Wednesday Links
Prosecutions Lag as N.Y. Foreclosure Frauds Surge [NY Times] Fall From Building Kills Boy in Crown Heights [NY Times] Retail and Price Data Show Continuing Economic Weakness [NY TImes] Hamptons Real Estate in Free Fall [NY Post] More Car-Free Weekends Coming in July [NY Daily News] Fort Greene Sex Offender Bites Own Penis Off [NY…
Prosecutions Lag as N.Y. Foreclosure Frauds Surge [NY Times]
Fall From Building Kills Boy in Crown Heights [NY Times]
Retail and Price Data Show Continuing Economic Weakness [NY TImes]
Hamptons Real Estate in Free Fall [NY Post]
More Car-Free Weekends Coming in July [NY Daily News]
Fort Greene Sex Offender Bites Own Penis Off [NY Daily News]
NYC Prices Will Fall Another 15% [Bloomberg]
New Timetable and Budget Expected from ESDC [AY Report]
Photo by Chris Boese from the Brownstoner Photo Pool
Bottoms or tops, doesn’t much matter. Without the tip of your peepee, you’re toast.
I’m more interested in hearing about the ‘bottoming’ period.
The chances of someone reading down this far for a comment on a different story are slim, but here goes anyway.
re: the article on Bloomberg.com —
“The [New York City] housing market’s cumulative price drop from peak to trough will be 25 percent with, a ‘bottoming’ period that begins this year and may last two years, [UC Berkeley economist Kenneth] Rosen said.”
Where is BHO on this story? Bid half off but accept a counter-offer at one-quarter less than peak?
they’ve also called him a sex offender – i don’t know what the rules are, but i’m guessing that even for the News that must mean one of the misdemeanors was sex-related.
> “There are some things that are off limits with me…”
I’d say your jimmy is probably off limits to everybody.
also remember that often tactic is to charge with higher crime.
also rape in legal sense does not mean he jumped out of bushes and attacked girl…. Any relations with minor is
statuatory rape. To assume that he had intercourse with the girl (whether forcibly or not) is also not necessarily so.
But that is how newspapers/media work…make it sound more sensational. And it works.
Rape is a felony, BRG, but often times plead down to a misdemeanor like Sexual Misconduct.
“i think we now know the true identity of WHAT. sorry about your jimmy, dude.
Posted by: randolph at April 15, 2009 8:44 AM”
That comment has landed you on my Target list Randolph….
There are some things that are off limits with me…
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
Unfortunately it’s not uncommon for rape cases to be plead down to misdemeanors. As you stated Dave, sometimes there is not sufficient evidence or in many cases, it’s done to spare a fragile victim the process of having to testify at trial. This guy is not listed on the NY Sex Offender Registry, but that’s not uncommon either if he’s classified as a Level 1 Offender. Seeing how he likely plead down to 2 misdemeanors in the case, Level 1 classification is likely.