A convicted corporate looter and his wife are hosting a blowout birthday party on the storied Kennedy family lawn in Hyannis Port, and the nonprofit that controls the property isn't talking. Dennis Kozlowski, the former Tyco CEO who served six and a half years in prison for larceny and fraud after looting more than $100 […] The post Former Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski throws lavish birthday bash at Kennedy family compound appeared first on American Almanac .
A convicted corporate looter and his wife are hosting a blowout birthday party on the storied Kennedy family lawn in Hyannis Port, and the nonprofit that controls the property isn't talking. Dennis Kozlowski, the former Tyco CEO who served six and a half years in prison for larceny and fraud after looting more than $100 million from his company, sent out invitations in July for a joint celebration of his 80th birthday and his wife Kimberly's 60th. The event, billed as "An Evening in Camelot," will take place at the six-acre Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, the same retreat where John F. Kennedy Jr., Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Robert F. Kennedy, and Joe and Rose Kennedy once kept homes. The invitation describes the affair as…Open
A 44-year-old New Mexico man filmed himself tearing down ten Flock Safety surveillance cameras worth $16,500, loaded them into his truck, and was arrested at gunpoint outside the very sheriff's office whose contracts with the camera company had just been canceled. Jevon Martinez of Rio Rancho spent September 2 dismantling automated license plate reader systems […] The post New Mexico man livestreamed himself ripping down Flock surveillance cameras — then drove straight to the sheriff's office appeared first on American Almanac .
A 44-year-old New Mexico man filmed himself tearing down ten Flock Safety surveillance cameras worth $16,500, loaded them into his truck, and was arrested at gunpoint outside the very sheriff's office whose contracts with the camera company had just been canceled. Jevon Martinez of Rio Rancho spent September 2 dismantling automated license plate reader systems across Bernalillo County, broadcasting the whole operation on Facebook Live. He told viewers he was doing the sheriff's deputies a favor, removing equipment they no longer needed after the county sheriff ended the department's relationship with Flock Safety. Deputies saw it differently. They surrounded his pickup outside their own headquarters, drew their weapons, and put him in…Open
A new documentary reveals how comedian Dane Cook's half-brother and business manager looted at least $12 million from his accounts, and stashed bricks of cash inside containers of pasta sauce before vanishing after prison. Darryl McCauley grew up alongside Cook. Both wanted to be stand-up comedians. Cook made it, becoming one of the most commercially […] The post Dane Cook's half-brother stole $12 million, then hid the cash in jars of pasta sauce appeared first on American Almanac .
A new documentary reveals how comedian Dane Cook's half-brother and business manager looted at least $12 million from his accounts, and stashed bricks of cash inside containers of pasta sauce before vanishing after prison. Darryl McCauley grew up alongside Cook. Both wanted to be stand-up comedians. Cook made it, becoming one of the most commercially successful comics of the 2000s. McCauley became a corrections officer. Then Cook handed him the keys to his finances, and McCauley helped himself to a fortune. The full scope of the theft is the subject of "Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story," a documentary set to premiere on September 29 and available to stream on demand. Variety first reported on the film and its details, including…Open
New York State Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher, a Democratic Socialists of America member, told a news conference that people who shoplift necessities like soap and toothpaste act out of "biological need", drawing sharp rebukes from city officials and the working-class New Yorkers who bear the cost. Gallagher stood outside Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday alongside the […] The post Brooklyn assemblywoman argues shoplifting for soap and toothpaste should go unpunished appeared first on American Almanac .
New York State Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher, a Democratic Socialists of America member, told a news conference that people who shoplift necessities like soap and toothpaste act out of "biological need", drawing sharp rebukes from city officials and the working-class New Yorkers who bear the cost. Gallagher stood outside Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday alongside the advocacy group Court Watch NYC and other left-leaning politicians to demand that Mayor Zohran Mamdani end what she called "broken windows policing" by the NYPD. Her central argument: prosecuting people who steal everyday hygiene products from chain drugstores amounts to criminalizing poverty. The assemblywoman, who represents Greenpoint and other parts of northern…Open
A couple from Mesa, Arizona, was arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars worth of library books and reselling some of them to a local bookstore.
A Reuters photograph captured on a Washington Metro train on July 4 turned a 33-year-old woman into an overnight icon of racial courage. Within days, social media users had compared the image to scenes from the 1960s civil rights movement. Then someone pulled her court records. The photograph, taken by freelance photographer Cheney Orr, showed […] The post A viral photo made her a civil rights symbol — then Virginia court records told a different story appeared first on American Almanac .
A Reuters photograph captured on a Washington Metro train on July 4 turned a 33-year-old woman into an overnight icon of racial courage. Within days, social media users had compared the image to scenes from the 1960s civil rights movement. Then someone pulled her court records. The photograph, taken by freelance photographer Cheney Orr, showed a Black woman seated alone on a Metro car while hundreds of masked Patriot Front members, wearing khaki pants, blue shirts, and white face coverings and carrying American and Confederate flags, crowded around her. The image spread fast across social media, drawing comparisons to sit-ins and Freedom Rides. Commentators used it to frame a broader argument about racism in America today. But the woman…Open
A Reuters photograph showing a black woman seated alone on a Washington Metro train surrounded by masked members of a white nationalist group on July 4 went viral, then commentators started looking up the rap sheet connected to her. The image, captured by freelance photographer Cheney Orr, spread widely across social media after Patriot Front members boarded Metro trains following a demonstration, according to the New York Post. Hundreds of masked men wearing Patriot Front’s signature khaki pants, blue shirts and white face coverings visited the capital to parade with American and Confederate flags, the outlet reported. The photo appeared to show the woman looking visibly uncomfortable near multiple members. The woman in the…Open
Criminals are growing bolder, stealing priceless art , jewels and truckloads of goods — but it's harder than it looks for them to cash in on their heists. Why it matters: Because massive heists immediately dominate global news cycles, thieves quickly find themselves stuck with highly recognizable merchandise that even underground buyers are too afraid to touch. Driving the news: Thieves smashed into a small museum in the Italian countryside late last month, stealing three paintings worth over $10 million — a Renoir, a Cézanne and a Matisse. - The operation took three minutes, and authorities are still investigating. - The theft follows a similar heist last year at Paris' Louvre Museum, where thieves stole $104 million worth of…
Criminals are growing bolder, stealing priceless art , jewels and truckloads of goods — but it's harder than it looks for them to cash in on their heists. Why it matters: Because massive heists immediately dominate global news cycles, thieves quickly find themselves stuck with highly recognizable merchandise that even underground buyers are too afraid to touch. Driving the news: Thieves smashed into a small museum in the Italian countryside late last month, stealing three paintings worth over $10 million — a Renoir, a Cézanne and a Matisse. - The operation took three minutes, and authorities are still investigating. - The theft follows a similar heist last year at Paris' Louvre Museum, where thieves stole $104 million worth of…Open