Joseph Petcka and Lisa Altobelli

The NY Post reports, Notorious "self-defense" cat killer Joseph Petcka took the witness stand in Manhattan yesterday, describing his victim - Norman, the orange house tabby - as a raging, rearing, growling banshee.
Norman, his girlfriend's little kitty, brought on his own demise by attacking twice - maybe three times - that night in March 2007, Petcka told jurors.
The tall, dashing, out-of-work actor spoke so dramatically about little Norman's angry "stance" - and about how the cat "lunged" and "reared" and "threw me on my butt" - that for 90 minutes of testimony, it was almost possible to forget that Norman was fully declawed and weighed only 7 3/4 pounds. Ex-girlfriend Lisa Altobelli, owner of Norman took the stand yesterday.

Lil Wayne

The AP reports, a police officer said Monday she saw rapper Lil Wayne with a gun on his tour bus last year after a concert.

Officer Diane Hornung testified in a pretrial hearing that she had gotten on the bus on July 22, 2007, because she saw and smelled marijuana smoke wafting from the bus' open door.

Hornung said about 15 people boarded the bus around 11:30 p.m. after the Manhattan concert ended. She said the bus left the site of the concert a few minutes later, and police pulled it over about a dozen blocks away.

Julian Tzolov

The NY Post reports Julian Tzolov, the former Credit Suisse broker who was charged Wednesday with fraudulent sales of auction-rate securities, has returned to the US to face the music.
Tzolov had been in his native Bulgaria, confirmed Jim Margolin, a spokesman for the FBI's New York field office, which arrested Tzolov after he arrived at Kennedy Airport from Munich around 2 p.m. yesterday.

The photograph shows him entering the offices of the FBI at 26 Federal Plaza.

Dr. Robin Motz

Laura Italiano of the NY Post writes, He's $540,000 lighter, and he's legally barred from going anywhere near his mother.
But other than that, not much has changed for disgraced doctor Robin Motz, sentenced in Manhattan yesterday for scamming his 92-year-old mother out of more than $500,000.
Under his June plea deal, Motz, 69 - for 30 years an assistant attending internist at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center - must serve five years of probation and 150 hours community service. But he gets no jail time.

Robert Chambers

One of New York's most bizarre long-term romances played out its latest chapter in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday as "Preppy Killer" Robert Chambers was sentenced to 19 years in prison for heroin possession.
There, winking and smiling at him from the gallery, on leave from a residential drug rehab program in The Bronx, sat Shawn Kovell - bottle-blonde and buxom in a clingy black top. NY Post reporter Laura Ilaliano reports the story.

Tricia Walsh-Smith and Philip Smith

Tricia Walsh-Smith said "horrible, terrible things, and she did it for the world to see, in front of millions and millions of people," her husband's lawyer, David Aronson, said at the start of their divorce trial today. The "Bonkers" playwright's hubby, Philip Smith, hasn't uttered a word publicly since his wife slammed him in a now-infamous YouTube video in April.
"We never had sex. He said it was because he had high blood pressure," she said in the first of her online rants."I accepted that. Then last year . . . I found Viagra, porn movies and condoms."
Smith, 77, finally got his day in court today, when Aronson argued before Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Harold Beeler that Walsh-Smith had been "cruel and inhuman" to him "and then some." Click here for the whole NY Post story.

Jessica Joyner and Jennifer Jones

The NY Post reports, "Jennifer Jones (with bag over face), half of a "Thelma and Louise" open-house robbery team, has agreed to plead guilty to grand larceny charges and spend a year seeing a therapist in lieu of going to the slammer. Jones, 33, will enter her plea on July 1, her lawyer and prosecutors said at a hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court yesterday. If she successfully completes the year of therapy, the charges against her will be dismissed. Had the case gone to trial, she could have ended up spending seven years in the Big House. Jones and pal Jessica Joyner (front), 39, were arrested last Nov. 24 and charged with swiping fancy furs, designer handbags, jewelry and cash while attending open houses of apartments for sale on the Upper East and Upper West sides and in New Jersey's Bergen County."

Renaldo Clarke

The NY Post reports."Renaldo Clarke, the second man to climb the New York Times Building Thursday, may be doomed to the fate suffered by Buzz Aldrin and Tenzing Norgay.
But the Brooklyn computer technician and amateur skyscraper climber insisted to prosecutors it was his idea, and that it was purely "a coincidence" that French daredevil Alain Robert beat him to Mt. Sulzberger."

