After the NYPD arrested 141 people in a four-day iPhone/iPad sting a few weeks ago, a Brooklyn business owner noted that one of his employees who was arrested "doesn't speak much English." Commissioner Ray Kelly dismissed the idea that any of the arrested were unlawfully detained. "It was clear that the devices had been stolen, in their minds," Kelly said. But now a Brooklyn teenager who was arrested claims he was entrapped by an undercover officer, telling the boy that the phone was purchased legally and that he needed to feed his daughter. "He was really persistent," 19-year-old Rob Tester tells the Brooklyn Paper. "I felt sympathy." Lesson learned: never do anything about the misfortune of others. more ›

Hey, people who leave their bags unattended in Central Park—the cops are looking out for you! According to the NYPD, Operation Lucky Bag has resulted in 34 arrests in Central Park since the beginning of March. "Lucky Bag" is an NYPD practice of leaving an unattended bag full of valuables in a public place, with the hopes that it will tempt criminals into stealing the items. Police wait to see if someone grabs the bag and attempts to take the cash or whatever else is stashed inside, and if they do, they arrest the person and charge them with petit larceny. more ›

Police stings are great because they're easy to set up (just stand by a subway emergency exit!), guaranteed to work, and almost always nab New York's hardest psychopaths. But state assemblywoman Grace Meng is tired of fielding complaints from her criminal constituents and is trying to ban one sting in particular: Operation Lucky Bag. "This practice by the NYPD just discourages people from seeing something and saying something. It also discourages people from being Good Samaritans," Meng tells the Daily News. more ›