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Former Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man turned himself into the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office for outstanding taxes. The rapper; whose real name is Clifford Smith; owes approximately $50,000.00 in unpaid taxes and fines from 2004 until 2009. He claims he did not even realize the debt until his 2008 Lincoln Navigator was reposed from his home. Smith is now facing felony charges for tax evasion. Smith is in the process of trying to get his car back from repossession and getting his paperwork together to pay back his fines.
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Darcheena Ray, a 34 year old South Ozone Park, Queens NY resident is facing a felony charge of Grand Larceny in the third degree after selling nearly $12,000.00 worth of stolen shoes on eBay. Ray was a customer service employee at Jimlar Corp., which sells high-end name brand shoes like Fryer Boots and Coach Shoes. Jimlar Corp.’s headquarters; which is the location Ray worked in; is located at 160 Great Neck Road, Great Neck NY 11021. They also have a showroom at 711 Fifth Street, New York NY 10019.
The thefts came to light after a customer tried to return the shoes purchased off the website. She did not have a receipt but had proof of the eBay transaction showing that the shoes were shipped to her from Jimlar. The company started an internal investigation since they do not sell shoes through eBay. Nassau County District Attorney’s Office took over the case and had Ray arrested. She will be sentenced in Nassau County First District Court, located at 99 Main Street, Hempstead NY 11550. Ray faces seven years in prison if convicted.
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Police looking for a robbery suspect ended up arresting a man for murder in Bronx, NY. After a store on W. 240th Street in Bronx NY was robbed at gunpoint, police were looking in the area for the suspect. They came across Charles McDowell, a 22 year old Bronx resident. Cops searched him and found that he was carrying a .25 caliber handgun. The gun McDowell was carrying matched the gun used in the murder of a Livery cab driver earlier this month. The murder was in the Baychester, in the Bronx, NY. McDowell had been in police custody after the murder because his prints were found on the taxi. Police had to release him after witnesses could not pick him out of the suspect line-up. McDowell is facing felony charges of murder, criminal possession of a weapon and attempted robbery in the first degree. He will be arraigned at Bronx Criminal Court House; located at 215 E. 161st Street, Bronx NY 10451.
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Spiderman’s starlet Kirsten Dunst had been staying at Soho Grand in 2007 when the room she was staying was robbed. She had been staying at the upscale hotel, located at 310 West Broadway New York NY 10013, while filming “How to Lose friends and Alienate People”. While Dunst was out of her room, two men broke in and stole a Marc Jacobs handbag, her wallet, iPod, a Balenciaga purse, and numerous other personal items and accessories. Video surveillance caught the men leaving with Dunst’s belongings. James Jimenez, 35, and his accomplice Jarrod Beinerman, 34, were both identified later and arrested. They were both being held on trial in New York County Supreme Court; located at 100 Center Street New York NY 10013. Jimenez has chosen to go to trial and faces up to fifteen years in prison if he is found guilty of burglary. Beinerman has pled guilty to attempted burglary. He was sentenced to four years in prison. Police have not said whether Dunst was able to retrieve her belongings after the two men were caught.
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Jonathan Huff, resident of Roosevelt Island New York, NY, has been accused of touching one of the students at the school where he is the dean. Huff has been the dean at the Urban Assembly Academy for History and Citizenship for Young Men; located at 240 East 172nd Street Bronx NY 10457; for the last four years. He is also a published author. Huff was working Saturday when a 14 year old student claimed the 40 year old dean lead him into Huff’s office and molested him. The young man was there to attend a Saturday class. The boy reported the incident with the school the following Monday. School officials immediately called the Bronx County Police. Huff was arrested Tuesday on charges of endangering the welfare of a child, forcible touching and sexual assault. They are all misdemeanor charges. He will be arraigned in Bronx Supreme Court; located at 265 East 161st Street Bronx NY 10541.
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Reality TV star Tila Tequila has alleged that her boyfriend Shawne Merriman; a linebacker for the San Diego Chargers; chocked her and stopped her from leaving his apartment. The two were at Stingtree night club hours before the alleged incident occurred. After leaving the club, both went back to Merriman’s home in Poway, CA. San Diego County Sheriff received a call from a woman claiming she had been choked and pushed down as she tried to escape the house. When the Sheriff arrived Tequila, whose real name is Tila Nguyen, signed a citizens arrest for Merriman allegedly falsely imprisoning her and battery. Both are felony charges if he is found guilty. Tequila was taken to the hospital for treatment, but was later released with no injuries. Merriman was taken into custody and was held on $58,000.00 bail. He was released after bail was posted. No charges have been filed to date.
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Staff at Ritz Dinner watched as a father took his child out of the car and strapped her into the stroller. They then saw him climb back into his car and drive off, leaving the young child on the street. New York City Police were quickly called. They responded to find the girl with workers form the diner, located at East 62nd Street and First Avenue in Manhattan, NY. The child was taken to New York Hospital, where she was found to be healthy. Later that evening, the child’s parents went to the 19th Precinct looking for their daughter. They claimed the mother, whose name has not been released to the public, had been arguing with the child’s father. She left the child in the car with her dad and walked away. The father, Brooklyn resident Edwin Rivera, left the girl on the street thinking her mother would see her and turn around to get her. He was arrested for child abandonment and endangering the welfare of a child. The young girl was released into her mother’s custody.
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Clarence Mobley, a 60-year-old inmate, died on Saturday after fighting with correction officers at the Rikers Island Correctional Facility. The South Carolina native was found unresponsive in his cell on Saturday night at the Anna M. Kross Center at Rikers Island. Earlier that evening, Mobley had assaulted a corrections officer with a meal tray and had been subdued and moved to a separte holding pen. An officer was treated for minor injuries to his fact during the altercation.
A spokesman for the New York City Department of Correction, Stephen J. Morello, said that Mobley had been arrested April 30 in Jamaica, Queens, on attempted burgary charges and was waiting for a transfer to the Bellvue Hospital Prison Ward in Manhattan for a psychiatric evaluation.

