Results tagged “grinch”

A Queens couple received an unexpected visit on Christmas Eve after putting their four young children to bed. But instead of a joyous drop-in from Santa Claus, the two men at their door were in what appeared to be NYPD uniforms. And yet instead of taking care of official police business, the pair broke into the couple's home, tied up and pistol-whipped Robert Kapovic and then robbed his home while whispering to his wife things like, "Do you ever want to see your kids?" The happy ending to all this is that police were able to track down Nicholas Papaleo and Constantino Christo after Kapovic broke free once they left the almost four hour robbery and led police to them with his OnStar while tailing the burglars. Cops were able to recover all of the couple's loot along with the two bullet-resistant vests bearing the NYPD logo, two BB guns resembling NYPD-issue pistols and two authentic-looking badges. The News headline calls the pair "home-invading Grinches" and thankfully Queens DA Richard Brown clarifies, "They acted like the Grinch in the Dr. Seuss classic, 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas.'"

Yesterday Local One, the Broadway stagehands’ union, and the league of producers continued negotiations that had been stalled since last Sunday. Talks dragged on through the night and at 6:30am a union spokesman announced a 12 hour break. Though no details were given, it was said that “progress” had been made. An unnamed source told the Post that the two sides “had settled ‘the big issues’ and were continuing to hammer out details stalling a...

State Supreme Court Justice Helen Freedman has ruled that the Broadway production of How the Grinch Stole Christmas can and will proceed, despite the theater owner’s attempt to lock out the stagehands. “Grinch” producers dragged Jucamcyn, the third largest owner of Broadway theaters, into court yesterday seeking an injunction to let the show go on. Local One, the stagehands’ union, is on strike until a contract is agreed upon with the producers’ league, of which...