A 12-year NYPD veteran was summoned by the Internal Affairs Bureau today to determine whether or not he had a role in protecting "Manhattan Madam," mother of four and animal lover Anna Gristina's Upper East Side brothel from detection. According to DNAinfo, Sergeant Richard Wall turned in his memo book but was not questioned. "He comes in and out of there," a local resident who said he knew Wall by name and badge number. "He's got a regular routine. He's around here all the time." more ›

In any story about a prostitution ring there are a few things you can expect to find. Fake massage parlors. Queens. Gambling. And this one has the added benefit of the madam in question being featured on "America's Most Wanted." An Soon Kim (aka "Big Sister Kim") has been wanted since 2006 for bringing Korean women into America with false documents and making them work as prostitutes in a ring reaching from Washington D.C. to Rhode Island. more ›

Just a heads up: Bay Ridge’s community board is now convinced that a 64th Street karaoke bar isn't trying to get you laid in a private booth as you savor the sweet, drunk, cackling crooning of some stranger serenading you with Journey's “Don’t Stop Believin'." more ›

At the Hot Lap Dance Club on West 38th Street, police say customers could indulge not just in hot lap dances but some more intimate fun by the hour in cubicles, private bedrooms or even "off-premises." And what's more, the joint was run by a group of people, including one who started a voter reform advocacy group after the 2000 election and a private police force cop. more ›

A former cop whose dealings with a Queens brothel were discovered last year pleaded guilty to federal charges yesterday. Dennis Kim, who resigned from the 109th Precinct this week, told a judge that he used information on a brothel's rivals to make "make many arrests...for drug offenses, possession of weapons, robbery, and prostitution-related crimes." more ›