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It was determined that Mobley suffered from a liver laceration due to blunt trauma of the torso, although the death has not been ruled a homicide. The Department of Correction is investigating the case.

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Sunday school teacher, Melissa Huckaby was arrested yesterday in the killing of a young girl, Sandra Cantu, who was found stuffed into a suitcase. Huckaby is currently being held in San Joaquin County Jail on suspicion of kidnapping and killing Cantu.

Relatives are stunned by these accusations and describe Huckaby as a loving, single parent. The cops searched the church and locat investigators suspect her of the murder but no one can figure out why. The church was searched last week after police said Sandra’s body was found in Huckaby’s suitcase in an irrigation pond.

Huckaby’s 5-year-old daughter, Madison often played with Sandra who lived down the street. Melissa had recently moved into this residence with her grandparents after hitting a rough patch in her life, and trying to get past her troubles.

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Queens County Police captured 49 year old Vipan Chandler after he set fire to a home on 64th Street in Forest Hills, NY. They reported that Chandler went to the home of a couple that he knew and threw gasoline over the front door to their home. He then lit the fire and took off. The home owners were able to put out the fire themselves and called Queens County Police. While police were taking the report, Chandler drove past the house. The victims noticed him driving and pointed him out to the cops. They quickly took down his license plate number, but he was able to get away. Chandler returned to the home he tried to burn down later that night and assaulted the home owner, leaving her with lacerations on her face. She was taken to the hospital for treatment. Officers found Chandler on the Grand Central Parkway after the second incident. When he tried to stop him, he ran the officers over with his vehicle. One officer was injured so badly he needed to stay in the hospital overnight. Queens County Police managed to get Chandler into custody. They have not released the mental state of Chandler. He will be arraigned in Queens County Criminal Court; located at 125-01 Queens Blvd. Kew Gardens NY 11415. He is being charged with numerous felonies and misdemeanors including attempted murder, arson and assault.
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Brigitte Harris was 27 years old when she was arrested for the assault and murder of her father Eric Goodridge, 55. She had left her Rockaway, NY home and called the police to inform them there was a dying man in the house. She did not say that she bound and gagged the man, then castrated him and left him to bleed. Goodridge suffocated before the police could respond to his daughter’s call. Queens County Police arrived to find Goodridge handcuffed with a towel shoved in his mouth. The scalpel Harris used to castrate him was still in the room. Harris burned Goodridge’s castrated penis in the oven before she left the house, fearing paramedics would be able to reattach it. Queens County Police caught Harris after she checked herself into a hospital for psychiatric evaluation. She was arrested and taken to Queens County Supreme Court, where her bail was remanded. Harris is now on trial for numerous felony charges including murder, tampering with evidence and manslaughter. Trial is set to continue in Queens County Supreme Court, which is located at 125-01 Queens Blvd. Kew Gardens NY 11415.
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Dersein Dominguez, 31, was riding the Port Authority Trans Hudson train; otherwise known as the PATH train, which runs from New York to New Jersey, and was recently arrested. He ran up to a 31 year old woman, who was also waiting for the PATH train at the 9th Street station NYC, and molested her. She screamed and sent him running, which allowed her to escape onto the train without him following her. Once her train arrived to Hoboken, NJ, she alerted the Port Authority police. They immediately began looking for her assailant. Surveillance tapes showed Dominguez at the station masturbating behind a bench. He was arrested and faces a felony charge of criminal sex act by force as well as a misdemeanor charge of public lewdness. He will be arraigned at New York Criminal Court; located at 100 Centre Street, New York NY 10013.