James Delayo

The NY Post reports, "One of the city's top crane inspectors pocketed thousands of dollars in bribes from a construction firm while selling copies of the crane-operator exam, authorities charged yesterday.
James Delayo, assistant chief inspector for cranes, allegedly took cash for eight years to falsify reports claiming that cranes were inspected and operators properly licensed, the Department of Investigation said.
This blatant corruption by one of the Buildings Department's most senior men comes as questions swirl around the agency's ability to safely manage the city's building boom. There have been two deadly crane accidents within 10 weeks."

Dr. Robin Motz

The NY Post reports, "A Manhattan doctor who pulled a "mini-Astor" - scamming his 92-year-old mother out of more than a half-million dollars to bankroll a luxurious lifestyle - took a plea deal yesterday that will keep him out of jail.
Dr. Robin Motz, an internist at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, agreed to a deal giving him five years' probation and requiring 150 hours of community service."

Steve Loeb, Mao, Kelly Bucala

According to the NY Post, "The owner of a rare Andy Warhol silk screen sobbed in court yesterday, recounting how his prized artwork was stolen and wrecked - allegedly by an employee at a neighborhood frame shop.
Steve Loeb could barely look at his beloved "Mao" print yesterday as it sat bent, creased and nearly damaged beyond recognition on an easel inside Manhattan Supreme Court.
Loeb had taken his rare silk screen to Frameworks on Great Jones Street to have new UV-protected glass installed early last year. When he went to pick it up on Feb. 6, the store owners couldn't find it.
Authorities eventually traced Loeb's stolen Warhol to 33-year-old store employee Kelly Bucala, of Brooklyn, who is facing grand-larceny charges."

Darin Blackburn

Laura Italiano of the NY Post reports, "A sticky-fingered Upper West Side bartender will be serving probation instead of drinks after pleading guilty yesterday to illegally charging $31,793.99 to the credit card of a famous customer - sax man David Sanborn.
Darin Blackburn, 40, had been a fixture behind the bar at Nick & Toni's Cafe on West 67th Street.
For a year and a half, the mixologist would be secretly delighted when Sanborn and other customers paid in cash. He'd pocket the money, then charge the tab to Sanborn's American Express card, which the restaurant kept on file."

Richard Dienst

Richard Dienst, 68 was charged with sexual abuse, forcible touching and harassment for the two alleged incidents inside his office at the Woolworth Building, where he is accused of putting the woman's hands on his crotch. He is seen leaving the back door of 100 Centre Street where a car was waiting for him after his arraignment and then sped away. The NY Post reports, "Court papers say Dienst was far more verbal on March 21, when he allegedly accosted a lawyer inside his office and placed his hands on her breasts. "I just want to see how great your tits look," the criminal complaint quotes him as saying. "I just want to feel how great your tits feel."" He then put his hand down the back of her pants and put her hand on his crotch, saying, "Look what you did to an old man. You made an old man's weekend," the complaint says.

Tenzing Bhutia

According to the NY Post, " He drank enough Sam Adams beer to hike his blood-alcohol level to twice the legal limit. Then he plowed his dad's new Mercedes into a beautiful, 24-year-old Scottish woman on The Bowery and sped away - home to bed - as she died in the street. For this, a 21-year-old finance major named Tenzing Bhutia was promised a two-year prison term yesterday. Bhutia was even allowed to remain free until his June 19 sentencing - that way, he'll get to finish his degree at Baruch College. "I put the blame for my daughter's death squarely in the hands of the US justice system," Bill Thomson said of the case involving his tragic only daughter, Julia, who died of massive head injuries in the predawn mow-down last September. "Driving under the influence is generally dealt with by a slap on the wrist as a first offense, so it fails to act as a deterrent," the grieving father told the Edinburgh Evening News in Scotland after learning of the sentence."

Tricia Walsh-Smith

Dareh Gregorian of the NY Post reports, "The peeved playwright who's been venting on YouTube about her ugly divorce from Shubert Organization head Philip Smith was in court yesterday, where she claimed she's now broke. "I've got no money," Tricia Walsh-Smith said outside of Manhattan Supreme Court. "I'm $150,000 in debt."" Her third and latest YouTube video can be seen here.

Jack Jordan

NY Post columnist Andrea Peyser writes, "Persistent sicko Jack Jordan, who ran a two-year campaign of love and terror against actress Uma Thurman, was convicted yesterday of stalking and aggravated harassment - but cleared of two additional counts of aggravated harassment." Jordan was handcuffed and taken from the court and sent to Rikers Island to await sentencing. He's seen for the last time entering court, moments before the jury's decesion.

