Dr. Michael C. Clatts, the AIDS researcher roomate of Ivaylo Ivanov, the man charged with last year's hate spree against local synagogues and keeping a large cache of pipe bombs and guns, is not cooperating with the NYPD according to the New York Sun. He was picked up by police yesterday at JFK Airport upon […]
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NY Sun: Were Bombs Meant for Synagogues?
The NY Sun reports that the NYPD is investigating whether Ivanov the Terrible's pipe bombs were meant to be used on the synagogues of Brooklyn Heights. As previously reported, Ivanov has confessed to being the person who scrawled swastikas and anti-semitic phrases on synagogues here last year: NY Sun: Police Investigating… : Penny Kaufman, who […]
Ivanov the Terrible Admits to Hate Spree
Ivaylo Ivanov (pictured here with his dog Ruka), the Remsen Street resident nabbed with an arsenal of guns and pipe bombs on Sunday has admitted to being the person who scrawled swastikas on area synagogues last year. (Photo courtesy of Hillside Dog Park)
Remsen Arsenal Linked to Hate Crimes?
The owner of a cache of weapons and pipebombs on Remsen Street has been identified as Ivaylo Ivanov, an ex-con with a long criminal past, the NY Post reports. He's also raised the NYPD's interest as a suspect in the synagogue hate spree last year. Ivanov shared the apartment at 58 Remsen with Dr. Michael […]
Man Found with Pipe Bombs on Remsen
WNBC-TV reports a disturbing item this morning: WNBC-TV: Man with Pipe Bombs…: Police and the bomb squad rushed to an apartment in Brooklyn Heights early Sunday after a man is discovered with pipe bombs in his apartment. According to police, the man called 911 saying he had a gunshot wound to the hand.When police arrived […]
A Heights Artist: Mark Crawford
The images in this post are © 2007 by Mark Crawford, and are posted here with his permission. Mark Crawford, who has made the Heights his home since 1993, is a painter whose art defies easy classification. Much of his work, like Garden Charade (shown above) seems to fit within the abstract expressionist canon, but […]
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