When you see what appears to be a children's plastic toy house on Craigslist renting for $500 a month, and located in someone's backyard in Greenpoint, you begin to wonder if this Onion article was for real. Bushwick trailer parks, dudes living in tents, and now an 8' x 10' Rubbermaid shed being rented as a studio apartment?! The listing has been removed, so either the ladies trying to cash in on what appears to be their smoking shed found a renter, or found a conscience. [via Gawker]
Just In Time For Winter: Live In A Plastic Shed
Infant Entombed in Cement and Rubbermaid Was Beaten
When police broke up a sex trafficking ring in Sunset Park back in November, they discovered the body of an infant encased in cement, sealed inside a Rubbermaid storage unit. At the time, police believed the infant died from lack of medical care denied by his mother's pimps. Today, the News reports that the boy was beaten to death.
Sex Slave's Baby Entombed In Cement And Rubbermaid
Investigators uncovered the remains of an infant encased in cement and a Rubbermaid container when they broke up a suspected sex trafficking ring in Sunset Park. Federal prosecutors allege that Domingo Salazar, 33, smuggled a young Mexican woman into the country, forced her to turn tricks, and then refused to provide medical care for their three-month-old baby — whose remains were recovered in their 40th Street apartment on Tuesday.

