Nothing Human Is Alien
17th November 2010, 01:32
From New York's leading rag:
He told his friends he was an anarchist - but now the Chelsea "Fight Club" teen who set off a make-shift bomb on the upper East Side is just another prison punk.
Kyle Shaw, 19, was sentenced to 3 1/2 years behind bars Tuesday for the attack over Memorial Day weekened in 2009.
Shaw set off his crude explosive device at a Starbucks at 92nd Street and 3rd Ave.
No one was injured, but "it was meant to be the first in a series here in New York," Assistant District Attorney Christopher Ryan said.
The incident left the city on edge.
Mayor Bloomberg, Gov. Paterson and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly all showed up at the blast site to reassure New Yorkers, Ryan noted.
Judge Charles Solomon asked Shaw, who was 17 at the time, if he had anything to say.
"No," he replied, shaking his head.
Shaw's sentence is the result of a plea deal that spared him a possible 25-year stint in the slammer.
The 3:30 a.m. blast was an apparent tribute to Brad Pitt's character from the 1999 cult classic "Fight Club," authorities said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/11/16/2010-11-16_chelsea_fight_club_teen_who_set_off_homemade_bo mb_just_another_punk.html
He told his friends he was an anarchist - but now the Chelsea "Fight Club" teen who set off a make-shift bomb on the upper East Side is just another prison punk.
Kyle Shaw, 19, was sentenced to 3 1/2 years behind bars Tuesday for the attack over Memorial Day weekened in 2009.
Shaw set off his crude explosive device at a Starbucks at 92nd Street and 3rd Ave.
No one was injured, but "it was meant to be the first in a series here in New York," Assistant District Attorney Christopher Ryan said.
The incident left the city on edge.
Mayor Bloomberg, Gov. Paterson and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly all showed up at the blast site to reassure New Yorkers, Ryan noted.
Judge Charles Solomon asked Shaw, who was 17 at the time, if he had anything to say.
"No," he replied, shaking his head.
Shaw's sentence is the result of a plea deal that spared him a possible 25-year stint in the slammer.
The 3:30 a.m. blast was an apparent tribute to Brad Pitt's character from the 1999 cult classic "Fight Club," authorities said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/11/16/2010-11-16_chelsea_fight_club_teen_who_set_off_homemade_bo mb_just_another_punk.html