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April 22, 2013
D.A. Won't Prosecute the Cops Who Pepper-Sprayed and Sucker-Punched Protesters
Late on a Friday afternoon is widely agreed to be the best time for sheepish newsmakers to announce the things they really really hope the media doesn't report on too much. Last Friday afternoon, coming at the end of the most exhausting and depressing news-week in recent memory, was a full-moon-high ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2013
Bookkeeper Indicted for Stealing Nearly $100K from Masa
Rafael Thomas was hired as a bookkeper at Masa -- one of the city's most well-respected and ludicrously expensive Japanese restaurants -- in January, 2011. According to a press release from the Manhattan District Attorney's office, a whole year went by before one of the restaurant's managers reali ... More >>
Blogs
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 >>
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November 15, 2012
Is Case Against Alleged Etan Patz Killer As Un-Winnable As It Seems?
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office yesterday announced that a grand jury has returned an indictment charging 51-year-old Pedro Hernandez with the 1979 murder of 6-year-old Etan Patz.Authorities won't say much about the case, but it appears to be based on little more than Hernandez's confession ... More >>
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November 14, 2012
Former Assemblyman Jimmy Meng to Cop Plea in Fruit-Basket Bribery Case
A fruit basket is a lovely way to show appreciation. But when it's filled with $80,000 in cash, and it's in "appreciation" of bribing prosecutors, it's not a gesture of gratitude, it's a felony.So goes the tragic tale of former Assemblyman Jimmy Meng -- the first Asian-American elected to the New Yo ... More >>
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November 14, 2012
Etan Patz Disappearance: Pedro Hernandez Charged With Murder
The man authorities believe is responsible for the 1979 kidnapping and death of 6-year-old Etan Patz was indicted on murder charges this afternoon -- five months after confessing to killing the boy.Pedro Hernandez has been charged with two counts of second degree murder and one count of kidnapping f ... More >>
Blogs
November 13, 2012
Manhattan Millionaires Dupe Government Into Giving Them Nearly $200K In Welfare Benefits
A couple of Manhattan millionaires were arrested this morning on charges that they ripped off the government to the tune of nearly $200,000 over the past six years by pretending to be poor in order to collect welfare benefits.We're not sure what's more disturbing: the fact that millionaires are alle ... More >>
Blogs
November 8, 2012
MLB Free Agent Delmon Young Sentenced to Some Hard Time at the Museum of Tolerance for Using Anti-Semitic Slur
Looks like Major League Baseball player Delmon Young is about to get his mouth washed out with some tolerance. Young pleaded guilty yesterday to an aggravated harassment charge stemming from an April incident in Manhattan where he shouted an anti-Semitic slur at a group of four men and then tackle ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2012
Jeffrey Bernstein Sentenced to 3-10 Years in Prison for Screwing Mental Health Nonprofit Out of Millions
Jeffrey Bernstein learned yesterday that paying your bills with stolen money from your nonprofit organization is not only a crummy thing to do, but it will also earn you at least three years in prison. A Manhattan court judge sentenced Bernstein, 62, to 3 1/3 to 10 years in years in prison yesterd ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2012
Prosecutors Investigating Shelly Silver's Kids Over Voter-Fraud Allegations
More bad news for embattled Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver: The Manhattan District Attorney's Office is reportedly looking into allegations of voter fraud against the speaker's children.As we reported earlier this week, Silver's kids are all voting in the powerful Democratic pol's district (presumab ... More >>
Blogs
August 29, 2012
Horse Carriage Union Tries To Slam D.A. Cy Vance Over Failure To Charge Activist; Fails Miserably
The Horse and Carriage Association held a press conference this morning to "say goodbye" to "Oreo," a horse that got spooked earlier this month and raised a little hell in midtown before he could be captured. Three people were injured.The union also used this morning's press conference to attempt to ... More >>
Blogs
August 20, 2012
MTA Employees Indicted For Failing To Do A Job That Probably Doesn't Need To Be Done In The First Place
Apparently, there is an entire staff of MTA employees whose job it is to inspect the subway's signal system, several of whom have falsified multiple documents claiming they'd inspected various signals when in fact they hadn't.That said, the MTA -- and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office -- assu ... More >>
Blogs
August 6, 2012
Manhattan D. A. Cy Vance Would Love Your DNA
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's job would be a hell of a lot easier if he had at his disposal the DNA of every person on the planet. But he doesn't, so the DNA of convicted criminals will have to do -- even if those "criminals" are convicted of things like fortune telling, adultery, and being ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2012
Cy Vance Goes Gangbusters In Harlem; "Flow Boyz" Crack-Slangin' Operation Takes Hit
If you've been buying your crack at East Harlem housing projects, you may need to find a new commodities distributor -- the crack distribution operations of two alleged gangs were shut down yesterday, and nearly 20 alleged gangsters are on the hook for multiple crack-related felonies.The two gangs - ... More >>
News
August 1, 2012
The Weird Story of Jimmy Meng's Sting Arrest
The $80,000 Fruit Basket
Blogs
July 12, 2012
D.A. Cy Vance On Elephant Poaching (Yes, Elephant Poaching): "We Mean Business"
If there's one thing Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance won't tolerate, it's elephant poaching. Granted, elephants aren't indigenous to Manhattan, and there aren't pachyderm poachers running around Central Park, but as we learned this afternoon, the casualties of the elephant poaching problem find ... 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 >>
Blogs
June 13, 2012
Phony Immigration Attorney Gets Nine Months In Jail For Screwing Chinese Immigrant Out Of More Than $100k
A Manhattan woman who posed as an immigration attorney to scam a Chinese immigrant is heading to the hoosegow.Jennifer Lam, 39, pleaded guilty in March to one count each of grand larceny in the third degree and unadmitted and unregistered practices as an attorney for scamming the immigrant out of mo ... 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
May 25, 2012
Etan Patz Murder: A Tip Of The Cap To Manhattan D.A. Cy Vance
More than 30 years after the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, it seems authorities finally have their man -- and props must go out to Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance for his decision to reopen a case that sat cold for more than three decades.Vance didn't crack the case, nor did he lead po ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2012
Cops Release New Photo Of Real Manhattan Serial Groper
Just a few days after charges were dropped against a man falsely accused of being a serial pervert, police have released a new photo of the man they say is responsible for copping several unwelcome feels in Manhattan over the last few months.As you can see in the photo above, the new image is much m ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2012
Can Protesting Stop-and-Frisk Get You Convicted of Disorderly Conduct?
