Category Archive for : ‘General’

New York Post/Laura Italiano

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When Arohn Kee was 29,the serial killer rapist who preyed on teen girls in Harlem, stood at therndefense table, apologizing for his crimes, for the first time, in a pre sentencing statement whenrnthe Maximo Duverge, 31, leapt from the back row. Kee had killed Duverge’s cousin Johalis Castro,rn19, in 1997 and may have set her body on fire while she was still alive. Court officers heldrnDuverge back before he could attack Kee, who had just tearily told the packed room, I am sorry.\rnKee will serve life without

When Arohn Kee was 29,the serial killer-rapist who preyed on teen girls in Harlem, stood at the defense table, apologizing for his crimes, for the first time, in a pre-sentencing statement when the Maximo Duverge, 31, leapt from the back row.  Kee had killed Duverge’s cousin Johalis Castro, 19, in 1997 and may have set her body on fire while she was still alive.  Court officers held Duverge back before he could attack Kee, who had just tearily told the packed room, I am sorry.  Kee will serve life without

Steven Koplan, a 45 year old Staten Island man who allegedly bombarded NBC with e-mails threatening Tom Brokaw, was arraigned on 56 counts yesterday including felony child pornography.  He pleaded not guilty to 54 felony child-porn charges and two misdemeanor counts of aggravated harassment, all concerning the e-mails.  Bail was set at $25,000 and Koplan was ordered to return to court September 14.

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Suffolk lawmakers yesterday unanimously approved a resolution requiring providers to check the state’s sex offender registry before hiring employees.  Day care providers are currently required to submit fingerprint tests to the state for a background check, a process that can take several months.  The bill requires day care centers that receive county funding to contact the New York State Sex Offender Registry before hiring employees or volunteers.  A provider who fails to check with the registry could lose county funding.  Nassau lawmakers are considering similar legislation.  

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New York Post/Alisha Berger

A 13 year old girl walking home alone from school on Utica Avenue in Brooklyn was kidnapped andraped by three young men and a teenage girl in a van. The four youths tried to recruit the girl asa prostitute. They forced her inside the vehicle, demanding she work for them as a hooker. The girlrefused their demands and they drove off before several of them raped and assaulted her in thevehicle. The victim managed to escape and provided cops with details of the crime, leading to thearrests

An ex-convict has been charged with raping his 6 year old daughter, attacking her so viciously her injuries required surgery.  He was arraigned Wednesday on two counts of rape, two counts of committing a criminal sexual act and one count of endangering the welfare of a child.  According to court papers, the father raped his daughter and forced her to have oral sex on July 30 while the girl was visiting at his apartment in upper Manhattan.  The next day, he put the girl in a taxicab alone and sent