We hear the sirens and often see the lights of police cruisers bouncing off of buildings down the street. Most often, however, we’re (blissfully?) unaware of why the police were on-scene in our neighborhood unless it happens to make the paper. However, there is a way to determine the crime that’s taking place in and […]
Pizza Robbery Leaves 4 Injured
A strong-arm robbery suspect is in custody while the search continues for two others that opened fire during a robbery or Margarita’s Pizza on East 79th Street. The three criminals broke in to the restaurant through a back door at around 12:30 am on Thanksgiving. A scuffle broke out, allegedly between employees and the robbers. […]
Ossining man accused of selling stolen Warhol ‘Heinz 57’
BY SHAWN COHEN AND TIMOTHY O’CONNOR • SPCOHEN@LOHUD.COM • NOVEMBER 23, 2009 An Ossining man has been accused of stealing a Heinz 57 box created by artist Andy Warhol and selling it for $220,000, according to court papers unsealed today. James S. Biear, 49, has been charged by the FBI with felony wire and mail fraud […]
Killing The Messenger
Increasingly, the world around us is being monitored and recorded. Not too long ago, if a security camera captured a your image, you were probably committing. Today, surveillance cameras are found in school buses, on college campuses, in cars, and even hidden amidst a household’s decor. Whether surveillance cameras, and the implications of a monitored […]