Can you get jailed for protesting a polemic cop policy in front of a police precinct? A Manhattan judge delivered a guilty disorderly conduct verdict this afternoon to a group of 20 political protesters, including Princeton Prof Cornel West, the Associated Press reports. The charge is considered a ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2012
Etan Patz Disappearance: Authorities Searching SoHo Apartment Building
A law enforcement source confirms to the Voice that authorities currently are searching a building in SoHo looking for clues in the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz."The search on Prince Street is for new evidence in the Patz case," the source says, declining to go into further detail about what evid ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2012
DA Cyrus Vance: Beating Your Wife Shouldn't Be Like "Jumping A Subway Turnstile"
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance was in Albany today, where he spoke to the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence as part of the group's "Legislative Awareness Day."His message was simple: beating your wife is "the same crime as jumping the subway turnstile." No, the district ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2012
Innocence Project: Cuomo's DNA Bill Doesn't Include Other Measures to Stop Wrongful Convictions
The state legislature and Gov. Cuomo are under fire for on the one hand, backing legislation that requires everyone arrested in the state to provide a DNA sample, while at the same time, not taking other steps proven to reduce wrongful convictions. (These other steps relate to how police and prosecu ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2012
DNA Databanks: Not Just For Felons Anymore
Big brother just got a little bigger...Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders announced yesterday their agreement on a bill that would allow authorities to obtain the DNA of anyone convicted of a felony or a penal law misdemeanor and put it in a DNA databank that law enforcement officials ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2012
Cops Crack 23-Year-Old Decapitation Case; Murderous Rapist Philip Ward Hit With New Charges
The New York Police Department has linked the 1989 decapitation murder of a pregnant Manhattan woman to Philip Ward, the father of two of the victim's children, who currently is a guest of the state doing a life sentence for rape and murder convictions.According to the Manhattan District Attorney ... More >>
Blogs
February 28, 2012
James Carter, Convicted Murderer and Gun Trafficker, Gets 16 Years in Prison (UPDATE)
James Carter, an ex-con with murder on his rap sheet, will spend 16 years behind bars for illegally selling firearms -- including semiautomatic handguns and a sawed-off shotgun, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance announced today. Carter, 45, was just sentenced. He had pleaded guilty Jan. 23 t ... More >>
Blogs
February 24, 2012
Jose Rojas, Subway Pusher, Found Guilty of Shoving Ute Linhart into Oncoming Train
Ute Linhart was waiting for a northbound train at the West 28th Street N/R Stop on Aug 11, 2010. As she stood there, a drunk man -- Jose Rojas -- was accosting some other commuters on the narrow platform. He then walked directly toward Linhart, moved behind her, and shoved her into the oncoming ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2012
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Talks Cyberbullying
We often write about the latest efforts of the Manhattan District Attorney to sentence criminals and stop crime in the city. His news releases alert us to crime activity throughout the borough, but today, we thought we'd update you on DA Cy Vance's initiatives to address a different kind of crime sc ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2012
New York Post Defends Front Page Photo Of Kelly Accuser
On Thursday, we alerted you to the New York Post's front page, which despicably featured a photo of Greg Kelly's accuser and scare quotes around the word "rape." We weren't the only ones who thought that. Other media outlets like Daily Intel and Jezebel expressed similar sentiments, and a Fac ... More >>
Blogs
February 6, 2012
Anthony Smith, Michael Smith, and Melvin Peters Get Prison for Murder of Roy Huntley
Roy Huntley died at the hands of a gang of thugs during a grisly robbery-turned-slaying that took place on Sept. 28, 2008. Michael Smith, Anthony Smith, and Melvin Peters roughed up the 24-year-old husband and father of two in 2050 Eighth Avenue, stealing his watch and other small property b ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
Stealing from Non-Profits Is the Hottest New Trend
Looks like the hip thing to do is to make non-profits even less profitable. For the third time in a week, a New Yorker has been accused of illegally pocketing megabucks from a non-profit. The Manhattan District Attorney says that Jeffrey Bernstein swindled more than $2,500,000 from the Albert Ell ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
One Year Later, Miguel Padilla Sentenced for East Harlem Shooting of 13-Year-Old
