[quote]NEW YORK — Thousands of pieces of evidence in NYPD storage centers were contaminated by toxic Hurricane Sandy floodwaters, jeopardizing criminal prosecutions in an unknown number of cases.
The forensics disaster includes DNA material from murder investigations to everyday crimes - one burglary case in The Bronx is already affected, sources said.
"Significant flooding has taken place - there's no question about it," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said about the two Brooklyn facilities, which hold evidence from crimes committed around the city.
"We're still trying to sort through this and assess the damage. It's a big job."
When asked how it will affect criminal trials, Kelly said, "It depends on the individual cases. There's the potential for that."
Both buildings were located in Zone A sections, meaning they are very likely to flood in the event of a storm surge.
Up to 5,000 55-gallon cardboard drums, known as Biological Evidence Containers, at the NYPD's Erie Basin Auto Pound on Columbia Street in Red Hook were contaminated when the toxic Gowanus Canal flooded during the Oct. 29 storm, NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said.
That is about half of that facility's total number of drums, which can contain anywhere from one to several pieces of evidence such as bloodstained clothes and bedding, separated by packing material.
Another estimated 1,000 drums were contaminated when the toxic Newtown Creek flooded the Kingsland Avenue warehouse in Greenpoint, according to a document obtained by The Post.
"There's no question of extensive contamination of evidence," said Browne. "How that is going to affect criminal cases going *forward is still under review."
Browne said cops took precautions to protect the drums by stacking them on pallets to raise them off the floors, and placing sandbags around the facilities. Thousands of cars, motorcycles, and bikes may also be tainted.
The city's five district attorneys, special narcotics prosecutor and Law Department were briefed about the situation in a Nov. 1 conference call.
"My drug clients will be thrilled," said one Brooklyn *defense lawyer. "I'll start calling Rikers Island now."
Bronx prosecutors yesterday notified lawyer John Sandleitner that blood evidence allegedly left behind by client Peter Austin during several 2009 burglaries was possibly contaminated.
Sandleitner said he already plans on asking the judge to preclude testimony by a DNA expert who is expected to testify that the blood at the crime scenes came from Austin .
"Now everything is suspect," Sandleitner said.[/quote]
[url=http://www.policeone.com/investigations/articles/6043325-Flood-of-evidence-NYPD-cases-soaked/]Source[/url]
Lucky, man I should've known about Sandy earlier so I could go to the East Coast and commit a crime
just from reading the title, i was hoping that it was going to be the birth of a new kind of super cop with the power of control hurricanes
[I]sergeant[/I] [I][B]STORM[/B][/I]
[img]http://www.marveldirectory.com/pictures/individuals/s_1d/sandman.jpg[/img]
They'll never catch me!
Sandy was hired by the mob to take care of any evidence for the upcoming trial.
Send it over to Target, I'm sure they can still use it.
The goes a lot of convictions.
Law: [I]It's not what actually happened, it's what you can show to have happened.[/I]
This is extensively shit..
[QUOTE=Bradyns;38552937]Law: [I]It's not what actually happened, it's what you can show to have happened.[/I]
This is extensively shit..[/QUOTE]
Yeah innocent until proven guilty is so gay, who needs it. Let's magically know "what actually happened" with no actual proof like all the smart countries.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;38552937]Law: [I]It's not what actually happened, it's what you can show to have happened.[/I]
This is extensively shit..[/QUOTE]
Like it or not, we need it
When I saw it was rated funny I knew it was laserguided.
Rape tests now all come up positive for the victim having sand in their vaginas.
Edited: I'll admit, that was low.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;38552937]Law: [I]It's not what actually happened, it's what you can show to have happened.[/I]
This is extensively shit..[/QUOTE]
Did you even think before you posted this?
Of course we need it to be this way otherwise our justice system would be in more shambles than it already is. Until we evolve and get psychic abilities we need to do things this way.
