Cops Allegedly Refused Stoop Surveillance Tape In Park Slope Attack

Internal Affairs Bureau investigators are looking into allegations that the police from the 72nd precinct who responded to the March 20th attack of a woman on 16th street did not accept the surveillance tape that a neighbor was trying to hand over upon their arrival. 

Via The Post:

"Ray was telling the police, 'I have the tape, I have the tape,' " said neighbor Donald Harrington. But cops said "they weren't interested," Harrington added. Law-enforcement sources who confirmed the IAB probe said the cops who responded notified 911 that the March 20 call was "unfounded" after being unable to locate the woman.

Wow....just wow.

The victim did call police to report the attack a few hours later, and followed up after ten days went by with no word from them. She was told at the time that the case had been labeled, improperly, as "closed" (!!???) It was only when the woman was later interviewed by a detective that the surveillance tape was requested. 

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Update: Brooklyn Rape Suspect Says He's Innocent

The man seen in this surveillance video inside a local Dunkin' Donuts has come forward to profess his innocence. Though the DD location was not specified, I assume it's the one on 4th ave and 25th street, since officials say that they believe he followed a woman from this location to her Greenwood Heights apartment, where he assaulted her. 

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says, Via NY1:

"We had an individual who turned himself in and said he is the one that's on the tape that we showed a tape from Dunkin' Donuts as you recall but he claims that he didn't have anything to do with the crime. The investigation is ongoing. We're still talking to this individual," Kelly said.

We'll keep you posted as more news is provided. 

UPDATE: Tuesday, 11PM: NY1 reports that the man is 24 year-old William Giraldo, who was questioned by police all day before being arrested and charged with rape late this evening. As of now he's only being charged with the latest incident (further charges include robbery, assault, sexual abuse and sexual misconduct) that occurred in Greenwood Heights this past Saturday. An investigation is still ongoing with regard to the other three attacks, but it sounds like he's still the main suspect for those as well. 

[Second Update: 12/12/11: William Giraldo has been cleared of all charges following a DNA test]

SERIAL SEXUAL ATTACKER ON THE LOOSE IN BK

Hey you reading this stupid blog: YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL!

Remember that insanely harrowing video of that chick who was attacked on 16th street back in March? Well the guy who attacked her is still on the loose. And in the last few weeks he's been keeping himself busy by attacking other innocent women.

"Authorities say the latest attack happened on Saturday near 27th Street in Greenwood Heights.

A 28-year-old woman was followed into her apartment, forced to the ground and assaulted.

The first connected attack, which took place on March 20 in Park Slope, was caught on surveillance video.

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Who needs the real Brooklyn when things can be BROOKLYNIZED?

I’m always pretty skeptical when people claim to replicate the authenticity of something native to somewhere else when they are in a place far away from that locality. But I have to admit that this video was pretty damn convincing.

The story goes like this: Larry King bought a Beverly Hills franchise of an Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co., thereby (supposedly) bringing that local kick-ass, Brooklyn bagel flavor to the west coast.

The first thing that made me question the validity of this claim was that this franchise isn’t even based out of New York in the first place, but instead Florida. The franchise claims to “Brooklynize” non-Brooklyn water with a special water filtration system, removing Florida minerals and replacing them with Brooklyn minerals, thus creating semi-authentic, Brooklyn water, which then is used to make bagels. Using this theory, it only makes sense that you could take California/Wherever-the-hell-you-are minerals out of the water and replace those with Brooklyn minerals and create the same effect. Okay, I guess I can get on board with that. HOWEVER...

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Osama and Obama: What Color Is Our Threat Level Now?

I was on the brink of calling it a day last night when @gavinpurcell of all people tweeted the breaking news of Osama Bin Laden's impending demise.

The tweetathon ensued: waiting or, in my husband's case, snoring on the couch while I endured David Gregory and Wolf Blitzer blathering on for an hour in anticipation of the official presidential long-form death certification. I can't tell you how relieved I was when Brian Williams took over.

My favorite was some guy who actually admitted that he received the news from Kim Kardashian.

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