Tag: Crime
Federal agents raided the well-known Carlyle Hotel on the Upper East Side earlier this morning. There’s a pending investigation involving a Russian organized crime group known to host illegal high-stakes poker matches, many of which are said to cater to Hollywood celebrities, wealthy Wall Street financiers as well as numerous professional athletes. Dozens were arrested […]
Here’s one of the more bizarre art crimes of recent memory. Legendary street artist turned gallery king Phil Frost recently unleashed his considerable talents on a billboard promoting photographer Samuel Bayer’s show at Ace Gallery in Los Angeles. The gallery, presumably happy with the beautification of their sign, neglected to buff it, and now, a […]
If you’re a drinker, chances are there’s been a time when you’ve walked past a beer truck or warehouse and idly wondered how easy it would be t0 rip it off for all the booze you’d like. If you’re like most people, chances are the thought left your head as quickly as it appeared and […]
The New York World created this interactive map of New York City, which compares the 2012 homicide rate of each police precinct to that of a similar international country. Astoria/Long Island City, with its 2.96 homicides per 100,000 people, is like Libya; East Harlem, with its 25 homicides per 100,000 people, is like Brazil. My […]
The New York City medical examiner’s office, which handles forensic investigation of crime scenes, announced yesterday it had failed to send critical DNA samples from crime scenes to a state database. The office’s deputy director of quality assurance has been fired, and the forensic biology director has been suspended over the incident. Sending DNA samples to […]
The police department of Wichita, Kansas is still searching for a culprit in a case of missing weed from their evidence department. They have no specific suspects yet, but they’ve at least been able to narrow things down to a particular species: peromyscus maniculatus, the common mouse. That search produced the above image, perhaps the most […]
Police raided a Borough Park warehouse this weekend and found 30,000 cartons of counterfeit cigarettes from China, masquerading as Marlboros, Newports and Camels. For those keeping track, at 20 cigarettes to a pack and 10 packs to a carton, that makes for a staggering 6 million cigarettes–a $4.5 million bust. “Selling this poison… is a […]
There’s an old axiom that says warm weather tends to drive more violent crime. It makes sense–people are out of their houses and interacting with each other more often, and it only follows that some of those interactions are going to be violent. This week in New York City, with its sub-20-degree temperatures, may have […]
Yesterday in the East Village, 28-year-old Melissa Scott attempted to steal a pair of $350 Jimmy Choo boots, then bit a store employee and drew blood when she was apprehended. Scott then fled from Cadillac’s Castle on 9th Street to St. Mark’s Place, where a police officer made an arrest. Then Scott bit the cop, […]
It turns out that when you leave your house doors unlocked or open, people will take the opportunity to steal your shit. Who knew? Out of 146 burglaries in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights and Downtown Brooklyn last year, 50 instances occurred due to the residents leaving their doors open or unlocked. Their belief that people […]
