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Arrest Made In SoHo Slaying Of Popular Bayonne Sneaker Reseller 'Upscale Cracc' Arrest Made In SoHo Slaying Of Popular Bayonne Sneaker Reseller 'Upscale Cracc'
Arrest Made In SoHo Slaying Of Popular Bayonne Sneaker Reseller 'Upscale Cracc' Police have arrested and charged a New York man in the June murder of a popular Bayonne, NJ sneaker reseller who went by the name, Upscale Cracc, in Lower Manhattan. Jayquan Straker, age 35, of Poughkeepsie, has been charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon in the Tuesday, June 25 killing of Javier Osorio-Mejia, in SoHo, the NYPD announced. Rest in peace to Upscale Cracc, born Javier Osorio-Mejia, a reseller who was a mainstay at sneaker releases in New York City for years. If there was a lineu…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hoboken Woman Charged With Slashing Stranger Threatens To Do Same To NY Judge Hoboken Woman Charged With Slashing Stranger Threatens To Do Same To NY Judge
Hoboken Woman Charged With Slashing Stranger Threatens To Do Same To NY Judge UPDATE: A Hoboken woman charged with randomly slashing an innocent bystander in the face on a busy midtown Manhattan street reportedly threatened to do the same to a judge when she was brought into court. “I’m going to slash you in the face too if you put me in the cell for a long time,” Ola Albanni warned the Manhattan Criminal Court judge during her Labor Day arraignment, according to published reports. It turns out Albanni, 52, had previously been charged with punching another stranger on a city sidewalk this past May before skipping her court date. The corner of West 38th Street at Ei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hoboken Woman Charged With Bloody Broad-Daylight Slashing On Busy Manhattan Street Hoboken Woman Charged With Bloody Broad-Daylight Slashing On Busy Manhattan Street
Hoboken Woman Charged With Bloody Broad-Daylight Slashing On Busy Manhattan Street A Hoboken woman slashed a bystander in the face with a large kitchen knife in what appeared to be a random attack outside a Manhattan pizzeria, authorities said. The corner of West 38th Street at Eighth Avenue was teeming with people when the 65-year-old victim was slashed just beneath her left eye a few steps from 2 Bros Pizza shortly after 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1. She was treated at Mount Sinai Hospital, police said. Authorities issued surveillance video of her fleeing assailant, who wore a short furry black coat, sparkly pink shorts, buckled shoes and a bucket hat – some of which appeare…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Socialite From Jersey Shore Accused Of 'Menacing' Former Housekeeper With Knife, Mop Handle Socialite From Jersey Shore Accused Of 'Menacing' Former Housekeeper With Knife, Mop Handle
Socialite From Jersey Shore Accused Of 'Menacing' Former Housekeeper With Knife, Mop Handle A 43-year-old socialite who was raised in New Jersey is facing charges on Long Island after police said she "menaced" her former housekeeper with a knife and a mop handle and broke the former employee's cell phone, according to authorities and a report by the New York Post. Libbie Mugrabi, of Sag Harbor and formerly Deal, New Jersey, was arrested on Tuesday, Nov. 22, the Southampton Town Police Department reported. The arrest stemmed from an incident that happened on July 31, when Mugrabi — whose ex-husband is billionaire art collector David Mugrabi — argued with her former housekeeper ove…

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by Nicole Valinote & Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: Driver Charged In Road-Rage Killing Of Pregnant Rockland Mom UPDATE: Driver Charged In Road-Rage Killing Of Pregnant Rockland Mom
Update: Driver Charged In Road-Rage Killing Of Pregnant Rockland Mom Additional charges have been filed against the man accused of intentionally driving his car twice into a family of eight, killing the mother, who was reportedly several weeks pregnant. The incident took place around 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, when Jason Mendez, 35, of Washingtonville in Orange County, drove his vehicle into the family standing in front of the store located on North Central Highway in Garnerville, killing 32-year-old Melissa Deloatch, said Haverstraw Police Capt. Martin Lund. Witnesses and police said that Mendez had words with one of the adults about smoking in…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Who Threatened Rockland School Had 9 Guns, Bump Stock, Police Say Man Who Threatened Rockland School Had 9 Guns, Bump Stock, Police Say
Man Who Threatened Rockland School Had 9 Guns, Bump Stock, Police Say This story has been updated. A 32-year-old man who left a series of threatening phone messages for a staff member at a Rockland County school that he attended in 2002 was arrested after police found nine illegal guns and bump stock at his home on Long Island, the Clarkstown and Suffolk police departments announced Sunday afternoon. The Clarkstown Police Department received a report of a suspicious incident on Saturday, April 14, possibly involving a threat to a staff member, at the Summit School located at 339 N. Broadway in Upper Nyack. The school is for students with emotional and behavio…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Man Who Threatened Rockland School Had 9 Guns, Bump Stock, Police Say Man Who Threatened Rockland School Had 9 Guns, Bump Stock, Police Say
Man Who Threatened Rockland School Had 9 Guns, Bump Stock, Police Say This story has been updated. A 32-year-old man who left a series of threatening phone messages for a staff member at a Rockland County school that he attended in 2002 was arrested after police found nine illegal guns and bump stock at his home on Long Island, the Clarkstown and Suffolk police departments announced Sunday afternoon. The Clarkstown Police Department received a report of a suspicious incident on Saturday, April 14, possibly involving a threat to a staff member, at the Summit School located at 339 N. Broadway in Upper Nyack. The school is for students with emotional and behavio…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Teacher's Aide Fired After Bringing Gun To School Teacher's Aide Fired After Bringing Gun To School
Teacher's Aide Fired After Bringing Gun To School A 24-year-old teacher's aide who was arrested for bringing a gun to a school in her purse has been fired. Gillian J. Jeffords, 24, of Warwick, was fired Wednesday evening, effective immediately, from the Jesse Kaplan School of the BOCES Campus in West Nyack, according to Scott Salotto, director of communications for BOCES. "The Board of Education met last night and a decision was made to terminate Ms. Jeffords," he said. "She was informed last night." The discovery of the gun took place around 9 a.m. Wednesday when the Clarkstown Police Department responded to the schoo…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Assault Rifles, Bump Stock Discovered In Orange County Police Bust Assault Rifles, Bump Stock Discovered In Orange County Police Bust
Assault Rifles, Bump Stock Discovered In Orange County Police Bust A two-week long investigation by state police led to the arrest of a man in possession of an arsenal of automatic weapons, marijuana and hallucinogens. New York State Police troopers executed a search warrant at a residence in Wawayanda that led to the recovery of a cache of illegal weapons and ammunition that allegedly belong to 39-year-old Middletown resident Norwell Therien. Police said the search resulted in the recovery of: Glock 9mm; Five assault rifles, including an Uzi with a 50-round magazine and a Calico 9mm rifle with a 100-round high capacity magazine; Two AK-47 rifles with 10…

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by Zak Failla