Jack Jordan

Jack Jordan, "Uma Thurman's creepy stalker took the stand this morning and tried to explain away his sick letters as just an act of creative writing. Maryland-resident Jack Jordan, who faces up to a year in jail on misdemeanor stalking and aggravated harassment charges, said his bizarre missives to the "Kill Bill" star that described visions of an aborted fetus and drawings of razor blade meant no harm. Instead, he said they were examples of stream of conscious writing - the same technique that Quentin Tarantino used to write his films that starred Thurman like "Kill Bill" and "Pulp Fiction."", according to Laura Italiano in this afternoon's NY Post web page story. The later newspaper edition story can be found here.

Uma Thurman

Actress Uma Thurman leaves court with her boyfriend Arpad Busson after testifying against her alleged stalker Jack Jordan. Read the Associated Press story, "Uma Thurman testifies at NYC trial of accused stalker" by Samuel Maull. Nice bag Uma.

Jack Jordan

Jack Jordan, Uma Thurman's alleged stalker leaves court for a lunch break in his ongoing trial. He smoked cigarettes in the park and ate an apple as he was followed by approximately 50 journalists and numerous paparazzi.

Tricia Walsh-Smith and Phillip Smith

Tricia Walsh-Smith enters and Phillip Smith leaves Divorce Court in the first round of their divorce proceedings. Phillip the head of the Shubert Organization is attempting to divorce his much younger wife of 25 years. Tricia who aired her complaints against her husband on YouTube has become an internet sensation. The New York Post sums it up here. Don't miss the YouTube video. Its a sight to behold.

Edward Marquette

Edward Marquette the NYC building's inspector makes an appearance in Part F at 100 Centre Street. The case was adjourned to a future date. Marquette looked spiffy in his very Brooks Brother style sport coat, a far cry from his disheveled look after he was arraigned on March 20th. charged with faking a report. A crane he was supposed to inspect later collapsed.

David Ajemian

David Ajemian, "Conan O'Brien's creepy stalker priest got off yesterday with a slap on the wrist. The Catholic priest, who menacingly stalked the carrot-topped TV host from California to New York to Italy, walked out of Manhattan Supreme Court a free man after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge. His punishment: a $95 fine and a promise to behave.

Steven Karvellas

The NY Post reports, "Natural gas trader Steven Karvellas, a Nymex board member from 1996 to 2006, yesterday pleaded guilty to securities fraud and tampering with evidence and agreed to serve five months in jail. He will also pay $850,000 in penalties and fines. The former board member of the New York Mercantile Exchange and six others were busted yesterday for bilking commodity investors out of millions of dollars in a scam that involved bribery and evidence tampering."

John Clifford

The NY Post reports, "Self-appointed Long Island Rail Road etiquette enforcer John Clifford lit a victory cigar outside a Manhattan courthouse yesterday - cleared of charges of harassment, attempted assault, attempted petit larceny and disorderly conduct, despite two days of testimony about his long history of expletive-laced screaming fits against cellphone-yapping fellow commuters."

Dr. Robin Motz

Dr. Robin Motz leaving 100 Centre Street. The January 24th. NY Post reports, "Dr. Robin Motz, who works at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, was indicted on charges that he scammed his 92-year-old mother out of nearly $1 million dollars - leaving her virtually penniless and on the brink of eviction from her Upper West Side coop. Motz, 64, who used power-of-attorney over his ailing mother's accounts to bilk her out of $832,453, is also being investigated to see if he used his knowledge of and access to prescription drugs to speed her demise, a high-level law-enforcement source said."

Marvin Bernard

Rapper Marvin Bernard aka Tony Yayo leaves court after a compliance hearing. He was sentenced in February to 10 months of public service for assault.

Remy Smith

Last photo of a free Remy Smith aka Remy Ma. Remy, 26, was found guilty of assault, weapons-possession and coercion charges for blasting Makeda Barnes Joseph, 24, with a .45-caliber handgun outside a club in the Meatpacking District on July 14, 2007. She was taken from the courtroom in handcuffs and will be sentenced April 23. She will be sent to state prison, possibly for 25 years.

Remy Smith

An apprehensive Remy Smith leaves court today during deliberations in her trial for the alleged shooting of a friend in a dispute over a $3000 theft from her purse at a Meatpacking District bar. The jury will be out tomorrow and return on the 27th..

