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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'
Jayquan Straker Charged In Upscale Cracc Murder 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