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Bernard Mutterperl was 19 at the time he was arrested May 10, 2007 for stalking, then attempting to abduct a young girl in Brooklyn, NY. Xochil Garcia, then 11 years old, had been walking back from the store where she bought her mother a gift for Mother’s Day. She noticed Mutterperl following her and ran for safety in her Brooklyn apartment building. He followed her inside and tried to abduct her. She managed to break free from his hold and managed to ring the doorbell to her apartment as well as several others. Mutterperl was caught by neighbors a few moments later by Garcia’s brother and the alerted neighbors. Mutterperl was originally taken to Riker’s Island, which is in the East River between Bronx and Queens. He was held on $1 million dollar bail and faced charges of attempted kidnapping. Mutterperl was 21 when he was held on trial in King’s County Supreme Court, located at 320 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11201. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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Nassau County Police have arrested Emilia Lanzetta, 44, on four sepeate counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Police reports indicate that Lanzetta; who resides at 37 Tudor Rd. in Hicksville NY, took her four children to the Bethpage Community Park. The pool is located at 1 Stewart Ave Bethpage, NY 11714. Lanzetta allegedly took her children who are between the ages 6-11 years old to the pool and left them alone for the entire day. The park offers a pool, kid’s playground, café, tennis and much more. She paid the $4.00 admission for each child but it is unclear id she paid the fee for herself to go in as well. Officials have not made public what time she dropped the children off, but did say that they were called at 6:45pm that day. Nassau County police picked the children up and help them at the 8th Precinct. Child Protective Services interviewed the children while they were waiting for their father to pick them up. Reports say it was not uncommon for Lanzetta to leave the children unattended at the pool. Lanzetta will be arraigned at First District Court, located at 99 Main Street Hempstead NY 11550.
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Nassau County Police had special operation officers patrolling in unmarked cars when an officer witnessed an alleged drug sale. The officers were in North Massapequa, NY near North Bay Ave. when the transaction took place. The dealer, Christian Encarnacion; a 35 year old resident of Lindinhurst NY, and the buyer, 30 year old Massapequa resident Tracy Nagle were immediately approached by police. Nagle was found with two bags of cocaine. Encarnacion’s car was searched and had more than 30 bags of the illegal narcotic. They also found Encarnacion’s two children sitting in the back seat of the car while he made the sale. The children, ages 7 and 5, were taken to the precinct and later released to their mother. Nagel has been charged with possession of an illegal drug. Encarnacion was charged with third degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a controlled substance and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Both parties will be arraigned in Nassau First District Court, located at 99 Main Street, Hempstead NY 11550.
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A dangerous early morning car fire at 128 Guy Lombardo Ave. in Freeport, NY turned out to be done purposely by the car’s owner. Anthony Rosario, 18, set a car on fire in front of the apartment building he lived in. The car was his own. His apartment building has 80 units, and the fire was less than three feet away from the building, but luckily no one was hurt. Freeport Police were able to arrest Rosario because his apartment building’s surveillance cameras caught him in the act. They have also reported that officers found a gas can nearby and an unusually large amount of gasoline in the car. Freeport Police have also stated that Rosario did not like his car and purposely set it on fire. He has been charged with arson and reckless endangerment. He will be arraigned at Nassau First District Court, which is located at 99 Main Street, Hempstead NY.

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Nassau County Police went to the home of Brandon Schneider in Hicksville, New York to arrest him for failing to appear in court as ordered. They arrived at the house on York Street intending to arrest him for failure to appear in court for an assault charge he was facing. When they arrived to the house, they could smell the marijuana. After Nassau County Police asked Schneider about the smell, he admitted to having the illegal drug in the basement. Police found that Schneider had an entire room dedicated to growing the drug. Schneider has been charged with second and third degree of criminal possession of a controlled substance. He is set to be arraigned at Nassau First Criminal Court; located at 99 Main Street Hempstead NY 11550.
If you or a loved is facing a Marijuana or Drug Possession charge, you will need an aggressive NY Criminal Attorney who is well versed in drug possession defense strategies. Stephen Bilkis & Associates having been helping Nassau County residents defend drug possession charges for more than a decade. We offer a free consultation to speak to a New York Criminal Lawyer from our firm at 1-800-NYNY-LAW (1-800-696-9529). Call us to discuss your legal options.

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