Manuel Martinez Trial

Myrna Bores, sister of murder victim George Kogan. She identified her brother's body in the Medical Examiners office when he was murdered in 1990. Manuel Martinez is currently on trial for his murder. Bores's comment to this photographer; "Asshole! Wipe your nose". The NY Post's RICH WIDOW'S 'SLAY BROKER' story provides us with the juicy details of this high profile murder.

Edward Marquette

The NY Times reports, "A buildings inspector has been arrested and charged with faking a report that he visited a towering construction crane on the East Side of Manhattan on March 4 in response to a complaint. The inspector, the authorities said, never visited the crane, which toppled and killed seven people 11 days later. The buildings commissioner, said that all the cranes examined by the inspector who was arrested, Edward J. Marquette, 46, in the last six months would receive new inspections."

Remy Smith

Remy Smith leaves court today in her ongoing trial for the early morning shooting of her friend outside a Meatpacking District club.

Trevor Smith

Laura Italiano of the NY Post reports "Trevor Smith, 35, of Baldwin, LI - has managed to stay out of jail despite a lengthy New York rap sheet - including a probation sentence in 1999 for possessing a loaded illegal handgun. Yesterday's sentencing covered his August 2005 kicking of fan Roberto Lebron after Lebron accidentally spit on a car in Busta's entourage at West 19th Street and Sixth Avenue. It also covered his December 2006 beatdown of his former driver, Eddie Hatchet, with whom he was arguing over back pay, as well as his admission to driving drunk on 11th Avenue in March 2007, and a minor license suspension. Cops seized a machete from Busta's car when he was arrested in 2006 - a weapon the rapper yesterday said he won't be reclaiming from cops."

Cecil (Katie) Suwal

The NY Post reports "Cecil "Katie" Suwal, 23, who prosecutors say kept the books of the Emperors Club VIP - while also supervising "date" bookers and recruiting new hookers, faces 20 years in prison on money-laundering and prostitution charges. Suwal who allegedly controlled the million-dollar international prostitution ring that brought down former Gov. Eliot Spitzer walked out of Manhattan federal lockup yesterday after signing off on a $500,000 bond."

Remy Smith

Makeda Barnes- Joseph testified in court today that Remy Smith aka Remy Ma, shown leaving court, shot her after accusing her of stealing $3000 from her pocketbook. "DIVA CHARGED IN SHOOT" chronicles the events of the July 14, 2007 early morning shooting in New York's Meatpacking District.

Makeda Barnes Joseph

Makeda Barnes- Joseph testified in court today that Remy Smith shot her after accusing her of stealing $3000 from her pocketbook. "DIVA CHARGED IN SHOOT" chronicles the events of the July 14, 2007 early morning shooting in New York's Meatpacking District.

Michael Izzo

Former NYC fireman Michael Izzo, 30, leaving court, will get one to three years on felony reckless endangerment. Izzo and fellow firefighter at the time pleaded guilty to dousing the bay door of their former midtown Manhattan station house with gasoline, lighting it, and then running away. Laura Italiano of the NY Post reports on this mind boggling story.

Gregory Vinarsky

Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced today the indictment of 11 persons for operating a fraudulent “medical mill” that bilked insurance companies of more than $6.2 million. Among the defendants, charged in an 84-count indictment with Enterprise Corruption and other criminal offenses, are three medical doctors, a chiropractor, two acupuncturists, and 10 corporations. At the top of the criminal enterprise’s hierarchy was Gregory Vinarsky. Vinarsky paid the “runners” to stage car accidents and bring uninjured passengers to the enterprise’s clinic.

Stanislav Shmulevich

Stanislav Shmulevich leaves court after pleading guilty. Former Pace University student Shmulevich was originally arrested for flushing a copy of the Koran belonging to the university in a campus toilet last year. Read the NY Post editorial here. Shmulevich was sentenced to community service.

Kevin Rios

Kevin Rios is walked into the Tombs by Police Detectives. According to the NY Daily News, "A brazen rapist who attacked a baby-sitter in Harlem and stole a pimp's car after assaulting a prostitute was nailed Friday by DNA evidence, police sources said.Kevin Rios, 21, of Manhattan, was busted in the Jan. 30 attack in Spanish Harlem. He allegedly followed a 34-year-old Jersey City woman into the building where she worked as a sitter and raped her in an elevator at knifepoint.Rios' DNA, which was on file from an unspecified previous conviction, matched that of the assailant, sources said. One source called Rios "very unrepentant, dangerous." "This guy has the potential to do much damage without a shred of guilt," the source said."

james barbour

James Barbour who once played the Beast in "Beauty and the Beast" on Broadway was sent to jail today for two months after previously having admitted to having sex with a 15 year old fan. NY Post reporter Laura Italiano reports on his day in court. He's seen entering court with his wife Dana. He left in hand cuffs with correction officers.

