Add another headache to NYPD spin doctor Paul Browne's plate. Yesterday a 39-year-old police officer was arrested for stealing iPads from a perp he was arresting. Anthony Rivera of the 123rd Precinct now faces charges of grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and official misconduct. more ›

Last month it was revealed that the charity of a mystical rabbi to the stars spent $77,000 on a three-week rental in the Hamptons. Now, the Times reports that the followers of Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto were allegedly strong-armed into illegally donating over $500,000 to Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm's campaign fund. Ah, so that's how mysticism works. more ›

According to the NYPD, a person jumped off the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to their death shortly before 7:00 a.m. Police received a call at 6:19 a.m. indicating that someone had exited their car and was on the ledge of the bridge. The incident is still under investigation, but a spokesperson could confirm that the person has died. more ›

Beating out a forlorn Frutopia machine in an Idaho parking lot and an abandoned lemonade stand in Florida, an all-nude strip club in Sayreville, New Jersey that only sells non-alcoholic beverages is officially the World's Saddest Juice Vendor. Club 35, which doesn't sell booze so its dancers can remain completely nude, recently lost a NIMBY court decision that would shut it down. Their lawyer vows to appeal, and the Daily News gets the money quote on the spot's possible closing from "a man in a mechanic's uniform." "I work so many hours it's hard to meet people. Without this I would be lonely." more ›

While ninjas are mysterious, criminals who consort with ninjas might have some tricks up their sleeves. Like Nazmi Papraniku, a Macedonian national with ties to the legendary Staten Island Ninja Burglar. Papraniku was recently arrested for a burglary in NJ, news that upset some NYC law enforcement officials because he was supposed to be deported. more ›

After a Staten Island teen died from injuries sustained when she stepped in front of a bus, her relatives said that relentless bullying from classmates at New Dorp High School drove her to suicide. But a source close to an investigation into Amanda Cummings' death tells the Post, "No one had any previous signs of her being bullied." more ›

Back in the day, you could learn how to make pizza with a minimum-wage job in a dead-end suburban town. But these days, if you want to do it right, you apparently have to sign up for a five-day, $2,800 "Pizza School" conveniently located in...Staten Island. more ›

Hot off the heels of news that Staten Island men are amongst the most sensitive in the nation, some FBI documents have been unsealed showing that the borough's own Wu-Tang Clan is linked to guns, drugs, and murders. The report was obtained by blogger Rich Jones, who filed a FOIA request. According to the Daily News, the 93-page file is part of the late Russell Jones's file, aka Ol’ Dirty Bastard. more ›

Last year, the federal authorities charged a police officer for violating the civil rights of a 31-year-old black man, claiming that officer Michael Daragjati falsely arrested him can called him a "n-----" Now, Daragjati's lawyer says they have a plea scheduled. more ›

Jonathan Parisen, an independent filmmaker who was the first to make a dramatized film about 9/11, still hasn't thanked the Good Samaritan who is clinging to life after helping rescue him from the Staten Island railroad tracks early Sunday morning. According to witnesses, Parisen was drunk at the time, and there are conflicting accounts about how he got down there in the first place. But according to court papers obtained by the Staten Island Advance, Parisen told an MTA cop, "I jumped in the tracks. I thought it was funny." What a cut-up, that Parisen! The only way to top this gag would be to pee on the third rail. more ›

Ladies of New York, finding a sensitive man just got easier, look no further than... Staten Island! According to a new survey conducted by Chemistry.com, the borough is the 10th most sensitive city in the United States (falling behind places like Pompano Beach, Florida and Buffalo, New York). The site explains that they used their "data based on the personality types of American singles... to pinpoint the cities with the highest concentrations of softhearted men—and you may be surprised by where these gallant gents are residing!" Why yes, color us surprised! more ›

BusTime, the MTA's open-source phone and web program for tracking how far your bus is from your stop, is expanding in a big way this month. After a successful trail run on the B63 in Brooklyn the Authority today flipped a switch and turned on BusTime for all of Staten Island today. The whole city should be on BusTime in 2013. more ›

We don't even know where to start with this one: a crazily-eyebrowed Staten Island woman who treated her dog "better than most people treat their children" just paid $50,000 to have South Korean scientists clone him three years after his death. Oh, and she filmed it for a reality show, too. more ›

Oh, Staten Island—why? In the latest unfortunate knife-y incident on Status Island we have two sisters who went and stabbed a mother and daughter in the breast and arm, respectively, over an iPod Touch. more ›

More details have emerged about the tragic incident at the New Dorp train station on Staten Island early Sunday morning. Yesterday we learned the identity of the drunk man rescued by Good Samaritan Steven Santiago—he is Jonathan Parisen, an independent filmmaker who was the first to make a dramatized film about 9/11. (Called Stairwell: Trapped in the World Trade Center, it was released in 2002 to mixed reception.) Now more details have emerged about how Parisen ended up down on the tracks, and how Santiago wound up in extremely critical condition after saving him. more ›