[QUOTE=MIPS;38556117]Rape tests now all come up positive for the victim having sand in their vaginas.[/QUOTE]
hahaha yeah fuck rape victims why don't they just stop bitching about being raped lol!!
fuck off
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[QUOTE=Kopimi;38556177]hahaha yeah fuck rape victims why don't they just stop bitching about being raped lol!!
fuck off[/QUOTE]
you stuffed so many words in his mouth. You're only a few short of a dictionary
[QUOTE=Kopimi;38556177]hahaha yeah fuck rape victims why don't they just stop bitching about being raped lol!!
fuck off[/QUOTE]
yeah fuck those holocaust victims
[sp]wouldn't it have been a smart idea to move all the very important shit out of the labs prior to sandy shititng all over EC[/sp]
[QUOTE=BlkDucky;38556197]you stuffed so many words in his mouth. You're only a few short of a dictionary[/QUOTE]
rape tests now come up positive for the victim having sand in their vaginas, ie they are upset and whiny (what "sand in your vagina" means)
the only possible way you could think i was stuffing words into his mouth is if you read at a third grade level and are completely oblivious to what "sand in the vagina" means
[editline]22nd November 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=DeeCeeTeeBee;38556320]yeah fuck those holocaust victims
[sp]wouldn't it have been a smart idea to move all the very important shit out of the labs prior to sandy shititng all over EC[/sp][/QUOTE]
idk what you're trying to imply or point out here but you missed the mark for "clever post" entirely
[QUOTE=Kopimi;38556366]rape tests now come up positive for the victim having sand in their vaginas, ie they are upset and whiny (what "sand in your vagina" means)
the only possible way you could think i was stuffing words into his mouth is if you read at a third grade level and are completely oblivious to what "sand in the vagina" means
[editline]22nd November 2012[/editline]
idk what you're trying to imply or point out here but you missed the mark for "clever post" entirely[/QUOTE]
Or maybe he was just making a bad pun about Hurricane Sandy?
[editline]22nd November 2012[/editline]
I mean, we already have fucking Sandman in here, it doesn't seem too far off.
[QUOTE=NikoChekhov;38557285]Or maybe he was just making a bad pun about Hurricane Sandy?
[editline]22nd November 2012[/editline]
I mean, we already have fucking Sandman in here, it doesn't seem to far off.[/QUOTE]
with the joke being..
Hurricane [b]Sandy[/b]
When I said bad pun, I meant bad pun.
[QUOTE=NikoChekhov;38557297]Hurricane [b]Sandy[/b]
When I said bad pun, I meant bad pun.[/QUOTE]
the joke being that rape victims have sand in their vaginas ie they are upset
try to keep up
[QUOTE=Kopimi;38557335]the joke being that rape victims have sand in their vaginas ie they are upset
try to keep up[/QUOTE]
Wow he didn't even mention that they were upset.
You're really sensitive.
[QUOTE=Kopimi;38557335]the joke being that rape victims have sand in their vaginas ie they are upset
try to keep up[/QUOTE]
Or maybe you're just trying too hard to see the worst in someone. I don't know, go ask MIPS. If he doesn't give you an answer, then you can bitch all you want.
[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;38557352]Wow he didn't even mention that they were upset.
You're really sensitive.[/QUOTE]
that or i'm not a complete mongoloid so i know what "sand in the vagina" means and i'm aware of MIPS's habit of desperately trying to post offensive "zingers" in every thread he stumbles into in SH
[QUOTE=Kopimi;38557366]that or i'm not a complete mongoloid[/QUOTE]
How racist and insensitive of you.
[QUOTE=Kopimi;38557366]that or i'm not a complete mongoloid so i know what "sand in the vagina" means and i'm aware of MIPS's habit of desperately trying to post offensive "zingers" in every thread he stumbles into in SH[/QUOTE]
And you have a habit of crying and posting whiny shit in SH, but we've shut up about it mostly until now.
[QUOTE=Zambies!;38557379]And you have a habit of crying and posting whiny shit in SH, but we've shut up about it mostly until now.[/QUOTE]
i guess pointing out a shitty rape joke was what pushed you over the edge and got you to break your vow of silence then
[QUOTE=Kopimi;38557400]i guess pointing out a shitty rape joke was what pushed you over the edge and got you to break your vow of silence then[/QUOTE]
What is it with you? Newsflash, acting like an asswipe doesn't prove your point.
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Simmer the fuck down guys.
I wonder if they had backups anywhere else.
Woah, for a second there I thought I double posted.
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