Police are searching for a man in his 30's who broke into a West Village apartment wielding a knife, only to be driven off by the occupant's furious response. The Post spoke to the resident, Jennifer LaPierre, a 41-year-old writer who lives in a basement apartment on West 11th Street. The article makes clear that when she's not pounding the keyboard, she likes to pump iron and work out at a nearby gym. LaPierre woke......

According to the Post, a robber has used an age-old tool for a new cause: Chiseling his way to rob apartments. Scott Morello, who was convicted of manslaughter in 1989, is accused of "chiseling through hallway walls and doors" into Manhattan homes. In fact, a police report from an incident at a Lexington Avenue building states a woman "looked through a peephole ...and saw a man cutting a hole in her door." Morella also allegedly......

Wayne Frost, one of the original Bronx-based Rock Steady Crew and better known as Frosty Freeze, died at Mount Sinai Medical Center late last week at the age of 44; it was not specified of what, just that he had a "long illness". The NY Times notes that Frost, who began breakin' in 1976, garnered a lot of attention from a 1981 Village Voice cover which featured his photo along with the words: “Physical Graffiti:......

Queens Councilman Hiram Monseratte is alleging dirty tricks in regards to the burglary of his office late this week. While the Councilman and his staff were at a community meeting Thursday evening, someone broke into Monseratte's office. It wasn't a regular break in--all that was taken was a laptop belonging to his chief of staff containing campaign information and a box of envelopes labeled with Monseratte's imprimatur. The fact that no other valuable items were......