Two men were arrested in Staten Island after being caught weighing five pounds of marijuana in their car in Park Hill. And the geniuses could have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those pesky one-way streets. Lavarro Lee, 40, and Jody Pierre-Raphael, 28, were parked facing the wrong way on Long Pond Road and Skyline Drive on Wednesday, which attracted the cop attention. Pierre-Raphael had a scale and the tub of pot on his lap, and Lee was found with a forged California driver's license. They were charged with criminal possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. more ›

A soaring number of supermarkets, delis, even drugstores have been overcharging for a wide range goods by using inaccurate scales, according to an investigation by the Department of Consumer Affairs [DCA]. City inspectors have issued 2,976 violations so far this year to retailers; a 58 percent increase over last year's 1,882 tickets. The culprits include basically everyone: Whole Foods, Fairway, Gristedes, Associated, D'Agostino's, Pathmark, Key Food, Food Emporium, Met Food, Stop & Shop, Waldbaum's, Foodtown, C-Town, Pioneer, and Western Beef. At the Whole Foods in Columbus Circle, undercover inspectors bought eight pieces of cheesecake weighed with a scale that didn't adjust for the weight of the plastic containers, overcharging $8.58. more ›

When cops raided a suspected drug operation in Washington Heights last week, they found that the alleged dealers had a little business going on the side: a day care service. Police arrested Donald Crespo and Akwasiba Radellant not just for drug possession, but child endangerment because the fire alarms in the apartment were deactivated and pacifiers were dirty. more ›