Stephen Sakai was sentenced to 50 years to life after his conviction of murdering two men he worked with; he was acquitted in a third killing. The bouncer has yet to stand trial for the 2006 shooting of several patrons outside of the Chelsea nightclub. Sakai was convicted of stabbing 56-year-old Wayne Tyson to death in September 2005 and then executing Edwin Mojica with a shot to the back of the head just two months......

Steven Sakai, the bouncer who went on a shooting rampage in front of Opus 22 in Chelsea last year, was found guilty of two other murders yesterday and acquitted in a third killing. From the accounts we've read, Sakai was his own worst enemy throughout the legal process, beginning with implicating himself in three killings as police questioned him about his role in the May 2006 shooting of four patrons outside the club where he......

In May of 2006, a bouncer at Opus West 22nd Street was arrested after shooting four clubgoers, killing one of them. Then it turned out that Stephen Sakai was possibly connected to three other murders of associates from when he worked at a strip club in Brooklyn. Yesterday, Sakai took the stand in his trial for the three Brooklyn murders. And, boy, to be on that jury. The Post reports that he used a fake......

They say New York is home to a million stories, and so far this year, we've published 7021 of them here on Gothamist. So in case you missed any of those, let's take a little stroll back in time, and review the most significant stories the past 12 months, shall we? Here's part one of a semi-chronological look at 2006; part two will go up tomorrow: Nixzmary Brown and the Problem with the Administration for......

Is it just us or does there seem to be more club-related violence lately? Last night, two women were shot at Crobar. The Post says that a man "pulled out a gun and started shooting," forcing the club to be shut down around 10:20PM. The two women are in stable condition and the police are still looking for the gunman. Most notably, the case of Opus 22 bouncer Stephen Sakai, accused of shooting four patrons......

Back in May, a fight between a Chelsea bouncer and patrons turned deadly when the bouncer apparently drew his gun, killing one patron and injuring the others. Then it turned out that Stephen Sakai had connections to three other Brooklyn deaths, and now, officials say that he will also be indicted for those murders. An anonymous source tells the NY Times that the indictments will be made public today, though Sakai's lawyer did not know......

As the city examines how to regulate bouncers, the NYPD revealed that it found 41 "unlicensed security guards" working at 42 bars last weekend. And some of the bouncers had "previous arrest records for everything from rape to illegal gun possession and drug charges," according to the Post. The City Council has been holding hearings about tougher regulation, and bar owners are cooperative, but want regulations to apply to security personnel only (so a server......

- Lindsay vs. Puffy at Butter! Not surprisingly, Puffy won. - Crazed Staten Island hippie stalker is still gunning for blood! - Looks like the buying vs. renting debate has finally been settled. Since 1990, renters saw a 68% increase in their housing costs. Buyers who re-financed at least once saw a 7% decrease. - Brooklyn Papers got a new website. It's at least 75% less ugly than before! First web-exclusive: Brooklyn Yards "doesn't......

There's a rather wild NY Times article about how the Sunset Park strip club, Sweet Cherry, has managed to stay open, despite repeated attempts from the city to shut it down - it's like the Teflon Cherry. And these days, more and more strip clubs may have to shut down, due to proposed changes to the zoning law - the Times has a graphic of 21 strip clubs in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens,......

Stephen Sakai, the bouncer for Chelsea club Opus 22 who witnesses say shot four men, killing one of htem, tells both the Daily News and Post that he was not the shooter. And more over, he's "not the person [the NYPD is] making" him out to be: He's actually calm and loves Chaucer, Taosim and karate! And that he didn't shoot Gustavo Cuadros on Tuesday night, though he did have a gun in his possession......

- What happens when a 12 year old covers the Tribeca Film Festival (hint: she chats with Tom Cruise and sees Giuliani, whose politics she doesn't agree with!) - That Red Hook drug ring - the one where the gangs would calls parts of the projects "Peyton Place" and names like that - made $50 million a year - The police deny there was any DNA evidence linking killer bouncer Stephen Sakai and one......

Bouncer Stephen Sakai, who killed one patron and shot three others outside Chelsea club Opus 22 on Tuesday, was officially charged with and arraigned on that night's crimes, but police are investigating still trying to understand his connection to three other murders. Here are the murders in question, using info from the Post:- Wayne Tyson, found stabbed to death in Brownsville on September 1 - Irving Matos, former co-worker and potential partner of Sakai's, found......

A bouncer at Opus 22 on West 22nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues, shot four clubgoers, killing one of them, late last night. Bouncer Stephen Sakai is now in police custody, and is being questioned in the strange, violent incident. Witnesses say that a drunk patron was refusing to leave or refusing to pay a cover and got into an argument with Sakai. Sakai then shot him "point-blank in the chest," causing one of......