Mugging

Jack Rhodes, Mugger Of 101-Year-Old Rose Morat, Gets 75 Years For Brutal Attack (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 12.03.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (Associated Press) - A New York City man who mugged a 101-year-old woman on her way to church has been sentenced to 75 years in prison. Quee...

Central Park Mugging Fans Flames Of Fear

nydailynews.com | By Kevin Deutsch and Jonathan Lemire | Posted 11.08.2009 | New York


Three men were robbed at gunpoint in Central Park early Sunday morning, renewing fears among residents that Manhattan's famed park is not safe after d...

Pat Gillespie: 77-Year-Old Man Beats Up Mugger With 2-Liter Bottle Of Pepsi

Posted 10.26.2009 | Business


Pepsi may have received some unintentional branding boost last week when a Flint, Michigan man used a soda bottle to ward off an attacker. Pat Gillesp...

SuperFreakonomics Authors Forced To Answer Critics

Posted 10.19.2009 | Books


Since we posted the video and teaser for SuperFreakonomics, the follow up to the bestseller Freakonomics, there's been an outcry from scientists over ...

Brooklyn Hasidic Man Mugged For His $1,200 Fur Hat

brooklynpaper.com | Sabrina Jaszi | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York


A thief stole the fancy holiday hat off a Hasidic man's head on Oct. 2....

Rose Morat: Elderly Woman Mugged, Punched In Hate Crime

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — A New York City man was convicted of hate crimes Tuesday in connection with a series of muggings that included an assault on a centen...

"Mother," the Mugger of Old NYC

Davidson Goldin | Posted 08.28.2009 | New York


Davidson Goldin

We were all terrified of this mythical figure in a way totally unfamiliar to New Yorkers today.

Get Well Soon: To Brian and Everyone Else Harmed by Stupid and Impulsive Crimes

Harold Pollack | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


Harold Pollack

Brian Beutler, the talented journalist and blogger, has been shot and wounded in a botched mugging, another pointless act of violence.