The police say that four teens, including a 13-year-old boy, have been arrested for "a broad-daylight home invasion that degenerated from armed robbery into the sexual assault of a Brooklyn woman for nearly an hour," according to the Post. more ›

The woman accused of donning a cat mask and robbing stores in Manhattan and Queens was convicted today. However, Shana Spalding yelled, "I’m not the Catwoman," as she was led from court. more ›

Police are seeking a man who they believe is responsible for 15 burglaries in Soho since September: "Police say he typically enters through the window, either climbing down from the rooftop or using the fire escape." And sometimes apartment dwellers make it easy for him by having unlocked windows. more ›

While ninjas are mysterious, criminals who consort with ninjas might have some tricks up their sleeves. Like Nazmi Papraniku, a Macedonian national with ties to the legendary Staten Island Ninja Burglar. Papraniku was recently arrested for a burglary in NJ, news that upset some NYC law enforcement officials because he was supposed to be deported. more ›

In December, all charges were dropped against the McDonald's cashier who used a metal rod to beat two customers who slapped him and recklessly jumped over the counter at the West Village location in October. While 31-year-old Rayon McIntosh was off the hook, a jury voted to indict Denise Darbeau and Rachel Edwards, the two women who jumped over the counter, on burglary charges. Now, police have testified that the two women were engaged in a drunken lovers' quarrel the night of the incident: "Shut the f--- up, you b----. You're not even hurt. I'm bleeding from the head," Darbeau said to Edwards after she complained about Darbeau not loving her. more ›

Last week, all charges were dropped against the McDonald's cashier who used a metal rod to beat two customers who slapped him and then jumped over the counter at the West Village location in October. Rayon McIntosh, who served ten years for the manslaughter death of a friend in 2000, vowed to never work at a McDonald's again after the experience, but worried about finding new work after video of the incident went viral. But the Post reports that he's back on his feet: he’ll be distributing and marketing free restaurant booklets put out by a Harlem real-estate company. “I hope people don’t recognize me. I don’t want the attention. I’m glad to be back to work,” McIntosh told them. more ›

Last week, a jury voted to dismiss all charges against the McDonald's cashier who used a metal rod to beat up two customers who slapped him and then jumped over the counter at the West Village location in October. While 31-year-old Rayon McIntosh is off the hook, a jury has now voted to indict Denise Darbeau and Rachel Edwards, the two women who jumped over the counter, on burglary charges. more ›

A man who is suspected of robbing Greenwich Village restaurant Souen was apprehended by police after they recognized his face tattoo. Jorge Molina, 22, and another man are accused of breaking into the organic restaurant on November 14th and stealing approximately $670. Molina was caught after an officer saw him and remembered the bird tattoo on his face from a surveillance video of the burglary: "[Molina] was wearing similar clothes to what he had on in his wanted picture, and the tattoo on the face was obviously very distinguishable," said Sixth Precinct Lt. Keith Maresca. more ›

Around 3:35 a.m., the owner of a Todt Hill mansion heard a noise and found a burglar wearing all black—and a mask and gloves—in his walk-in closet. The Staten Island Advance reports that the burglar took many high-end watches, said, "Get out of my way" and ran past the homeowner who was looking for his gun. Then, "The homeowner went to the front of the house and fired a shot, then to the rear, where he fired two more, basically to make sure the burglar kept on running, the [police] source said." Uh-huh—it's totally got Staten Island Ninja written all over it! more ›

Police were able to arrest a man who broke into a Chelsea apartment in 2009 because he took a swig of orange juice. According to the Post, James Moorer, 20, "helped himself to a container of orange juice from his victims' fridge, gulped it down and helpfully left the carton, laden with his DNA, on the countertop for cops to find." more ›

If you're going to get yourself into the art black market, you might want to do your research. Because otherwise you'll totally get ripped off! Angel Palencia, 24, has been charged with burglary and larceny after stealing $550,000 worth of artwork from Hamptons homes over two months. Art dealers reportedly became suspicious when he sold a piece valued at $140,000 for just $1,500 at an antiques store. more ›

When robbing a restaurant, keep in mind that you will only be able to take what you can carry. Which in most instances does not include both a cooler full of fish and a meat slicer. Alexandro Bingusla was arrested this morning and charged with, among other things, burglary and criminal mischief, after allegedly breaking into Alberto’s Ristorante in Stapleton and trying to make off with everything from meat to fish to the meat slicer to the establishment's CD selection. Thank goodness he didn't get away—we hear CDs are really worth something these days. more ›

As if the coming bedbugpocalypse wasn't worrying enough, now we have this to deal with? Police are seeking a man suspected of burglarizing at least five Brooklyn apartments. His MO? He poses as a bedbug exterminator sent by the co-op who will need a few hours to fumigate. After the apartment dwellers leave he does what any burglar would do and ransacks the place. more ›

Could a reprise of one of the greatest Staten Island crime stories (unrelated to the mob) ever be happening right now? The police are investigating a series of burglaries at homes in posh areas, and the Staten Island Advance's headline says it all: "Shades of the Staten Island Ninja: Cops group 6 jobs since July in house-burglary pattern." more ›

Miranda Rights? Where we're going, we don't need any Miranda Rights! That seems to be the underlying sentiments of two bumbling thieves who were arrested for a long string of Chinatown burglaries. After they were arrested, Kenneth Harden Smith, 22, and alleged lookout Irving Walker, 31, both admitted to the break-ins, and immediately ratted on each other. Who says there's no honor among thieves! more ›

