Howard then went berserk on a rider filming the confrontation and knocked the camera out of his hand. “You got a dumb-a- 8-ball jacket that came out in 1990,” she said on the recording. Saturday at the West 4th Street station, according to the NYPD and a YouTube video. WEST VILLAGE - Not even the Magic 8 Ball could've predicted this.įour people were charged following a wild brawl on Saturday morning aboard a Queens-bound F train that broke out after a straphanger sporting an 8-ball jacket smacked a woman who'd been insulting him, police said.ĭanay Howard, 21, began taunting Jorge Pena, 25, over his jacket and fur hat just before 5 a.m.
Usually, it’s 2:30 in the morning, you make one call to one dude, you’re drunk. The 37-year-old web entrepreneur, who uses cocaine once a month or so, says, “I don’t think I am dealing with kingpin-level people. Rather than taking calls, they use an app that erases messages within 24 hours.” (Last week’s arrests were the result of wiretapping.) Roman Yoffe Patrick McMullan Steven HirschĪnother white-collar user shares his confidence. ”Īlthough the arrests made him take notice, he feels he already plays it safe: “I trust the people that I get it from. We bought an eight-ball for $280, did some in my apartment, more in the cab and some at Output. “For creative types, it’s a drug that allows your mind to just go,” says the source. Coke-using attendees included people in art, public relations, marketing and real estate.
One art-world insider, 29, tells of a Fourth of July party, just after the bust. So what is it about the illegal drug that continues to draw people who have so much to lose? “ makes you energetic and social.” But, he adds, “I’ll be 100 percent more cautious. It’s like busting people for drinking coffee. A millennial in real estate says, “The arrests are crazy, especially in. Others are finding work-arounds that mitigate risk. It’s like busting people for drinking coffee.’ - a millennial in real estate Before the bust was in the news, we would have taken a shot. “My was stuck in Queens and the bartender told us about a guy we could talk to. But “last week, I was with a client at a bar in the Meatpacking and we wanted some stuff,” says the 45-year-old. Your career is over.”Ī local restaurateur shares the fear - though he is not ready to give up on his 3.5 grams-per-week habit, for which he pays around $400.
After all, if you get arrested, “your face is all of a sudden all over the world. Everybody is scared,” says the 30-something, adding that she intends to curb her cocaine use. Fox Business News producer Katie Welnhofe Patrick McMullan Steven HirschĪ Manhattan publicist who considers herself a weekend indulger admits the headline-grabbing arrests serve as a wake-up call.
Last week, several fast-track types - among them a millionaire executive from Chipotle, a Merrill Lynch associate and a Fox Business Network writer/producer - felt the prick of a sting operation that shut down a Big Apple drug delivery service. For local white-collar cocaine users, a recent high-profile bust is the ultimate buzzkill.
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