On New Year's Day in 2011, Miguel Padilla shot a semiautomatic pistol several times at a Chevy Impala following a dispute over a parking space. The shots did not strike the victim, but instead hit a 13-year-old boy who was a passenger in a nearby minivan. The gunshots shattered the rear window of th ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
Chelsea Elliott, Pepper-Sprayed by NYPD, Plans to Join Kaylee Dedrick in Pressing Charges
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal reported that Kaylee Dedrick, a 24-year-old teacher's aide and one of the five Occupy Wall Street protesters pepper-sprayed by an NYPD officer on Saturday, September 24, has, via her attorney, Ronald Kuby, asked Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance to file assault ... More >>
News
July 6, 2011
Mata and Moreno's Previous Late-Night Incident
What the jury didn't hear: the recently acquitted NYPD officers had another reported issue with a young woman
Blogs
July 6, 2011
This Week In The Voice: Mata and Moreno's Other Incident
This week in the Voice, Graham Rayman brings light to another case involving Kenneth Moreno, Franklin Mata, and a young, intoxicated woman. Just a few months before the alleged rape for which they were acquitted, the two were accused of being verbally abusive to a woman, refusing to take her ... More >>
Blogs
May 24, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Could Pay Off Accuser's Family
The New York Post reports this morning that Dominique Strauss-Kahn's wealthy friends are trying to spring him from a Manhattan rape trial by paying off the accuser's international family. The ex-IMF boss is accused of attempting to rape a hotel maid and forcing her to perform oral sex, and de ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2011
Queens Terror Case: Hmm, Sounds a Lot Like the Newburgh 4 'Plot'
Buried in the middle of an article today about the takedown of supposed would-be terrorists Ahmed Ferhani and Mohamed Mamdouh by the NYPD is the following: "Federal prosecutors declined to press the case, saying the plan was more aspirational than operational," sources said. And there was ... More >>
Blogs
September 10, 2010
Ray Kelly's Spokesman Paul Browne Denies "Quotas," Union Boss and Crime Commission Chief Beg To Differ
Citizens Crime Commission President Richard Aborn and police union president Patrick Lynch offered their takes this afternoon on the newest of the "NYPD Tapes," which reveal precinct commanders threatening to penalize officers who don't hit their quotas. "My belief is that quotas are not go ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2010
NYPD Forced to Apologize Publicly to Rape Victim for Downgrading Her Attack
Last week, the Voice revealed that a cop had audiotaped his superior officers during roll calls at the 81st Precinct in Brooklyn for more than a year. Those tapes show vividly that NYPD street cops are told by superiors to "downgrade" crime reports whenever possible, such as convincing a vic ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2010
At Cy Vance Swearing-in Ceremony, One Mayor Missing
Mike Bloomberg couldn't make yesterday evening's giant swearing-in ceremony at the Great Hall at City College for new Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. Ex-mayor Ed Koch was there, as was David Dinkins, who gave a sweet speech hailing Vance as someone who cared as much about preventing cri ... More >>
Columns
December 29, 2009
Robert Morgenthau Goes Out on a Roll
After five decades, the D.A. who did it his way packs up
Blogs
November 20, 2009
When Restaurants Behave Badly
In the annals of bad restaurant behavior, this past week has been a doozy. Scarcely a day has gone by without news of stolen wages, indictment for tax evasion, or just plain crazy-ass behavior. Obviously, shady business practices and shitty treatment of workers are nothing new in the restaur ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2009
Equal Opportunity Raiders Hit All NYC Dailies
Fear not New York Times. You are not alone! Actually, as we type, raiders from the office of the Manhattan District Attorney's office are busy hauling records from the distribution offices at all of the city's major dailies, not just the old gray lady. Investigators this morning hit the Times ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2009
Morgenthau Night at the Javits Center
Being Veterans Day eve, it was fitting that past and present employees of the Manhattan District Attorney's office gathered last night to honor their outgoing boss, Robert Morgenthau, who has headed the office since 1975. Morgenthau is a veteran of the Second World War where he served as a L ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2009
Oh, All Right: Richard Aborn at Pride
Manhattan D.A. Candidate Richard Aborn's people must have noticed that we had a photo of Cy Vance at the Pride Parade, so they sent us this. We don't want to lose our hard-won reputation for objectivity, so here he is (the tall drink o' water in the middle) with some of his supporters from Glad & ... More >>
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October 6, 1998
Down in the Old Hotel
Landlords Trade Tenants for Tourists at SROs
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