la Huerta -- the antithesis of the never-nude, the woman who told the New York Times Magazine the ghost of Elvis gave her an orgasm in Graceland -- pleaded guilty to harassment this morning. She also put lotion on her legs. But we'll get to that later. The charge stems ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Central Park Flasher Says He Just Had to Pee

    ​Pedro Reyes, a 71-year-old man busted on Wednesday night in Central Park near the 79th Street transverse and West Drive for beckoning to two little girls, aged 7 and 8, and exposing himself, says that he didn't flash the girls at all. His excuse: "He claims he is incontinent," says Gordon Lud ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Nearly 73 Million Sharks Are Killed Yearly For Soup; Ben & Jerry's Schweddy Balls Flavor a Possibility

    ​American's three favorite foods? According to a new Oxfam poll, it's pizza, steak and chicken. [TIME] Nearly 73 million sharks are killed every year for shark fin soup, which is having devastating effects on the ocean food chain. [The Atlantic]

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Marcella Caprario Let Off the Hook in Trader Joe's Thai Food Slapping Trial

    ​A new precedent was set today in Manhattan court: if someone gets between you and your frozen food at Trader Joe's, you can slap them so hard that their ears ring, legally. Today, the 37-year-old amateur opera singer and part-time teacher Marcella Caprario was found not guilty on charges of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Trader Joe's Frozen Food Fight Finally Gets Day in Court

    ​Last winter, a fight broke out at the Trader Joe's on the Upper West Side over a vegan pad Thai meal. Today, the case goes to court. Marcella Caprario, a 37-year-old elementary school teacher and amateur opera singer, was shopping with her husband, Bill, when he reached to retrieve a Trader J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Dominique Strauss-Kahn Rape Case Has French Press Obsessed With...the American Press

    ​The most persevering story of the week, judging by the tabloid covers at least, was that of ex-IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was accused last Sunday of attempting to rape a hotel maid near Times Square. Since, members of the press have descended on downtown Manhattan like locusts, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Zdravstvuite! Russian Interpreter Surprises Court by Being Himself

    Kobina Ampah​It's usually the older, Soviet-era types from Sheepshead Bay who are in court, facing the usual illegal fishing charges. Most need a Russian interpreter. But none expect a lanky, bearded African man to rise to their side. Kobina Ampah, 49, is a professional Ghanaian polyglot, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Bordeaux Makes a Comeback Among Wine Hipsters; Fiji Shifts from Water to Wine

    ​In the era of the "hard shake" and big, dense ice, craft bartenders risk injury when shaking up a cold, frothy cocktail. [NY Times] Making your own wine is all the rage with City Winery in Soho, Brooklyn Winery in Williamsburg, and other DIY winemaking operations on Staten Island and in New ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Columbia University Frat-Boy Drug Ring Busted!

    ​Eight people -- including five Columbia University undergrads, one of whom was the student council vice president -- were arrested this morning in a police raid, prosecutors have announced. The students are accused of peddling drugs (including cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, and pot) at campus dorms and f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    'Che!' Eight Judged Guilty of Obscenity

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 5, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 10 'Che!' Eight Judged Guilty of Obscenity by Jonathan Black All eight defendants in the five-week trial of the play "Che!" -- the five performers, the playwright, and the lighting man -- were convicted of o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Rap Sheet: Method Man Arraigned in Staten Island, Jim Jones Pleads Out in Manhattan

    ​Today "with obscene gesture, Method Man brushes past photographers at court," says the Staten Island Advance. The member of Staten Island's Wu-Tang Clan was there to be arraigned for tax evasion. The Advance further reports MM "used an 'Ultimate X-Men' graphic novel to shield his face" as he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Plaxico Burress Gets a Break

    Plaxico Burress, the Giants wide receiver who shot himself in the leg in November and whom Mayor Bloomberg wants sent to prison for gun possession, got his case delayed till June in Manhattan Criminal Court this morning. Though celebrities tend to walk in cases like this, the smart money is betting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2008

    Signs of the Times: The Latest Times Building Climber

    Plaxico Burress, the Giants wide receiver who shot himself in the leg in November and whom Mayor Bloomberg wants sent to prison for gun possession, got his case delayed till June in Manhattan Criminal Court this morning. Though celebrities tend to walk in cases like this, the smart money is betting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2008

    BINGO!: The Tabs' Matching Uma Thurman Stalker Headlines

    Plaxico Burress, the Giants wide receiver who shot himself in the leg in November and whom Mayor Bloomberg wants sent to prison for gun possession, got his case delayed till June in Manhattan Criminal Court this morning. Though celebrities tend to walk in cases like this, the smart money is betting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2006

    Granny Power Take Two: Anti-War Grandmothers Acquitted

    Plaxico Burress, the Giants wide receiver who shot himself in the leg in November and whom Mayor Bloomberg wants sent to prison for gun possession, got his case delayed till June in Manhattan Criminal Court this morning. Though celebrities tend to walk in cases like this, the smart money is betting ... More >>

  • News

    April 11, 2006

    Grandmothers of Invention

    Older is bitter—when it comes to the war in Iraq. A peek inside the granny-power movement.

  • News

    April 4, 2006

    Her Right to Be Obnoxious

    Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned

  • News

    November 15, 2005

    The Source Under Fire

    Here's Your Guide to the Lawsuits, Criminal Charges, and Beefs

  • News

    April 19, 2005

    Baby Madness

    How one young woman's delusions cost her years of freedom

  • News

    April 13, 2004

    A Mob Soprano Sings

    Tough guys, cold cash, and an old hotel: bribery charges haunt carpenters' chief

  • News

    March 9, 2004

    Atlas shrugged

    Judge Hands Labor Racketeering Kingpin a Soft Sentence, Over Prosecutors' Complaints

  • News

    September 23, 2003

    Three Days in NYC Jails

    Black = Terrorist = Thug: The New Racial Profile?

  • News

    August 20, 2002

    Caught in the Act

    Working Through the Criminal Justice System

  • News

    March 5, 2002

    Judge Ross vs. Free Speech

    Disorderly Conduct by Whom?

  • News

    July 17, 2001

    Gil Scott-Heron’s Rap

    Probable Cause and a Poet’s Problems

  • News

    August 24, 1999

    The Felonious Faxman

    There Were No Threats in the 'Criminal' Faxes

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