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Illegal Sidewalk ATMs Face Extinction With New Bill

Illegal Sidewalk ATMs Face Extinction With New Bill

Did you know that ATMs are officially not permitted on sidewalks? Nevertheless, that hasn't stopped them from multiplying like bunny rabbits across the city, particularly in the Lower East Side. But the City Council has decided to snuff out this mechanical plague in the least aggressive way imaginable, before it makes all our lives too convenient: yesterday, they unanimously passed a bill to increase the fines on property owners who allow cash machines to be placed on sidewalks outside their property. more ›

Cops Hunt Mysterious Female in Motivational Speaker Murder

Cops Hunt Mysterious Female in Motivational Speaker Murder

Police continue to hone in on the woman that Long Island motivational speaker Jeff Locker contacted in East Harlem and is believed to be one of the suspects in the brutal murder that took place while he was being robbed inside his car Thursday morning. The woman along with two men, all described as black and in their mid-20s, were captured on surveillance video while they withdrew from Locker's bank account $200 each at seven different neighborhood ATMs. Yesterday the Post said that police believed the woman to be Locker's girlfriend; today the Daily News is quoting police sources that say it's a prostitute Locker had called from his cell and they're looking for. The paper also gets a graphic description from a mortician who arrived at Locker's body inside his car and tells them, "I knocked on the window to see if he was asleep or doped up or whatever. I saw his mouth open...His shirt had a bunch of holes and there was blood. The blood was dried. His head was back. His hands were tied behind his back. He was pale." more ›

Cops Forced to Dive for Dollars After Wet Bandit Sinks 4 ATMs

Cops Forced to Dive for Dollars After Wet Bandit Sinks 4 ATMs

Advocates have been pushing for years to make swimming in the Hudson River a reality for New Yorkers, but one career thief has been doing his part to get the NYPD to explore the possibilities of entering into other local waters that would normally be avoided. Yesterday a police diver went into the 50-degree water of Meadow Lake in Fresh Meadows Park for four hours to fish out four ATMs that were allegedly dumped there by Valentin Garcia, who had been arrested for grand larceny after getting caught lifting the ATMs right into a van, seen in the clip below. more ›

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