crime

Hamilton Nolan · 10/25/13 03:48PM

Federal prosecutors are reportedly seeking a guilty plea on "at least a single criminal charge" from JPMorgan in relation to allegations that the bank purposely turned a blind eye to Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

Guy Offers to Let Girl Keep His Stolen Phone In Exchange for a Date

Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/25/13 09:05AM

It's a story as old as time: Boy has smartphone stolen from his pants; boy finds out thief never disabled the function that automatically sends all the photos taken with the smartphone to a shared Dropbox folder; boy discovers phone is now owned by a young Moroccan woman; boy offers to let young Moroccan woman keep the phone if she agrees to go on a date with him.

Decriminalized Weed in Brooklyn?

Hamilton Nolan · 10/25/13 08:40AM

The man in line to become the next district attorney in Brooklyn says that he will not prosecute people caught with less than 15 grams of weed, ganja, skunk, cheeba cheeba yall. This could be great for Brooklyn's brand cachet.

J.K. Trotter · 10/23/13 04:47PM

Kennedy relative Michael Skakel, who was convicted in 2002 of killing a 15 year-old named Martha Moxley in 1975, has been granted a retrial. Skakel allegedly bragged on the night of Moxley’s death: “I’m going to get away with murder. I’m a Kennedy.”

Bernie Madoff Was a Great Boss

Hamilton Nolan · 10/22/13 04:00PM

You heard of this fella, Bernie Madoff? Runs some sort of money management place in Midtown. Great guy to work for. The best. If you're job-hunting, that is absolutely the man you wanna work for.

Lacey Donohue · 10/21/13 10:21PM

A bright pink food truck filled with $15,000 worth of cold-pressed juice was stolen from a Willamsburg parking lot Sunday morning.