BY Wil Cruz, Joe Jackson and Jonathan Lemire DAILY NEWS WRITERS Investigators are hunting for a copycat firebug at Stuyvesant High School – where fires continue to be set even though a student arrested for arson last week isn’t there. And the new culprit apparently thinks he’s a genius. “I’m smart enough – you can’t catch … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Fleeing Queens youth riddled by 11 police bullets, but angry kin say he didn’t deserve to die
BY Joe Jackson and Joe Kemp DAILY NEWS WRITERS Cops blasted 14 shots and killed a Queens teenager they said pointed a gun at them – but the slain 18-year-old’s family insisted Sunday he didn’t deserve to die. Dashawn Vasconcellos, who had no criminal record, was hit by 11 bullets, said Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for … Continue reading
Queens man says he didn’t kill wife, son – his split personality did: cops
BY Wil Cruz, Joe Jackson, Brendan Brosh and Rich Schapiro DAILY NEWS WRITERS A Queens dad with a split personality was busted Saturday for slitting the throats of his wife and 14-year-old son – and then blaming the horrific crime on his alter ego, cops said. “Otto does not do these things, but Robert does,” … Continue reading
Harlem grandmother wounded by stray bullet has message for Mayor Bloomberg: Clean up my neighborhood
BY Joe Jackson and Rich Schapiro DAILY NEWS WRITERS A Harlem grandmother felled by a stray bullet delivered a stern message to Mayor Bloomberg on Thursday: Clean up my neighborhood. An exasperated Virginia Valree said from her hospital bed that Harlem feels like a war zone. “Bloomberg’s getting in there and making the place look … Continue reading
Mother of baby-faced shooting suspect in stray-bullet shooting of Vada Vasquez breaks down in court
BY Dorian Block, Joe Jackson, Sarah Armaghan and Rich Schapiro DAILY NEWS WRITERS The mother of the baby-faced gangbanger charged with shooting Vada Vasquez broke down in a Bronx court Thursday as her son and his four cronies were tossed in jail. Tears streamed down the face of mom Zelita Mighty when a Bronx Criminal … Continue reading
Stray bullet wounds Harlem grandmother in left leg
BY Joe Jackson and John Lauinger DAILY NEWS WRITERS A Harlem grandmother taking food to a sick friend was hit by a stray bullet Wednesday – the latest innocent New Yorker to fall victim to random gun violence. Virginia Valree, 66, was walking south along Lenox Ave. in Harlem around 3:30 p.m. when the errant … Continue reading
Subway suspect eyed in holdups
BY Joe Jackson and Leo Standora DAILY NEWS WRITERS Suspected subway serial bandit Rasheem Williams was arraigned on robbery charges Tuesday night as prosecutors said he could be responsible for a slew of holdups across the city. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Abraham Clott ordered the 37-year-old Williams held without bail. He also was ordered to … Continue reading
Fans trumpet Yankees’ World Series 2009 win at new Stadium
BY Sarah Armaghan, Brendan Brosh, Kristen V. Brown, Joe Jackson and Larry Mcshane DAILY NEWS WRITERS This was a win well worth the wait. On a magical fall night, after eight disappointing years, the Yankees brought the World Championship back to the Bronx – and pinstriped pandemonium again reigned across New York. “We’re reclaiming our … Continue reading
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