Bronx’s “Number One Enemy” has been captured. Ruben (Chullo) Pizzano, 23, was caught after a tipster led law enforcement to Pizzaro was wanted in the shooting death of David Rivera, 24, in November. The murder was caught on camera. INSERT VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/wRfzCIXVtKE Pizzaro and Rivera fought outside a Crotona Avenue day care center. The […]
READ MOREIt is Not a Victimless Crime When Cops are Corrupt
A relative of Jeremy Reichberg tried to remove cell phones from his home on the day of his capture according to Manhattan federal prosecutors. Jeremy Reichberg pleaded not guilty to charges that he bribed NYPD Deputy Chief Michael Harrington and Deputy Inspector James Grant with bling, hookers, and cash. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara accused […]
READ MOREA Freakish Shot and Two Families Torn Apart
The shot could not be duplicated even by the best marksman in the state. Fired from the parking lot of a small, cramped neighborhood grocery, the bullet traveled over 300 feet — longer than a football field, split a narrow gap between two apartment buildings and ricocheted off a metal door frame before striking a […]
READ MORERussian Hacker Gets a Ticket to Prison for Hacking StubHub
The leader in a global ticket-scam group was sent to prison Wednesday for four to twelve years. Prosecutors said he could have used his “high aptitude” for something other than misconduct. Vadim Polyakov managed a group which was able to enter over 1,000 StubHub accounts. Next, along with cohorts, they would use the seized information […]
READ MORETop Ten Mortgage Servicing Abuses
Mortgage Abuse: And You Really Thought the Lender Was On Your Side While “Robo-signing” has made the headlines, many loan companies have identified methods to speed foreclosures and generate fees all payable by the homeowner. Many of the uppermost mortgage servicing abuses could be curtailed with a little research and caution by the potential home […]
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Leopoldo López: Venezuela’s Leading Champion No toilet paper. Little electricity. Hospitals overloaded with patients laying on the floor. This is the situation that bedevils Venezuela today, not long after the death of the tyrannical Hugo Chávez and the increasing state crackdowns by his successor. Before everything deteriorated though, when the government began to steal from […]
READ MORENew York City Subway Sexual Assaults Down — Or Are They?
Complaints of sexual offense on the New York City subway system have risen over 50 percent compared to the same time last year. The report, released June 20, 2016, includes violations such as unwanted touching, public lewdness, and unlawful surveillance: taking inappropriate video or images. “Few males know this crime happens,” said Joseph Fox, transit […]
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Russia’s jailing of a peaceful opposition activist for violating the country’s new law on public assemblies is a shocking and cynical attack on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today. Ildar Dadin was sentenced to three years in jail by a Moscow court for repeated anti-government street protests. He is the first person to be […]
READ MORECrooked Cop goes to prison
Atlanta cop sentenced to 4½ years in prison Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A city police officer was sentenced Thursday to 4½ years in prison for lying to investigators about a botched drug raid that ended in the shooting death of a 92-year-old woman. Arthur Tesler, 42, was the only officer to face trial in […]
READ MOREGunman’s stray bullet kills 24-year-old mother of three Sherri Williams
Birmingham Mother Shot and Killed While Holding Infant In Birmingham, Alabama, Sherri Williams, of Birmingham died on her sofa still holding her son. A stray bullet meant for someone else ricocheted and hit Williams as she watched from the doorway of her home, holding her ten-day old son. The April 2013 shooting still has neighbors […]
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