Frederick E. Guest II

Frederick E. Guest II leaves 100 Centre Street. He pleaded guilty to tax evasion and paid 1.42 million in back taxes. He paid a $20,000 fine. Newsday reports on his case.

Joseph Petcka

Joseph Petcka leaves criminal court after one of many appearances. Mr. Petcka has been charged with aggravated cruelty to animals. Petcka is a former Mets minor leaguer, before taking up acting and getting a bit part on "Sex and the City". Phillip Messing, a NY Post police reporter, details a very harrowing story about the death of a cat here.

Tenzing Bhutia

Tenzing Bhutia covers up as he leaves criminal court today after a
hearing. Bhutia has been charged with vehicular manslaughter in the
second degree in the death of Julia Thomson. The NY Post reports,
"gorgeous Julia Thomson, 24, suffered massive head injuries and
died almost instantly after Tenzing Bhutia, driving his father's
Mercedes, crashed into her as she crossed the Bowery at East Fourth
Street, authorities said."

Fatima Monahan

Fatima Monahan leaves court after a hearing. Monahan has been
charged with Grand Larceny in the third degree. In his November 30,
2007 article, NY Post reporter Leonard Greene reports on how
Monahan found herself in this situation.

Dr. Robin Motz

Dr. Robin Motz leaving 100 Centre Street. The NY Post reports, "Dr.
Robin Motz, who works at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, was
indicted yesterday on charges that he scammed his 92-year-old
mother out of nearly $1 million dollars - leaving her virtually
penniless and on the brink of eviction from her Upper West Side coop.
Motz, 64, who used power-of-attorney over his ailing mother's
accounts to bilk her out of $832,453, is also being investigated to
see if he used his knowledge of and access to prescription drugs to
speed her demise, a high-level law-enforcement source said."

David Daloia and James O'Hare

L to R: David Daloia and James O'Hare being walked into the New York District Attorney's office at One Hogan Place by NYPD Detectives on January 9, 2008. They will be arraigned at criminal court at 100 Centre Street on charges of forgery and attempted petty larceny. The NY Post reports, "O'Hare and Daloia were stopped late Tuesday afternoon after they wheeled the 66-year-old Cintron's clearly lifeless body in a desk chair to a check-cashing place on Ninth Avenue. The wacky stunt caught the attention of several passers-by and a police detective eating in a nearby restaurant. "He was completely lifeless and not moving and I watched them struggling with the body for a few minutes," said NYPD Detective Travis Rapp. "I saw the body and I said, 'Well, this is a dead guy.' I honestly thought it was a joke." Cintron appears to have died of natural causes sometime late Monday, officials said. He had suffered from Parkinson's disease for many years and had withered to just 95 pounds.'"

Jack Jordan

Jack Jordan with his face wrapped in a black scarf to protect his identity at the intersection of Centre and Canal on January 9, 2008. Jordan had just left criminal court at 111 Centre street after a preliminary court hearing. Jamie Schram provides some chilling details in a October 11th., 2007, NY Post exclusive story. "An obsessed creep has been busted for terrorizing sexy screen star Uma Thurman with a campaign of stalking that included camping outside her house, invading a movie set and penning a bizarre drawing in which she was depicted digging a grave, court papers allege. Jack Jordan, 35, of California believed that he "loved" the "Kill Bill" star ever since he started stalking her two years ago. He eventually left a letter at her Manhattan apartment that contained a bone-chilling threat, the papers said." I feel afraid that if I see you out again with another man, I will want to kill myself. Maybe even after we meet," he wrote in the message left at her building last month."

Albert Johnson

G-Unit rapper Albert Johnson aka Prodigy outside 100 Centre Street before he turns himself in for sentencing on a gun rap charge. A 22-caliber handgun was found in his bulletproof Chevy Suburban last year. He was expected to be incarcerated for 3 1/2 years but was given a 2 month delay to get his medical problems in order since he has Sickle Cell Anemia. He is due back in court on Feburary 13.