Douglas Montero
The Archive
Dad of grade-school theft victim says cops were too harsh on handcuffed 7-year-old
Even the dad of the boy who accused little Wilson Reyes of robbing him thinks the cops acted outrageously. Santiago Acevedo, whose 9-year-old son was supposedly robbed of $5 in...
Cops handcuff and interrogate boy, 7, for hours over missing $5: family
This kid was no killer — but some callous Bronx cops sure treated him like one. Instead of earning himself a simple trip to the principal’s office, a terrified 7-year-old...
Super ran Bronx dogfights
A Bronx building superintendent pleaded guilty yesterday to conducting dogfights in a deal that will put him in the doghouse for up to three years. Raul Sanchez, 59, was arrested...
Bronx detectives snare 14 in gun sales investigation
These Bronx detectives don’t have supernatural powers — but two operations, including one called Ghostbusters, took down fourteen people in a gun sales investigation today, authorities said. Ringleader Reinaldo Romero,...
15 people indicted for selling illegal guns to undercover cops in The Bronx
Fifteen people were indicted in the Bronx today for selling more than 150 illegal guns to undercover detectives, law-enforcement sources said. The weapons included assault weapons, as well as high-capacity...
Wrongly jailed guy set to sue
An NYPD detective’s “improper” relationship with a witness helped land two innocent people in prison for 17 years, one of the wrongly convicted suspects said in a $100 million notice...
Here come da judges
A “swat team” in black robes is heading to The Bronx. The squad of experienced judges from across New York state is being dispatched to Bronx Criminal Court to help...
State judges heading to Bronx to help clear up 900 felony case backlog
A “SWAT Team” in black robes is heading to the Bronx. The squad of experienced judges from across New York State, are being dispatched to Bronx Criminal Court to help...
Rikers Island inmates cost city big $$ with 'frivolous' lawsuits
These jailbirds are proving that crime does pay. Rikers Island inmates are soaking city taxpayers by suing over everything from slippery shower floors to beds they claim are too short,...
Grocer forced Bronx mom to work in basement after false shoplifting accusation: suit
A Bronx mom says she went shopping for groceries — and wound up serving hard labor. Tammy Flores, 49, is suing her local Foodtown supermarket for $3.25 million, alleging that...
Bronx Zoo tiger leaper says he was testing his 'natural fear'
The kook who leaped off the Bronx Zoo monorail into a tiger enclosure — where he was mauled by a 400-pound cat — told cops that “I was testing my...
Disabled man hurt flocking at heaven’s door: suit
That must have been one hell of a sermon!A disabled elderly man is suing his Bronx church, saying parishioners rushing to find seats for a Sunday service knocked over his...
Bx. bldg. perv suit
A Bronx woman is suing her landlord because the building super, a registered sex offender, allegedly assaulted her 14-year-old daughter.In her Bronx Supreme Court suit, the mom alleges the owners...
Hit-by-own-bullet cop fires suit at city
The detective hit the wrong target — himself.A cop struck in the chest by the ricocheting fragment of a bullet that he had fired at the NYPD range in The...
Bx. juries hang around – to eat
The scales of justice are weighted in favor of lunch. Bronx jurors routinely delay handing up their verdicts — because the longer they deliberate, the more delicious free lunches they...
Bronx livery murderer convicted
A Bronx gunman who mortally wounded a livery driver, sending the car crashing into a wall, was found guilty of murder yesterday. Francisco Santos, 22, lowered his head when the...
Kerik-case trial shock: One bro guilty, other not
The Bronx jury that convicted a friend of jailed former Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik on Friday stunned the courtroom yesterday by acquitting the pal’s business-partner brother. Frank DiTommaso shook his...
‘Na$’ty suit over no-show
A New Jersey father-and-son team of promoters held in Angola for 49 days after Nas failed to appear for a concert there last New Year’s Eve are suing the rapper...
‘Caught’ in Ruth mistruth
A California man received two years’ probation and a $25,000 fine yesterday for trying to sell a baseball glove he falsely claimed belonged to Babe Ruth.Irving Scheib, who was sentenced...
Pols’-kin cop: I harassed my ex
A jealous NYPD sergeant from a politically powerful Bronx family copped a plea yesterday to defacing her ex-boyfriend’s car in a jealous rage. Sgt. Damaris Diaz — daughter of state...