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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'countysheriff'

September 11, 2007

We've all heard how 3,000 surveillance cameras, not to mention at least a hundred license plate readers, will be installed in downtown Manhattan, as part of the city's ring-of-steel like security initiative to prevent terrorist attacks. But the NYPD also announced that radiation detectors will be put into place as far as 50 miles from the city to help identify dirty bombs. In fact, the ring of steel seems to be getting another "ring of......

Continue Reading "Cops From the Burbs Help NYPD Fight Terror"

June 10, 2007

That medical condition Paris Hilton had that led the LA County Sheriff to release her from jail? The Daily News reports that the socialite was worried guards would take a photograph of her using her jail cell bathroom and then put it on the Internet. From a Hilton insider who spoke to the News:"She didn't eat or drink a single thing for three days because she didn't want to use the toilet. She was in......

Continue Reading "Paris's Jailhouse Bathroom Fears"

June 9, 2007

The tabloids and cable news media got a weekend windfall when a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ordered socialite Paris Hliton back to jail. The Post called her a "Wailbird" while the Daily News described her as a "blubbering blond". And let's not even discuss the ridiculous coverage of her arrest at her home and the TV helicopters following her to court on TV. To summarize: Judge Michael Sauer was angry that the......

Continue Reading "Paris is Burning Up the Tabloids"

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