The Week In Crime: A Pickpocket, a Good Citizen and a Disgruntled Ex-roommate
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The 88th Precinct saw an increase in crime, with 32 crimes reported between Oct. 24 and Oct. 30, compared to only 22 the week before. Halloween may have been partly to blame for the increase in activity, police said, due to the heightened activity of the holiday weekend.
Two 13-year-olds and a 16-year-old make up some of the nine people arrested this week, continuing the trend of underage criminal activity. Five more iPhone thefts have been reported, in addition to three stolen bicycles and $600 stolen from inside a microwave. But one noble citizen was able to save a 12-year-old boy by intervening when two others attacked him, police said.
A Good Citizen Intervenes
-Two 13-year-old boys were arrested on Oct. 28 in connection with the Oct. 3 attempted mugging of a 12-year-old boy on Lafayette Avenue, police said. The victim was walking home from school when he was punched in the face by one of them, police said. The victim fell to the ground as both attackers continued to beat him, police said. “Where is your phone,” yelled one of the attackers as he grabbed the victim by the arm, police said.
Source: New York Times (blog)
The No-Tears, No-Panic Thanksgiving Countdown Guide: Week 2
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Your top priority this weekend is sourcing and ordering a turkey. There are lots of questions and options regarding the turkey acquisition, but here are some guidelines that will help with your decisions:
1. Do not buy a frozen turkey. Frozen turkeys ruin lives. They don’t thaw at the rate they are “supposed” to thaw, so they don’t cook predictably. Too-cold turkeys cause huge fires when you try to deep-fry them (not that you would do so). And, most importantly, the kind of turkeys that come frozen, shrink-wrapped and pumped with additives, are disgusting. Which brings us to:
2. Avoid mass-market turkeys if you can afford to do so. Freakishly proportioned albino mutants from polluting factory farms where workers have crazy rates of injury—ugh. You don’t need a lecture from me on this topic, just bear in mind that a little preparation will allow you to adhere to your values by getting a more sustainably raised turkey ahead of time, rather than settling at the last minute for what you find in the freezer case. With that said:
Source: The Awl
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