Think for a moment: Is your fire escape window locked? Because lately some burglars in Greenpoint, Brooklyn have been able to steal lots of gadgets, thanks to unlocked fire escape windows. Apparently a number of apartments in a Manhattan Avenue building were hit on December 3, with laptops, memory cards, and a camera taken; Community Board 1 Public Safety Committee member Tom Burrows said, "Nothing was broken, nothing was smashed. They didn’t damage anything. It was like there’s something sitting, they found a window open, threw it open and went in." more ›

'Tis the season: Early yesterday morning, an Apple Store in Woodcliff Lake, NJ was broken into—according NorthJersey.com, "Four people smashed" into the store, "grabbing several iPods, MacBooks and iPhones... Surveillance video shows them spending about 30 seconds going into the store and running off with the Apple products." The alarm was tripped, but the thieves left by the time cops arrived; a NorthJersey.com commenter predicted, "I bet you can buy the stolen items in the Bronx later today." The store was previously burglarized in 2008, when a crew used sledgehammers, saws and crowbars to gain access from a vacant neighboring store. more ›

Whenever we hear anything go bump in the night we instinctively slide down under the covers and hide breathlessly until dawn. Not because we're paralyzed with fear, mind you, but because this is a time-honored technique that has helped us to survive countless monster attacks and alien abductions. And it even works as a defense against prowlers, as Bushwick resident Katherine Garcia proved Sunday morning. more ›

It's one thing to steal someone's laptop. It's another to sign onto the laptop owner's social network and have the real owner's friend take a Webcam picture of you! Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and East Hampton Town police released this image of a man—plus an image of his bedroom—who allegedly stole a laptop from a home over the summer. more ›

After being woken by loud noises in his Mill Basin, Brooklyn home around 2 a.m. yesterday morning, 62-year-old Larry Goldstein took his .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver to investigate what was happening. He discovered two intruders in his kitchen, and since they appeared to be armed, Goldstein fired, hitting one of the men three times while the other fled. And it turned out the intruders were carrying a toy pistol and toy machine gun. A police official told the Wall Street Journal the toys "were very realistic looking... If someone pointed them at you, you would light them up too." more ›

Earlier this morning at 2 a.m., a homeowner in Brooklyn shot a man who was breaking into his house on East 64th Street in Mill Basin. According to WPIX, the homeowner "saw someone in his front yard" and then "went to retrieve his gun and by the time he returned, the suspect was already broke into his home. The man shot the suspect twice in the torso." more ›

A brilliant burglar was busted by cops on Saturday using a stolen laptop outside the building from which he stole it. Nemesio Garica has been charged with burglary and grand larceny after admitting that he and another woman broke into the building on West 17th Street and 5th Avenue and stole three Apple laptops and two iPods on the morning of June 8th. Looks like these old Apple products are still good enough to steal! more ›

According to one resident, there has been a rash of rooftop break-ins in brownstones in Bed-Stuy. He wrote BedStuyBlog, "Just yesterday, we were burglarized by someone breaking through the entrance to our roof and literally taking our belongings, including a flat screen TV, out through the roof and over to a “safe house” a few doors down...I've heard that we were the latest in a line of victims." The crime statistics for Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct says that burglaries are down 25% from last year, with two in the past week and 70 in the year-to-date. Do those numbers count as a "rash"? more ›

Dun Dun Dunst! James Jimenez has been found guilty of burglary and trespassing. He was convicted by a Manhattan jury earlier today after a star-studded retrial centered around some stolen goods from a SoHo Grand suite back in 2007. more ›

A career criminal accused of breaking into actress Amanda Peet's apartment last October and stealing her jewelry was acquitted yesterday—and he wasn't even there for the good news. Jurors cleared Henry Santos in an hour, saying there wasn't enough evidence, but he had other things to do at the time. "I went to my house and had something to eat," he told the Post. "I thought the judge said five o'clock to come back." more ›

Actress Amanda Peet's husband and screenwriter David Friedman (professional name David Benioff) testified yesterday at the trial of Henry Santos, a career criminal who was accused of breaking into the couple's apartment and stealing computer equipment and $900 of Peet's jewelry. The couple's nanny came home to find Santos holding a jewelry box in the hallway. He allegedly said, "What's up, bitch?" before bolting out of the apartment. The Daily News reports Santos claimed it was his apartment before he left. more ›

It's no surprise that the stymied burglar who blew his brains out with a Beretta in Marine Park Monday evening was on parole and has a lengthy rap sheet. 47-year-old Robert Rementaria's most notorious run-in with the law (at least until yesterday) occurred in 1993, when he abducted and almost killed an off-duty Brooklyn narcotics cop, who managed to turn the tables on Rementaria and kill his accomplice. more ›

A 911 call about a burglary in Marine Park yesterday led to gunfire and the suspect taking his own life, according to police. Cops were called to Quentin Road, a suburban, tree-lined street, around 6:20 p.m., encountering the suspect as he left a house on the corner of East 37th Street. Police say the man opened fire, and an NYPD sergeant fired back, hitting him in the leg. He then ran around the corner, and police say that's when they heard another gun shot. more ›

The police have arrested one of the fiends involved in the dastardly thefts of computers, video game consoles, a sock monkey and a pet hamster named Star from a Staten Island school for autistic children has bee arrested. The Advance reports, "Emil Sorensen, 21, of Elm Park, is accused of being the lookout in the crime, which was carried out on a weekend... Police say he admitted his role and copped to selling some of the stolen goods — a Nintendo Wii, a laptop and jewelry." Unfortunately, "Star’s fate is unclear." more ›

Wasn't there some woman stealing flowers from a Manhattan park last year? So small time we can't even locate a link... but over in Brooklyn the flower-stealing racket has escalated to a whole new level. Cherry Blake, who lives on St. Marks Place in Park Slope told the Brooklyn Paper it's gotten so bad she is forced to lock up her tulips for fear they may get stolen. more ›