L.E.S. shooter convicted The man accused of shooting and wounding three people on the Lower East Side in 2010 has been found guilty of all charges, including second-degree attempted murder, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced May 1. Mario Rodriguez, 25, was also convicted on counts of assault, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless [...]

Bogus bouncers busted Police arrested two bouncers employed by a West Village nightclub after it was found they carried fake security licenses. During an inspection on Sun., April 26, around 1:30 a.m., officers questioned the so-called guards, Willie Jones, 41, and Dennis Kennedy, 35, and asked them to show proper ID. But both licenses — [...]

Molester gets 8 years The man convicted of groping a 10-year-old girl near Gramercy Park last May has been sentenced to eight years in prison, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced on April 22. Timothy Gillette, 63, was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse by a New York State Supreme Court jury on March 13. According [...]

Booked in sick plot A former librarian arrested by federal agents on Mon., April 15, is accused of planning with accomplices to kidnap, rape, torture and kill women and children. Robert Asch, 61, who was a librarian at Stuyvesant High School, was arrested by the F.B.I. at his Greenwich Village apartment in the Saint Germain, [...]

Gang-assault sentences Three men and a woman who were convicted of brutally assaulting a man on the Lower East Side in 2010 have all been given stiff prison terms, ranging from five to 15 years, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced April 5. Martrell Terrell, 23; Andrew McCray, 24; Christopher Montanez, 29; and Shadia Brackman, [...]

Vicious Meatpack attack A brutal three-man assault in the Meatpacking District early Sat., March 30, left one man unconscious and a second with multiple facial fractures. Witnesses told police that it started with a simple dispute around 4 a.m., when the two victims exchanged words with Adrian Capric, 21, Haljilj Kocic, 28, and Agim Zaneli, [...]

D.W.I. driver hits ped A drunk driver with a blood-alcohol level nearly three times the legal limit tore through the West Village early on Sat., March 23, police said, and only ended his dangerous ride after hitting a pedestrian. Gamal Valdespee, 33, was driving a black 2012 Toyota Camry on Hudson St., when witnesses said [...]

Soho rapist gets 25 to life The man found guilty of raping and assaulting a 19-year-old woman behind her Soho apartment building in 2008 has been sentenced to 25 years to life, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced Tuesday. A State Supreme Court jury in November found Andres Suarez, 30 (opposite page, top), guilty of [...]

Perry rapist gets 20 years The man who raped a 29-year-old woman last April, after tricking her into thinking he was a West Village “Neighborhood Watch” member, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced Tuesday. In January, Ivan Ramos, 22, plead guilty to one charge of first-degree rape, [...]