
- Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on White Plains Rd. in the Bronx, an unusual rescue on Carver Loop in the Bronx, and shots fired on Doremus Ave. and E 233rd St. in the Bronx.
- A 32-year-old counselor at the Crossroads Juvenile Center has been charged with selling marijuana to a 15-year-old resident at the facility.
- The Super Bowl Champions New York Giants will finally receive their rings at a private ceremony this evening at Tiffany & Co. The design for the rings was previously described as "10 Table," because they could be spotted from ten tables away from where the wearer was seated in a restaurant.
- A Richmond Hill High School English teacher is being charged with statutory rape for having sex with one of her 15-year-old students. 22-year-old Jamattie Singh also allegedly had sex with two other members of the boy's family.
- Councilman James Sanders--an early supporter of Barack Obama--is hopeful that he can take a place in the Senator's possible Presidential administration.
- Counterfeit iPods and cheap knockoffs of designer bags are one thing, phony condoms are a whole different story. Eight were arrested in Queens for distributing thousands of phony brand name condoms imported from China.
- Joe Torre is returning to NYC--the new Los Angeles Dodgers manager is meeting Willie Randolph and his Mets tonight.
- And Hillary Clinton merchandise is now 50% off at a Washington DC store.





I find it amazing that female teachers get a slap on the wrist for having sex with their under aged students, meanwhile a male teacher gets his fucking balls cut off. What gives here?
Yeah the double standard sucks, but most of the teachers who get caught doing this are pretty good looking, which is reason enough to give them a pass. This is a victimless crime as long as they're not TOO young. If he was 17 I would've given her a pass. The kid is probably the most popular kid in school now that the news broke. Lucky punk.
He is no longer a boy. He is now a man.
Hopefully this experience won't warp his perception of women TOO much.
My high school teacher got knocked-up by a classmate. She was devastated that he didn't want a relationship with her or his love child. She quit and moved away. Female teachers get away with it because they're often weirdly emotionally fragile. The men are seen only as predatory.The fact that this one screwed 3 members of the boy's family is interesting. Must have been some "rainbow party".