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NYPD Detective Edwin Vargas Accused of Spying on Associates

May 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment

NYPD detective Edwin Vargas was arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly using the department’s equipment to conduct unauthorized database searches to spy on associates, including a woman he once had a relationship with. Detective Edwin Vargas, who was assigned to the 40th precinct in the Bronx, will be arraigned later today in a Manhattan federal court.

Official sources said Vargas conducted unauthorized searches in the National Crime Information Center database, as well as hiring as private hacking company to find even more information.

He is suspected of using the searches to spy on as many as 20 people. One of them is believed to be a woman with whom he had a relationship.

According to sources, Det. Vargas attempted to obtain the email accounts of at least 30 people. 21 of them are current or former NYPD employees and 19 are current NYPD officers. Many of them may be assigned to the 44 Precinct, his former precinct in the Bronx.

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Nassau Police Officer Nikolas Budimlic Said to Be ‘Inconsolable’ After Shooting Hofstra Student Andrea Rebello

May 20, 2013 by 5 Comments

Nikolas Budimlic has been identified as the Nassau County police officer who shot 21-year-old Hoftstra junior Andrea Rebello during a home invasion by convicted felon Dalton Smith. He is reportedly ‘inconsolable’ over her death. Here’s my question, where were the hostage negotiators or the SWAT team? Usually when there are hostages, these special forces are called in.

The New York Post reports Nikolas Budimlic, 42, is a 12-year veteran of the force, and is ‘torn up’ after shooting her while Dalton Smith held a gun to her head early Friday morning.

Budimlic is now on sick leave.  According to media reports, Nikolas Budimlic reported to the Uniondale home and confronted Smith, firing eight shots at him. One of those shots hit Andrea Rebello in the head, killing her. Nikolas Budimlic has to live with what he did. It seems that eight shots were excessive, considering he was firing at the suspect reportedly still holding Andrea Rebello hostage.

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Real Bronx Tours Takes White Tourists on Bronx Ghetto Tours, Includes ‘PickPocket Park’

May 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment

BRONX GHETTO TOURS:  New York City politicians are fuming over a Bronx bus tour that promises “a ride through a real New York City GHETTO,” the New York Post reports. The Real Bronx Tours takes riders, mostly white Europeans and Australians, on a trip that includes “stops at food-pantry lines” and a “pickpocket park” three times a week, the newspaper reports.

Last week, on the first stop of the $45 tour, guide Lynn Battaglia, from Pittsburgh, pointed out a housing project. She then mocked the Grand Concourse, modeled after a Parisian boulevard. “Do you feel like we’re on the Champs-Elysées?” she teased a couple from Paris.

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The bus stopped in front of St. Mary’s Park, where she credited Mayor Rudy Giuliani for curbing crime.

“If it were 1980 and you said to me, ‘Lynn, I want to die.’ My answer would be, ‘You’re in the right neighborhood,’ ” she said.

She suggested the park is still dangerous.

“I might encourage you to walk with a New Yorker, not because you’re going to get shot, just because sometimes people take advantage if they know you’re a tourist, either charge you too much or maybe someone would pick your pocket,” she said. Source

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14-Year-Old Daja Robinson Fatally Shot While Riding on Q6 Bus in Jamaica, Queens

May 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment

SHOCK:  Fourteen year old Daja Robinson was killed Saturday after a gunman shot at the Q6 bus she was riding in as it idled by a bus stop on Sutphin Boulevard and Rockaway Boulevard in South Jamaica. Police said the bus was hit a number of times, with one bullet breaking through the window and hitting the teen in the head. It is not clear if Daja Robinson was the intended target.

Daja Robinson was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital. She was a student at Andrew Jackson High School.  The gunman has not been identified and remains at large.  If you have any information about the teen’s murder, please call Crime Stoppers at (800)577-TIPS.

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Dalton Smith ID’d as Slain Suspect in Home Invasion That Led to Andrea Rebello’s Murder

May 18, 2013 by 1 Comment
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Hofstra University Student Andrea Rebello During home invasion by career criminal Dalton Smith

The masked gunman who was slain in a home invasion that also claimed the life of Hofstra University junior Andrea Rebello has been identified as convicted felon Dalton Smith, 30, of Hempstead. He was reportedly wanted for absconding parole for robbery. He had been found guilty of robbery in the first degree and had a long rap sheet dating back to 1999. He has had multiple convictions for theft and assault.

The New York Post reports Dalton Smith followed Jessica and Andrea Rebello, Jessica’s boyfriend John Kourtessiss and Shannon Thomas from student bar McHebes, back to the girls’ California Avenue sorority house. Smith reportedly targeted the students because he saw them spending large amounts of money at the popular student bar.

Dalton Smith was shot by police after they responded to the home following a 911 phone call by Shannon Thomas, who he sent to withdraw money from the ATM machine.

