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Alleged Cop Shooter Praises Latin Kings At Rowdy Perp Walk, Sister Curses Police

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:00:34 +0000

Luis “Baby” Ortiz, who is accused of shooting NYPD officer Kevin Brennan in the head Tuesday night at the Bushwick Houses, showed no remorse as he was escorted out of the 90th Precinct station house yesterday afternoon. “Yeah, take a picture of me,” Ortiz, 21, told photographers during the perp walk as he smiled, blew kisses to family and friends, and mugged for the cameras. In Spanish, he yelled “I love the Latin Kings,” adding, “You know what it is,” according to the Daily News . His angry supporters also showed little remorse. [ more › ]

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Serial Burglar Terrorizes SoHo, Sometimes Climbs Through Unlocked Windows

Cole Perkins — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:27:28 +0000

Police are seeking a man who they believe is responsible for 15 burglaries in Soho since September: “Police say he typically enters through the window, either climbing down from the rooftop or using the fire escape.” And sometimes apartment dwellers make it easy for him by having unlocked windows. [ more › ]

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"Terrible" CT Police Chief Resigns, Others Want "I Might Have Tacos" Mayor Out, Too

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:33:53 +0000

With four police officers charged with violating the civil rights of Latino community members, through harassment, intimidation and physical violence, East Haven police chief Len Gallo has stepped down effective last Friday. The Courant reports that Mayor Joe Maturo, who famously said he “might have tacos” as a way to reach out to the Latino community, is forming a search committee for a replacement and called Gallo’s resignation an “unselfish act.” Well, is it really unselfish when Gallo is “an unnamed co-conspirator in last week’s federal indictment”? [ more › ]

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Tortaria Brings Tortas And Tequila To Union Square

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:23:46 +0000

The Union Square area hasn’t been starved for food options in decades, and it isn’t likely to anytime soon. Just today the area gets another eatery with the arrival of Tortaria to the corner of 12th Street and University Place. For the hungry tourists and shoppers they’ve got a slew of Mexican sandwiches available and for thirsty NYU students? Tequila bar, anyone? [ more › ]

AC Unit-Pushing Burglar Is Terrorizing Hell’s Kitchen!

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:45:53 +0000

If you haven’t taken your air conditioner in yet (really? Have you noticed it is January?) the NYPD has a good reason for you to do so ASAP. Especially if you live in Hell’s Kitchen . According to the police a burglar has been breaking into apartments in the area by pushing in air conditioners and crawling through windows. [ more › ]

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Queens Man Killed By Explosive May Have Committed Suicide

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:03:44 +0000

Police are investigating whether 50-year-old Theodore Ellinghaus Jr. intentionally set the large firecracker that killed him yesterday, or was fatally wounded by accident. The Post reports that Ellinghaus, who lived with his father in Ozone Park, Queens, lit an M80 firecracker and held it against his body. The device was so powerful it “tore a hole through his stomach, leaving his organs exposed.” Ellinghaus’ father, Theodore Sr., told he paper he doesn’t believe his son would committ suicide. “It was an accident. It went off. He wouldn’t kill himself. He told me he wouldn’t kill himself.” [ more › ]

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Investigators Continue Criminal Probe Into Fatal Stamford House Fire

Cole Perkins — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:40:26 +0000

The Christmas Day house fire that claimed the lives of three little girls and their grandparents is still the focus of a criminal investigation by Connecticut authorities. The Post reports , “Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin said his investigators have talked to several people involved in the work being done on the $1.7 million Stamford home of Manhattan ad exec Madonna Badger.” [ more › ]

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Family Of 12-Year-Old Killed On Delancey Raising Money For Funeral

Cole Perkins — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:15:48 +0000

The grandmother of 12-year-old Dashane Santana, who was struck and killed by a car crossing Delancey Street last week, is in the midst of raising the $8,500 for Dashane’s funeral while she grieves for her granddaughter. “Right now we need about $3,000 by Tuesday,” Teresa Pedroza tells us. “It’s coming in little by little.” Pedroza has sold candy and gone door-to-door asking for donations, which yielded around $600. She hopes that two fundraisers she’s organizing, one today and another tomorrow, will be enough. “All this is out of the blue. Her birthday is in February—we’re supposed to be celebrating that. Now I’m planning a funeral.” [ more › ]

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Snap, Crackle, Pot: Police Say EV Dealer Sold Pot Krispie Treats

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:50:00 +0000

A pot bust on Wednesday in Manhattan gave the Post the chance to crack wise today: ” Pot vendor a ‘cereal’ dealer ,” the tabloid crows this morning. Why? Because the dealer in question wasn’t just selling bud—he was also allegedly selling pot Rice Krispies Treats —get it? ” I guess these guys wanted to take care of the high and the munchies all at once, ” a hilarious anonymous law enforcement source joked to the paper. [ more › ]

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Subway Stabber Unremorseful, Blames Victims For Murder Spree

Cole Perkins — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:56:00 +0000

Yesterday, the 24-year-old Brooklyn man who admitted to killing four people and injuring four others during a 28-hour stabbing rampage across Brooklyn and Manhattan last February was sentenced to 200 years to life in prison. Maksim Gelman was completely without remorse during his sentencing , got into verbal arguments with family members of the deceased, and continued to blame his victims and the police for his murderous rampage: “I am not the bad guy; these people who died, they did bad things to me. It’s not my fault all this happened; the cops knew about it.” [ more › ]

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