Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'charged'
July 23, 2008
Turns out Lorne Michaels has a stalker (no, not Jimmy Fallon), and he was just in court. Reportedly a Manhattan Criminal Court judge "has upheld charges against a Long Island man accused of stalking" the Saturday Night Live producer. The 31-year-old, Evans Pidhajecky, had claimed Michaels stole his ideas after overhearing his conversations and hearing him sing (sounds like a slight case of Truman Show Delusion). Pidhajecky had been attempting contact with Michaels at both......
Continue Reading "Lorne Michaels's Stalker in Court"July 2, 2008
A former FedEx worker turned state trooper is accused of writing phony speeding tickets to get back at a man he had an argument with over a parking spot. The ticketing revenge allegedly began after office Lester Hooper (pictured), an East Flatbush resident who patrols Westchester, and his wife became outraged at a neighbor, Derrick Perry, for not moving his truck back in January. Perry, a house painter, tells the Journal News: "I didn't move......
Continue Reading "State Trooper Arrested for Phony Ticket Vendetta"June 25, 2008
Scandalous details have emerged from yesterday’s arrest of Italian socialite Raffaello Follieri, who was dragged into federal court on a 12-count complaint that includes charges of wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering. The allegations could net him nine years in jail, and because of that bail was set at $21 million, “to be secured by $16 million in cash and property and guaranteed by five financially responsible persons,” according to the Times. Follieri was also compelled to turn over all travel documents and will have to wear a tracking anklet when he leaves his apartment, but there must be a way to get it cast in gold and engraved with his monogram....
Continue Reading "No Hope in Pope: Hathaway's Ex in Hell of a Jam"June 24, 2008
We know from reading our Daily Mail that Hollywood starlet Anne Hathaway broke up with disgraced Italian businessman Raffaello Follieri last week, and not a moment too soon: Follieri has just been arrested (again!) on wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering charges. Earlier this month, the state attorney general’s office acknowledged an investigation into Follieri and his foundation; there is speculation that he misappropriated funds from charity in order to subsidize a lavish lifestyle with......
Continue Reading "Anne Hathaway's Boyfriend Charged with Wire Fraud, Money Laundering"April 9, 2008
DOS police lieutenant John Fitzgerald is a 24-year vet who's better known as the guy who ended up carrying Naomi Campbell's bag when she reported for day two of her community service last year. And now he's stepping out of the model's shadow. The NY Post reports that the sanitation cop must have caught the criminal bug from the model, as he was busted in Queens yesterday for allegedly forging a gun permit. If convicted,......
Continue Reading "Naomi Campbell's Bag Carrier Cursed, Charged"February 24, 2008
Snoop Dogg, in town shooting BET interviews last week, was caught green-handed with the drug he claimed to give up at age 30: pot. The rapper was busted outside of hotspot Lotus last Wednesday for marijuana possession, and was issued a desk appearance ticket. The Post reports that didn't stop Snoop from partying the very next night, with his 25-strong posse, at Serafina and the tapas lounge Lollipop (somewhere in between they ordered 15 pizzas,......
Continue Reading "Snoop Dogg Caught with Pot Outside of Lotus"
