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Weekly Retrospect - August 20, 2023
08/20/2023
Ground Footage
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FBNY (Fire Buff New York) posted to their Instagram gallery of a fire that broke out at 43 Ludington Street on 8/19 (yesterday as of this posting). Their Instagram and gallery posting related to this event are available here. They include recorded video from the fire ground scene as well.
Caught on Video & Perp Turkeys
I'm calling her the Hair Bun Porch Pirate. Ring Neighbors app posters have been posting clips of what appears to be the same dogged woman sniping packages from porches. This video montage covers three incidents since July of this year and all appear to show what many Ring commentators say is the same woman. The incidents occurred between West Ferry and Allentown Streets, according to information included with each post. Assuming so, some of the commentators indicate she is already on police radar, though, clearly is "free and active" as of at least 8/17 -- which is when the clip the video starts out with was captured.
Arrested
Kenneth James was apprehended for the BB gun shooting death of Buffalo News worker Joseph Dash. Yep, you read that right: BB gun. The initial headlines, and you will notice that even the official BPD release included below, lagged a bit in describing the shooting as one done using a BB gun (I myself find that an important element worthy of distinction as it is highly unusual). Weird that someone died from such a thing but consider that between 1990 and 2000 according to one study 39 people were killed with one. A fact that James is learning the hard way. Online records show that James is being charged with manslaughter in the first degree and remains in jail.
Next, Juan Rivera is (probably) in big trouble. This being more in my specific "response zone", I was able to capture this very thin footage of police as they cornered off one end of Winter Street in the West Side neighborhood to process a major drug bust at a house there. Following the video is the official BPD news release providing all the details.
In checking up on things myself, however, I find that Rivera has since been released without bail following his arraignment on 8/14. You can follow Rivera's journey as case number CR-05106-23 via New York's Ecourts system. You'll have to captcha in your ass.
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