While some banks may have today off for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, the cops have warned them that thieves never take time off and target holiday weekends for robbing branches. Apparently the police sent out a memo telling banks to be “extremely vigilant” for teams of thieves planning elaborate heists! [ more › ]
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Long Weekends Are Perfect For "Ocean’s Eleven" Bank Heists, Says NYPD
Dashane Santana, the 12-year-old girl who was struck and killed by a minivan crossing Delancey Street yesterday had dreams of attending Juliard and becoming an actress. “She was a loving little girl—that was my girl,” Santana’s mother, Shamika Benjamin told the Post. Benjamin seemed to confirm the accounts of two witnesses who said that Santana was held up in the middle of the street as the traffic light turned green. “She was crossing the street when she dropped her bookbag.” Police have not charged the 58-year-old driver of the van, and are deeming the tragedy an accident. [ more › ]
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12-Yr-Old Killed On Delancey Street Mourned As Local Pols Demand Action
Last night, off the Italian coast near Tuscany, a luxury cruise ship ran aground by the island of Giglio, setting off a “panicked” evacuation from the ship. So far, Italian authorities say 4,165 of the 4,234 passengers and crew have been accounted for, with at least three bodies found. Laurie Willits, a passenger who had been watching a magic show on the boat, told CNN , “All of a sudden the lights flashed and the boat tipped like it was turning, but it didn’t return to level. And then we heard a scraping noise to the left of the ship and my husband said ‘we’re sliding off our seats… something’s wrong.’” [ more › ]
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Luxury Cruise Runs Aground Off Italy, At Least 3 Dead
Police suspect that a seven-year-veteran NYPD officer has been moonlighting as a pimp. Officer Monty Green has been the subject of an Internal Affairs probe since 2009, and hasn’t been formally charged with anything. But their investigation report claims they have taped evidence of him “discussing prostitution-related activities.” Green denied the charged to the News : “That’s not me. I don’t know anything about that.” [ more › ]
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NYPD Believe Vice Officer Moonlighted As A Pimp
The NYPD has arrested almost 2,000 protesters since the Occupy Wall Street movement began, and some of those arrested have refused to go the usual route taken by demonstrators. Typically, someone arrested for disorderly conduct at a protest will agree to an ACD (Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal), which means that the charges are dropped after six months if the individual stays out of trouble (or whatever our police state considers “trouble” these days ). But some of those arrested are refusing the routine plea deal and are demanding a trial, because they insist the charges are bogus. And yesterday, prosecutors decided to back down and drop the charges against 21 of them. [ more › ]
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Manhattan DA Drops Charges Against 21 Occupy Wall Street Protesters
Oh yeah, wait a minute Mr. Postman —are you even really a postman? The FBI says that a bank robber disguised as a UPS worker hit up a Queens bank yesterday. And this bank robber made sure not to mistakenly hand his gun to the cashier. [ more › ]
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Please Mr. Postman: Police Search For Bank Robber Disguised As UPS Worker
The video clip that appears to show a Utica road cop planting drugs during a traffic stop last February doesn’t tell the whole story, Utica police Chief Mark Williams insists. Although the officer is seen removing a bag of white powder from his pocket before reaching into the vehicle with the same bag half a minute later, Williams claims the full video shows that the officer, Paul Paladino, had earlier found the drug’s in the suspect’s pocket. He then temporarily placed it in his own pocket as he continued to search the perps and the vehicle, Williams says. [ more › ]
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Upstate Police Chief Says Full Video Proves Utica Cop Wasn’t Planting Drugs
Police arrested a man accused of attacking a woman in her East 7th Street apartment early on New Year’s Day. According to the Post, passers-by heard the victim yelling, “Please don’t rape me!” [ more › ]
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Woman Attacked In Her East Village Building On New Year’s
Welcome back to work, everyone. Our own Tien Mao spotted Santa on the subway this morning, all suited up in solidarity with fellow 9-to-5ers returning to the office after the holiday season. This was taken on the A train, and Santa got off in DUMBO at High Street… so he probably works at Etsy, or Jane’s Carousel . [ more › ]
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Back To The Grind: Suited Up Santa Spotted On The Subway
Police are investigating a series of firebombings in Queens late last night as possible bias crimes. Between 8 p.m. and 10:15, four locations within two miles of each other in Jamaica, Queens were hit by Molotov cocktails. One of the locations was a private residence on 107th Avenue that caught fire after the burning bottles struck it, and it took more than 60 firefighters to bring it under control, the Times reports . Another target was an Islamic center on the Van Wyck Expressway. [ more › ]
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Starbucks Bottles Used As Molotov Cocktails In Possible Hate Crimes In Queens