Danger in NYC

Anthony Criscuolos-The teacher accused of rape

This story is about a lack of reporting of rape reports. In May, two students in a Bronx elementary school reported sexual behaivior by Anthony Circuolos, a special-ed teacher. About a month later the Police were notified of the suspicions. The police were notified in June, after the mother of the same student that was suspected of being raped called in on suspicion of rape. Mr. Cirscuolos was immediately arrested and is still held at Riker’s Island under $2 milllion bail.

The issue, is the time between May and June, where the issue wasn’t brought forward to the Police. The principal of this school is coming under question by the NYPD.

We learn from this the importance of “See Something Say Something” during our times at Baruch.

National Guard members stand in front of the Tennessee US Naval Armory.

You would think that US Soldiers would have the discipline to not shoot each other while on duty. But that is not the case, one member of the National Guard opened fire wounding two soldiers before being disarmed. The shooting occurred inside of the armory which is right outside of the Tennessee Naval Base. One of the victims were shot in the foot and the other in the leg. The victims were a sergeant major and a major, both of them were the shooter’s superiors.

This is a crime of course and Baruch students should know that if they don’t like their “superiors” (professors), they can’t just go and attack them. Also, these crimes happen everywhere, even in an armory of the US Navy so students should be aware and alert.

Posters of Baby Hope. The bottom right shows where her dead body was found.

Author of NY Times Article: Michael Schwirtz

After 22 years, Baby Hope has finally been identify and the killer is reveal.  Baby Hope was a young girl, who was born in Queens, named Anjelica Castillo. She was found dead in a cooler at the age of 4. Her body was found on July 23, 1991 by some construction workers and people named her “Baby Hope” to represent that they will find the killer and restore her name. The killer, Conrado Juarez, was her cousin who is now 52. In the past, he sexually abused the girl and in the end, killed her. With the help of his sister, they placed the dead body in a picnic cooler near Henry Hudson Parkway.

For the past few years, police officers went around asking people for help by passing fliers and talking to people. Then there was hope when a woman came forward to talk. She told the officers about a time when her sister was killed and that case was similar to Baby Hope’s cases. Soon or later, the detectives organized the information of Anjeclica’s family.  They found out that Anjeclica’s father, an immigrant from Mexico, took care of Anjeclica and her sister after the family split. During the time, Anjeclica also lived to Balvina Juarez Ramirez, who was the sister of the killer. On the day Anjeclica died, Juarez sexually harassed her and killed her. He confessed that it was his sister’s idea to hide the body. Officials went to Juarez’s home and his daughter said that he was in Mexico for the past 12 years, but she lied and they found him working in Manhattan.

 I am glad that justice was served in the end. The name, Baby Hope, fitted perfectly with Anjeclica because in the end, they found the killer, even after 22 years. I found it how messed up her uncle was because she was so young and was sexually harassed. I thought family was suppose to have your back, but unfortunately for Anjeclica’s cases, they weren’t. This case made me realized how amazing our community is and how the police force are stubborn, in a good way, because they never gave up the case.

During the scene, when the motorcyclists caught up to the S.U.V

Author of NY Times Article: J. David Goodman

I’m sure many of you have heard about this story these past weeks, but those who haven’t, here’s a brief summary. A family of 3, one husband, one wife and their 2 year old daughter, was driving around the West Side on September 29,2013; they were stopped by a group of motorcyclists. According to Goodman, the driver of the S.U.V. knocked one of the motorcyclist and remained calm at first, but started to panic when more motorcyclists started to appear and surround them. Out of fear, the driver pushed on the pedal and fled and during the escape, took down another motorcyclist. The group of motorcyclist got furious and wanted revenge, so they hunted the vehicle down to Washington Heights and beat him up.

The motorcycle group was a bunch of motorcyclists who come together to ride around since summer was over and last year, they rode around Midtown. According to the police, these events always caused traffic and many times, motorcyclists were arrested.

In the video, it showed that S.U.V, Range Rover, was at the center land and surrounding it was motorcyclists. When one of the motorcyclists was hit, the group started to block the road. According to the police, the motorcyclists got closer and started to hit the car. Alexian Lien, the driver, was beaten around 178th street and was rushed to the New York Presbyterian Hospital. There were no charges against Alexian and his family.

There are two sides to this and I am not sure where I stand because I found that both parties have their wrongs. If was communication among them, then there won’t be violence. Alexian shouldn’t have recklessly drive through the motorcyclists and when he did, he should have stopped and apologized and help in any way he can. The motorcyclists were also at fault because they handled the situtaion with violence by taking Alexian out his S.U.V and beating him up. They should have just taken him to the police station. I felt that it was messed up that they were beating him up in front on his wife and 2 year old daughter. I believe that both parties could have handle the situation better.