Parisen's film career has slowed down somewhat since "Stairwell" (which was criticized by some for being made too soon after the attacks) but he's currently working on his fifth feature film. Called Terrobot, it concerns a giant robot that attacks New York City. The most recent tweet on Parisen's Twitter account was made on Saturday, when he wrote, "Off to do some much needed food shopping then I shall spend a relaxing day at home watching Netflix." After those fascinating activities, Parisen wound up drunk and down on the train tracks, trying to get back on the platform after losing a shoe. Now THAT would have been an interesting tweet. more ›

A caterer on Staten Island, who allegedly has ties to the Genovese crime family, was found guilty of threatening a rival for a high school cafeteria bid. U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said, "This case demonstrates organized crime still conducts its business in its traditional way — by relying on threats and violence to intimidate hard-working individuals trying to make a legitimate living. Here, the defendant sought to use fear and intimidation to obtain business, rather than honest competition. Such efforts will always be met with the full force of the law." more ›

Or, at least, the Daily News thinks he will. Yes, that's right, our fine local tabloid is enlisting the help of Grandpa, a 40-year old Black-handed spider monkey who lives in the Staten Island Zoo, to predict the winner of the upcoming New Hampshire GOP primary. more ›

The family of the Staten Island teen who died after being hit by a bus continues to rail against the girl's bullies online and in the press. “This is to all you evil son of a bitches that picked on, talked about and threatened my baby,” heartbroken mother Cece Weber wrote on her daughter’s Facebook page. Amanda Cummings' uncle demanded that online bullies show themselves while her mother said on her daughter's Facebook page, "This is to all you evil son of a bitches that picked on, talked about and threatened my baby. I HOPE YOU DIE and I HOPE YOU SUFFER." more ›

Two days after Christmas, a 15-year-old apparently jumped in front of a city bus on Staten Island. Yesterday, Amanda Cummings succumbed to her injuries and passed away, and now her uncle is blaming classmates. Keith Cummings told the Staten Island Advance, "I'm not going to tolerate this. I'm gonna go full force. Kids can't do this to each other." more ›

As if the story of a Staten Island man getting arrested after admitting he'd tried to join the Taliban in order to get off the no-fly list weren't wild enough, now lawyers for Abdel Hameed Shehadeh are trying to suppress from court a 22-page FBI report in which the alleged wannabe spills his guts about his jihadi pals. more ›

"I was shopping. The baby was asleep. That’s my baby," a 25-year-old Staten Island mother reportedly told police who arrested her on Christmas Eve after she allegedly left her 15-month-old child alone in a Volvo at the Hylan Shopping Plaza. Pimyuk and her child's 27-year-old father, Orest Babchuk, were arrested and now face charges of child endangerment. more ›

A Staten Island restaurateur, sick and tired of the Health Department shaking restaurants down, is taking matters into his own hands (kind of), giving a big old "screw you" to the agency that's already shut him down. more ›

An off-duty Staten Island firefighter saved an elderly couple—and their cat—on Christmas night from a blaze that started after their Christmas tree caught on fire. "My instinct just kicked in,"37-year-old Ladder Company 81 member Steven Carl told the Daily News. "I just did what I was trained to do." more ›

Nike released the Air Jordan 11 Retro "Concord" at midnight, and the $180 sneakers caused a stir at shopping malls across the country, to the point where reports of violence spurred a hoax Tweet that one person was killed for the shoes. Over in the NYC-area, there was a stampede at the Burlington Center Mall in NJ and a scuffle at the Staten Island Mall with at least two people being taken into custody. more ›

A Staten Island artist/activist spent the morning dressed up as a Christmas tree and wishing commuters a ferry Merry Christmas, in protest against the DOT's ban on holiday decorations in the terminals. Scott LoBaido, whom you may recall from previous stunts such as paying the $10 Verrazano Bridge toll in pennies and trying to hang his own art in protest at the Brooklyn Museum, is upset about the decoration ban, like many other commuters. But instead of just griping about it, the Staten Island Advance reports that he ensconced himself in this impressive-looking tree and went forth to spread holiday cheer. more ›

Okay, Grinches, get ready for your hearts to grow three sizes and watch this video of a third-grader at Staten Island's PS 54 get a holiday surprise: Getting to reunite with his mother, a soldier who has been on her third tour in Afghanistan, in front of his classmates. Little Christopher Harris looks absolutely shocked at seeing mom Chief Warrant Officer 2 Karyn Obey appear. Obey said, "I just wanted to give him a little something special for Christmas. He knew I was coming home. He didn’t know when." more ›

There are nice people out there! Earlier this week construction manager Chris Csoka got himself a $60 ticket while he was dropping off a truckload of baby supplies to an unemployed man—despite being told by a traffic agent that it was okay for him to unload in a no parking zone on Staten Island. But after hearing about the ticket an unidentified NYPD detective has stepped up to pay it for him. It may not feel like Christmas outside, but the spirit at least is there! more ›

A Staten Island man proved that he's luckier than you yesterday by collecting the $14 million jackpot in the New York State Lottery. According to the Post, 50-year-old Edward Foti usually purchased his lotto tickets at a Brooklyn Deli, but on August 17 he was moved to buy it at Clinton News on Clinton Street in Brooklyn. He found out the next day that he won, but returned to his lunch break as usual. "I ate my ham and cheese sandwich," he joked to the Daily News. Lesson: always obey those impulses to stray from your routine. more ›