Man Arrested For Robbing Elderly Woman Of $2

The silver lining to the depressing report that a 72-year-old woman was robbed—at gunpoint—for only two dollars in Farmingville, Long Island: Cops arrested a suspect. According to the police, Ryan Mercorella, 24, allegedly "drove up to a woman who was walking in the Kmart parking lot on Ocean Avenue about 3:40 p.m. Sunday... and asked her for change of a $10 bill. When she said she didn't have any money, Mercorella threatened to kill her, police said, and pulled out what appeared to be a handgun. The woman then opened her wallet, and Mercorella removed two dollars from it before driving off." Newsday reports that Mercorella was charged with first-degree robbery plus a number of other crimes.

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By Jen Chung in News on May 5, 2009 2:23 PM

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RyansGirl

and "long acre" actually he is sexy funny and great in bed!!!!! this kid is a really great guy and did u ever hear of the MEDIA LIENG TO THE VIEWERS??? do u guys really honestly believe everything the media tells you??? and he did not threaten to kill her and there was no hand gun so stoppp and i love to see ur face i bet ur busted if u can go stalk and hate on him like get a life.

RyansGirl

honestly, ALLL of you guys dont know what really happend excpet for me...so you guys can stop talking shit about Ryan and he did not just get two dollars and hes not a wanna be thug or a tool we all fucked up and done crazy shit but the thing is U DONT KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPEND AND WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THE TIME STOP TALKING SHIT I BET U ALL GOT SKELETONS UR CLOSETS IK I DO... so lmfaoryansinjail, ALLISON...you were my girl....why would u leave a comment saying i hope he gets ass raped like obv u dc how i feel.....and hes not a dumb guido im his girlfriend he actually works really hard,so keeep ur mouths shut.

lmfaoryansinjail

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I KNOW THIS KID!

IM LITERALLY ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING RIGHT NOW

im a 110 pound girl and one time i was at a party with him and he threated to kill me because i wouldnt let him have one of my last beers

this honestly just made my year

he is honestly the biggest tool i have ever met and my life is now better because he is getting ass raped in prison

jaycjay

I just realized who he reminds me of. Eugene Hutz' charactetr in Everything is Illuminated.

Unfortunately I couldn't find a good pic from the early scene where he's dancing in a nightclub, but here's the basic look the character went for:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3Pgo2kaznFU/R1d_tfGYPNI/AAAAAAAAAaE/EnMvNhnFU5M/s320/01everything.jpg

And the nightclub scene:

http://img3.ifilmpro.com/resize/image/stills/films/resize/istd/2678922.jpg

db

$2 dollars is a lot of money for a 72yo

jaycjay

"Farmingdale, Long Island"

Farmingville, not Farmingdale. OK, it's all Long Island, but the Suffolk hamlet and the Nassau village are about 25 miles apart.

Tar_Baby

Someone needs to break the news to him that he is not black.

PTG in nyc

When will dumb guidos learn that they're too stupid to pull off moves like this and get away with it?

longacre

If you're looking for some quality Myspace friends, here's Ryan Mercorella's page, aka "MeRkaFeLLa" aka "sexiitaliano69". http://www.myspace.com/sexiitaliano69

Highlight: About halfway down the page with the caption "The police are looking for a suspect described as sexy, funny and great in bed. Your ugly ass is safe, but where should I hide?"

Fulfilling stereotypes: ur doin it quite well akshully.

NannyState

Ha! All those idiotic graphics suggest the kind of cheesy, sentimentalized crap that adorns the "memory boards" at gangsta funerals.

jaycjay

I don't know, the highlight for me is probably this pic:

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/conspiricy420/sexi.jpg

But it's all great. That page is the funniest thing I've seen online today.

hotstepper

ahhh! i punched myself when i saw that!

what a Notorious Tool.

hotstepper

good god! these sissified thugs have entirely too much time on their hands.

hotstepper

what's an O.G. supposed to do? gotta make the bus fare.

brockart

FINALLY! I was robbed 4 years ago in my apartment doorway in soho, and only had two bucks on me then. The cops laughed at me when I reported it. But this is JUSTICE!