 

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Andrea Rebello ID’d as Hofstra Student Killed During Home Invasion on Long Island

May 17, 2013 by 1 Comment
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Andrea Rebello (right) ID’d as Hofstra Student Killed During Home Invasion on Long Island (Facebook)

Andrea Rebello has been identified as the Hofstra University student killed during a home invasion early Friday morning in Long Island. The masked intruder, armed with a handgun, entered the home which she shared her twin sister, Jessica Rebello, and other friends, was also killed.

The intruder, who hasn’t been identified, forced his way into the home on California Avenue, after knocking on the door. He went to the second floor and held the occupants hostage. NBC New York reports he allowed one of the women to leave the home to withdraw money from an ATM and she called 911, Nassau County Deputy Inspector Kenneth Lack said.

NBC reports she told the 911 dispatcher that the intruder had a silver handgun pointed at her friend’s head in a second-floor bedroom and that there were multiple hostages. The police were dispatched to the home.

Andrea Rebello, who describes herself as “100% Portuguese,” was a member of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority and lived with six of her sorority sisters at the home. She was studying Public Relations and Sociology at Hofstra. RIP Andrea!

 

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Female Hofstra University Student, Armed Suspecet Killed During Home Invasion in LI

May 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment

An unidentified female Hostra University student and an armed suspect were killed during a home invasion in Long Island Friday morning. The man, who was armed with a handgun and wearing a ski mask, broke into the home on California Avenue at about 2:20 a.m. There were three women and a man inside the home, the NY Post reports.

The gunman let one of the women leave about 10 minutes after the break-in and she immediately called 911, Lack said.

When cops arrived at the scene armed with shields, bullets started flying, leave one of the women inside the home and the gunman dead.

Cops don’t believe there was any relationship between the gunman and the victims, Lack said. Source

Hofstra University issued a statement saying:  ”The Nassau County Police have notified us that early this morning a Hofstra student was killed during a tragic crime which took place in a rental house off campus. The police investigation is ongoing, and we do not yet know all of the relevant details. What we do know is that a young member of the Hofstra family has been taken from us in a senseless act of violence. Our hearts and minds and our thoughts and prayers are with her family, her friends, and her classmates. While our hearts are laden with grief, this weekend’s commencement ceremonies will go on as scheduled. The accomplishments of our graduates must be recognized, and together our community will heal and find the strength to move forward.”

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NY State Sen. John Sampson Arrested on Corruption Charges

May 6, 2013 by 1 Comment

Another black New York politician has been arrested on corruption charges. Democratic State Sen. John Sampson was taken into custody by the FBI Monday morning on corruption charges.

John Sampson represents the 19th senatorial district,  which includes Canarsie, East New York and Sheepshead Bay. He was elected to the Senate in 1996.

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Ms. Magazine Co-Founder Mary Thom Killed in Motorcycle Accident in Yonkers NY

April 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Mary Thom, co-founder of Ms. magazine, was killed Friday when the 1996 Honda Magna 750 motorcycle she was riding was struck by a car on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers, NY, shortly after 4 p.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

In 1972, Ms. Thom became an editor at Ms. magazine and remained with the publication until her death. She largely operated behind the scenes, shaping the prose of feminist luminaries like Gloria Steinem. She was also the author of several books, including a history of Ms. magazine, and co-edited an oral history of Bella S. Abzug, the congresswoman and feminist leader.

“Ms. Magazine, the Women’s Media Center, the women’s movement and American journalism have suffered an enormous blow,” Robin Morgan, Jane Fonda and Ms. Steinem, the founders of the center, wrote in a statement on Saturday. “Mary was and will always be our moral compass and steady heart.” Source

 

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Off-Duty NYPD Officer Kills One Year Old Baby, Boyfriend and Herself in East Flatbush Murder-Suicide

April 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment

FLATBUSH MURDER-SUICIDE:  Off-duty police officer reportedly shot boyfriend, Dason Peters, a one year old son, Dylan Samuel-Peters, and then herself in an apparent murder-suicide in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, Monday morning. The shooting occurred at a home on East 56th Street. Stay tuned for updates.

The officer’s 19 year old son escaped from a back window wearing only a pair of boxers and a windbreaker, witnesses said. He called the police after fleeing the apartment.

The unidentified cop was a 13-year veteran of the force. Police found the boyfriend’s body was found lying in the hallway of their ground-floor apartment. The cop, 43, and her infant son were found lying on a bed, authorities said.

The officer was assigned to the 108th Precinct, which covers Long Island City and Sunnyside in Queens. The couple and children located the first-floor apartment of a two-story home.

All three victims died of gunshot wounds, police said. The child and the officer were shot in the chest, police said. Reports are that Rosette Samuel was upset her boyfriend was leaving her and moving back to Guyana. She reportedly left a note.

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