WCBS-TV reported Thursday on a story that DUMBONYC had been on earlier this month – DUMBO’s problem of rampant car break-ins. The Brooklyn Paper reports that cops have a suspect – a career skell who was just released from jail in July. WCBS-TV: Blaring Alarms…: “[It happened to me] three times in the last month,” […]
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Busted Chef’s Apartment Ransacked
The Brooklyn Paper reports that “Busted Chef” Dan Kaufman’s Pierrepont Street apartment – which the paper writes he rents from Busy Chef owner Alan Young – had its locks changed and was ransacked this week. The paper’s calls to Young for comment went unanswered: Brooklyn Paper: Busted Chef…: For the record, Brill said his client […]
Congregation B’nai Avraham Smash and Grab
Our pals at Congregation B’nai Avraham have had another break-in according to the Brooklyn Paper. Back in June, BHB reported on a similar smash and grab at the synagogue. Last year, the congregation were victims of the hate graffitti spree of alleged pipe bomber Ivaylo Ivanov. The thug in question in this case is quite […]
Paping Soapbox Derby – DEAD!
The Paping Soapbox Derby, which was scheduled for August 23 here in Brooklyn Heights has been killed. A cryptic email sent out by organizer John Meijas arrived in the BHB Inbox late last night:
Yassky Wantsky Middle Schoolsky at P.S. 8 Annexsky
The Brooklyn Paper brings us this tidbit regarding City Councilman David Yassky’s idea to make the planned P.S. 8 annex a middle school too: Brooklyn Paper: Heights Elementary…: Councilman David Yassky (D–Brooklyn Heights) even said this week that he’d change city law to circumvent the developer’s controversial 18-story residential tower — despite the 300-seat middle […]
Kuntzman Responds to BHB…On Gothamist
My name is Homer Fink and I wear the Scarlet Letter of being a BLOGGER. Or so says Gersh Kuntzman, Editor-in-Chief of the Brooklyn Paper and my special friend, on Gothamist today. Responding to our story last week about what we knew and when we knew it about the Busted Chef caper and how we […]
The Busted Chef Chronicles Part 3: We May Be Dumb, But We’re Not Stupid
The Busy Chef E-mail File and What We Told The Brooklyn Paper a Year Ago That They Didn’t Print A little over a year ago, BHB began receiving information from people claiming to have ties with accused fraudster Dan “Busted Chef” Kaufman. They spun tales of someone who was capable of lying to your face […]
Busted Chef Removed from Brooklyn Paper’s Media Kit
As noted by BHB last week, accused fraudster Dan “Busted Chef” Kaufman was featured in the Brooklyn Paper’s media kit. The presentation, used by the newspaper to attract advertisers, prominently positioned an accolade from the alleged identity thief along with other B’Paper clients Dr. Tony Fahra and Malcolm Smart (Brooklyn Doghouse).
Busted Chef Chronicles Part 1: You Can Fool Some of the People…
Accused fraudster Dan “Busted Chef” Kaufman may have duped some area notables in addition to the 24 alleged victims authorities claim were robbed of a combined $25,000 by his “double dipping” their credit cards. The Brooklyn Paper was first duped by the Busted Chef in April 2007 when it identified Kaufman by what could be […]
Car Thief on Middagh Picks Wrong Guy
From this week’s Brooklyn Paper Police Blotter comes a story of an Off duty corrections officer who found a skell trying to steal his car, parked at the corner of Hicks and Middagh. jailarity ensues:
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