Iconic Brooklyn metal bar Saint Vitus shuttered over building violation
An iconic Brooklyn venue that was once a staple of Brooklyn’s vibrant hardcore music scene will be closed indefinitely Friday night after a Department of Buildings inspector issued a violation during a band’s live show. Ta. St. Vitus Bar in Greenpoint closed during a set by hardcore band Mindforce after building inspectors discovered it was […]
Straphanger beaten with metal pipe in latest NYC subway violence: cops
A Big Apple straphanger was repeatedly hit in the head with a metal pipe at a Queens subway station. This is the latest example of recent violence in the city’s troubled transit system. Police said the underground assault occurred shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday at the Queensboro Plaza Station, where a thug walked up to […]
4th-grade girl allegedly beats teacher in head with metal object â principal arrested for allegedly covering incident up
An altercation between students and teachers at a Tennessee elementary school left one man with a concussion and the principal handcuffed. On February 2, a fourth-grade female student at Southwest Elementary School in Williston, Tennessee, about 45 miles east of Memphis, was arrested by her fifth-grade social studies teacher, Demetrius Blood, for “acting out.” Sent […]
Jackie Robinson statue was stolen from Kansas park to be sold as scrap metal: police
The brazen theft of a bronze statue of Jackie Robinson in Kansas was not motivated by hatred, but rather by a con artist looking to sell the priceless sculpture for scrap metal. Wichita police announced the arrest of one of the suspects involved in the heinous crime of cutting off the ankle of a statue […]