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From the Gothamist Newsmap: A violent python on 249 St in Queens, a person struck by a train at 8th Ave at W 49 St in Manhattan and a shooting on Valentine Ave in the Bronx.
Preliminary NYPD numbers show that there were 516 murders in 2008, up from the 496 murders last year but well under the 586 in 2006. Three precincts—the 6th in the West Village, the 68th in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and 111th in Bayside, Queens—are possibly without any murders at all!
The 15-year-old girl, nicknamed "Lady Red," accused of killing two men was indicted.
A Long Island town's budget director was charged with third degree rape for having sex with an underage (17-year-old) teen girl at a "hot sheets motel." When the Post called his mom, she said, "I don't believe this!" said he told her "he was staying overnight with some friends."
The last segment of the first NBC Nightly News in 2009 was about skateboarding bulldogs.
A 14-year-old Long Island boy was found dead early this morning. While there were no signs of trauma or foul play, homicide detectives are investigating.
Final 2008 babies are end-of-the year tax breaks. Tax breaks are also why a bunch of people got married last-minute yesterday.
Sarah Palin told People magazine daughter Bristol and future son-in-law Levi, "You need to know that both Levi and Bristol are working their butts off to parent and going to school and working at the same time."
When pulled over for DWI in Arizona, retired basketball player Charles Barkley told the cops he just wanted to have oral sex.

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By Jen Chung in Miscellaneous on January 1, 2009 7:26 PM

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r1b2

They found a handgun in Barkley's car. Shocking, professional athletes with weapons. Who knew?

Rocknrope

Remember when NYC had around 3000 murders a year? Ahhhh, the good old days.

ocm123

"I'd be more excited about 111th precinct's lack of murders if I wasn't also suspicious that they were screwing around with their stat reports."

Bayside and Little Neck have always been one of the safest places in the city. In fact, according to the NY Times article only one person has been shot there in the last three years.

mcnuggets

I'd be more excited about 111th precinct's lack of murders if I wasn't also suspicious that they were screwing around with their stat reports.

jaycjay

Without a doubt COMSTAT numbers are sometimes fudged, but the way to do that is to record a lesser violation than could have been; that is, a misdemeanor instead of a felony so the incident doesn't occur in the stats.

Can't really do that with a murder.

Toby von Meistersinger

That reminds me of an episode of the brilliant short lived Denis Leary cop show called The Job where detectives from two neighbouring precincts kept moving a dead body from one precinct to the other so they wouldn't have to investigate it and keep the stats down.

jaycjay

That show was both brilliant and much too short lived. I haven't really liked anything Dennis Leary's done from standup through "No Cure for Cancer" and including Rescue Me... except for The Job.

rcltrh

Answered my own question. lol guess I need to read the article first! Wow, what a loser living with his mom at 46 and having to tell her where he is. I know of no other 46 y/o men who go to spend the nights with friends and have to tell their mom. Wow.

rcltrh

A Long Island town's budget director was charged with third degree rape for having sex with an underage (17-year-old) teen girl at a "hot sheets motel." When the Post called his mom, she said, "I don't believe this!" said he told her "he was staying overnight with some friends."

How old is this town's budget director that the post would call his mom and she say that he was spending the night with friends??? Talk about your budding geniuses if he's so young that his mom keep up with where he is. If he's that young then he's probaby under 17 himself? Unless of course they meant to say "her" mom and "she told her she was spending the night with friends"?

r1b2

He's 46. A bit confusing as reported here, I went to the article. That said, 46 and living with his mom? Unless she needs to be cared for, creepy.

dr zippy

Pythons are cold-blooded, how violent could it be when it is below freezing? I mean, it would pretty much be frozen stiff, wouldn't it?

ocm123

There is no 8th precinct.

nyrangers

it's the 6th in the west village, not the 8th! give credit where credit it due!

jaycjay

Should have added to the above... unless it was without her consent.

jaycjay

"A Long Island town's budget director was charged with statutory rape for having sex with an underage (17-year-old) teen girl"

That is what the Post article says, but it also says he was charged with third degree rape... which under NYS Penal Law means that the victim has to be less than 17 years old.

jaycjay

Yeah, like I said: Newsday's article on the incident says that she's 16:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/crime/ny-ligirl0101,0,7734366.story