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Outspoken Critic of NYPD Policy Is Arrested


arrest2An outspoken opponent of the New York Police Department’s stop and frisk policy has been accused of selling bogus tickets to Broadway shows and other sought-after events.

Nineteen-year-old Angel Ortiz was charged with grand larceny. His lawyer didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment Monday.

Manhattan prosecutors say Ortiz sold a pair of fake tickets to the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical “Book of Mormon” for $350 in total and a set of three phony tickets for $480. Prosecutors say he also sold two fake tickets online to a Michael Buble concert for $309 in all.

Ortiz is part of a federal lawsuit challenging a program that sends police to patrol private dwellings. He and others say police harassed people coming and going from their homes.

(AP)



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