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Mom sobs: 'i tried, but not enough'

She says she did everything she could to keep her son safe from the same mean streets that claimed her father's life 21 years ago. But now, Zelita Mighty can only cry as she tries to understand how her oldest child, 16-year-old Carvett Gentles, ...

From DENISE BUFFA, New York Post,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Zelita Mighty,  Carvett Gentles,  Vada Vasquez

Baby-faced teen facing attempted murder charges in shooting of Bronx girl

The baby-faced, 16-year-old kid charged with allegedly shooting Bronx teen Vada Vasquez was ordered behind bars with no bail along with four of his cohorts. Zelita Mighty couldn't hold back tears after a judge charged her son, Carvett Gentles, with ...

From DENISE BUFFA, New York Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Vada Vasquez

Hero's kin sues cop-slay junkie

The addict convicted of killing a cop who surprised him and "Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato during a Bronx break-in is being sued by the cop's sister. Yolanda Rosa, sister of slain Officer Daniel Enchautegui, is asking for unspecified damages from ...

From DENISE BUFFA, New York Post,  14 Nov 2009

Cop dragged me: lawsuit

An explosive suit against the NYPD says a white cop handcuffed a black woman for no reason, then dragged her from her Bronx home in just a tank top and shorts. The lawsuit, filed by lab assistant Shelly Huggins, 31, charges discrimination, false arrest ...

From DENISE BUFFA, New York Post,  9 Nov 2009

'Sex ed' flap at BX. HS

The first rule about having an edgy English teacher is don't talk about your edgy English teacher. A beloved city schoolteacher has been suspended by the Department of Education after giving his 11th-grade students a copy of a graphic short story about ...

From DENISE BUFFA, CAROLYN SALAZAR AND LUKAS I. ALPERT, New York Post,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chuck Palahniuk,  Playboy Magazine,  Joel I Klein,  Facebook Inc.

'Terror' mom rant in court

An MIT-trained scientist charged with shooting at GIs in Afghanistan doesn't want to go back to court anymore -- and is upset she has to come back for another hearing to say so. "I can tell you I don't want to," Aafia Siddiqui told Judge Richard Berman ...

From DENISE BUFFA, New York Post,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,  Aafia Siddiqui

Madoff auditor pleads guilty, but says he never knew of Ponzi scheme

Bernie Madoff’s longtime auditor pleaded guilty to securities fraud this morning in Manhattan federal court, where he told a judge he’d been oblivious to the massive fraud he was rubber-stamping. "At no time was I ever aware that Bernard Madoff was ...

From DENISE BUFFA, New York Post,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bernard Madoff,  David Friehling

Driven up a sea wall

Some Throgs Neck residents are making waves over a construction project that blocks access to the beach at the end of their street -- for the first time in more than 80 years. Residents of seven homes along Casler Place and nearby Pennyfield Avenue in ...

From DENISE BUFFA, New York Post,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Department of Environmental Conservation,  Mark Daly

DA: Man who shot 'granny' was given gun

The kid who cops say shot and killed a 92-year-old woman was given the gun by someone who told him to use it whenever he needed it, prosecutors said today. Prosecutor Christiana Stover said Jamal Blair, 18, got the .22-caliber gun from an older man. ...

From DENISE BUFFA, New York Post,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Sadie Mitchell

Catholic school's soundproofers: No one listen$

Contractors soundproofing St. Anselm School in the South Bronx say they don't have a prayer of getting money anytime soon from the Archdiocese of New York. "We got a better chance of parting the sea than getting paid from the diocese," said Charles ...

From DENISE BUFFA, New York Post,  19 Oct 2009

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