More details have emerged about the off-duty cop was stabbed at infamous Bronx strip club the Crazy Horse Cabaret early yesterday morning. And as one harried Crazy Horse employee put it, "It's bad enough you gotta deal with a--holes, but a cop?"
Stabbed Off-Duty Cop Real Nuisance To Strip Club
Off-Duty Cop Stabbed At "Crazy" Bronx Strip Club
An off-duty cop was stabbed early this morning at a Bronx strip club. The unnamed officer was stabbed in the abdomen around 6 a.m. this morning at the Crazyhorse Cabaret on Boston Road. It's currently unknown what prompted the stabbing, but the officer is in stable condition. It was the same club where a former Sopranos actor had been drinking before a bungled robbery and tragic confrontation with another officer five years ago.
Bronx Tale of Tragedy
The killing of police officer Daniel Enchautegui (left)continues to be investigated, as the two suspects, Daniel Armento and Lillo Brancato, were charged with second degree murder. Police now believe that Armento, 48 years old, and Brancato, 29 years old, were searching for Valium when they broke into a Bronx home. Enchautegui, who was off-duty and at home next door, had heard the break-in. Police believe that Echautegui identified himself as a police officer, but was still shot by Armento; though wounded, Echautegui managed to shoot both men. Armento and Brancato had started the night at a Bronx strip club, Crazy Horse, but went on the prowl for drugs. They broke into a house where they had previously purchased Valium; the Post reports that Armento was too fat to squeeze through a window, so Brancato had to go in. What they didn't know was that the owner had died and the house was empty. The two men are recovering at Jacobi Hospital, with the police and DA's office waiting to take them into custody.
Sam Champion in...
Sam Champion is New York's musical anachronism. While most rock bands either bow down to Max's Kansas City circa 1975 or the UK in the post-punk wave of the early '80s, the finest band ever named after a local weatherman is all too happy to take its cues from the '90s. The slack trappings of Pavement are channeled through the ghost of Credence Clearwater Revival and the loping, folksy rumbles of Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Remember when lyrics were clever, the shirts were untucked, the hair a post-collegiate mess and emo hadn't brought feelings and vulnerability to indie rock? (Except for Lou Barlow, of course.) Ah, what an era.

