9.15.2006

News Around The City


The NYPD, with the help of the RIAA helped orchestrate a raid on one of the largest CD burning labs and movie pirating labs in the country. Police confiscated about 40,000 bootlegged discs and hundreds of cds and dvds.

96 people have been charged in a $1 million a year drug-ring, that smuggled drugs in kids toys and sometimes even used kids to handle drop-offs. 81 of the suspects are in custody, police seized more than 10 pounds of cocaine, thousands of dollars and four guns, including a loaded assault weapon.

First Lady, Laura Bush will be in New York sometime next week. The Presidents wife will spend 3 days in the Big Apple, hosting a handful of events.

The New York State Health Department says seven people in New York State have gotten sick with E. Coli, after consuming bagged spinach. New York State is one of 20 states linked to the E. Coli outbreak.