Crime

BRONX DA: CASES OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

BRONX DA: CASES OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Cases of Interest for the Week of September 14, 2015   Monday, September 14th, 2015 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Greenfield, D. Justice Fabrizio Part 98   Decision on Motions CHRISTOPHER GARCIA, JAVIER POLANCO,  CRISTIAN JUAREZ […]

by · September 13, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
BRONX DA: 49 NEW ASSISTANT D.A. APPOINTMENTS

BRONX DA: 49 NEW ASSISTANT D.A. APPOINTMENTS

49 NEW ASSISTANT D.A. APPOINTMENTS FILL THE BRONX DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S RANKS   (Bronx, NY – September 8, 2015) – Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson announces the appointment of 49 new Assistant District Attorneys.   The new ADAs, from law schools […]

by · September 10, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
NYC CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD ISSUES 2015 MID-YEAR REPORT: COMPLAINTS ARE DOWN, SUBSTANTIATIONS ARE INCREASING AND VIDEO EVIDENCE IS INCREASINGLY PARAMOUNT TO INVESTIGATIONS

NYC CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD ISSUES 2015 MID-YEAR REPORT: COMPLAINTS ARE DOWN, SUBSTANTIATIONS ARE INCREASING AND VIDEO EVIDENCE IS INCREASINGLY PARAMOUNT TO INVESTIGATIONS

The NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) issued its 2015 Semi-Annual Report today which details four key trends: 1) a declining number of complaints against officers, reaching the lowest level since 2001;  2) an increase in the rate at which […]

by · September 8, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime

Senator Klein & City Council Speaker Mark-Viverito thank Craigslist for yanking K2 posts and urge other sites to follow company’s lead

State Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester), City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito and other elected leaders thanked Craigslist for immediately responding to their request to remove classifieds from their website that advertised the drug, K2.   “As we fight against the […]

by · September 8, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
Research Says Criminals Are Encouraged By Weak Gun Laws | The Trace

Research Says Criminals Are Encouraged By Weak Gun Laws | The Trace

Via The Trace: “The pervasive rightwing case against tougher gun regulation is neatly captured by this soundbite from Marco Rubio: “My skepticism about gun laws is criminals don’t follow the law,” the Republican senator and presidential candidate has said. “They don’t care what the […]

by · September 8, 2015 · Crime, Law, Op Ed
Carey Gabey, A Cuomo Administration Lawyer Shot In Brooklyn Overnight

Carey Gabey, A Cuomo Administration Lawyer Shot In Brooklyn Overnight

The New York Daily News reported that Carey Gabey, 43, a lawyer who works for Gov. Cuomo was critically wounded when a gunman began “spraying” into a crowd of revelers on a Brooklyn street hours before the start of the West […]

by · September 7, 2015 · Crime, Government
Safest Summer In 20 Years Says NYPD

Safest Summer In 20 Years Says NYPD

Crime and shootings are at historic lows, with over 40,000 fewer arrests and 58,000 fewer criminal court summonses   New York City experienced the safest summer (June 1 through August 31) in the modern crime tracking era of the department. Additionally both shootings and murders were […]

*** NYPD B.O.L.O. ALERT: $2500 Reward for Brooklyn Rape Suspect ***

*** NYPD B.O.L.O. ALERT: $2500 Reward for Brooklyn Rape Suspect ***

  BE ON THE LOOKOUT!  Up to $2,500 REWARD  for Information Regarding A RAPE Perpetrator and perpetrator’s shorts The NYPD seeks the public’s assistance in apprehending a rapist. On Sunday, August 30, 2015 at approximately 12:15 A.M., on Rockaway Parkway […]

Times Square ‘Desnudas’ Charged With Drug Dealing, Prostitution

Times Square ‘Desnudas’ Charged With Drug Dealing, Prostitution

PIX11 News is reporting that police arrested one of Times Square’s “Painted Ladies” along with an alleged drug-dealing associate in a sting Wednesday, according to police. And Newschannel 4 is reported that the same topless, ‘desnudas’ has been arrested on prostitution charges. […]

by · September 3, 2015 · Crime
Today’s Verdict: Time For Tougher Gun Laws Is Now

Today’s Verdict: Time For Tougher Gun Laws Is Now

THE TIME FOR TOUGHER GUN LAWS IS NOW!   Although much of my time in front of a television camera occurs while I am seated at a round table filming “Today’s Verdict”, the killing of the two U.S. journalists during […]

by · September 2, 2015 · Crime, Op Ed
BRONX DA: 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A MEMORIAL DAY KILLING

BRONX DA: 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A MEMORIAL DAY KILLING

20 YEARS FOR A MEMORIAL DAY KILLING Sentencing for 2008 Mt. Hope Gun Death of a Yonkers Man   (Bronx, NY – August 27, 2015) – Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson today announced the sentencing of 32-year-old CADMAN WILLIAMS to 20 […]

by · September 1, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
Trafficked Guns Are Like ‘Cockroaches’ | The Trace

Trafficked Guns Are Like ‘Cockroaches’ | The Trace

Spot treatments don’t work if the larger problem is left unchecked by Mike Spies — The Trace Imagine the United States is an apartment building with a cockroach problem. Some residents, unsettled by the creatures, hire exterminators to end the […]

by · September 1, 2015 · Crime, News
BRONX DA: CASES OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 31, 2015

BRONX DA: CASES OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 31, 2015

Cases of Interest for the Week of August 31, 2015   Monday, August 31, 2015 ADA Judge Part # Next Court Date Defendant Name Case Details Scaccia, C. Justice Barrett Part 60   Appearance CHRISTOPHER LONDONIO & TERRANCE CALDWELL Londonio […]

by · August 30, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
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DJ Scott La Rock Shot and Killed On This Day In 1987

Via The Trace (an anti-gun violence newsletter): August 27, 1987 Scott Monroe Sterling, a rapper who performed as DJ Scott La Rock, was shot and killed while trying to diffuse a love triangle at a housing project in the South Bronx. He was […]

BRONX DA: CASES OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 24, 2015

BRONX DA: CASES OF INTEREST FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 24, 2015

  Cases of Interest for the Week of August 24, 2015   Monday, August 24th, 2015 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Datta, R. Justice Montano Part AP3   Trial KEITH CRAWLEY Crawley is charged with Menacing […]

by · August 24, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime