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Life imitating art: Rapper Cory Gunz arrested for criminal possession of a gun. MTV Son of a Gun star Peter Cory Pankey — better known as Cory Gunz — was arrested in the Bronx over the weekend after he was found with a loaded 9mm semiautomatic handgun.

Police had received a complaint that two men were fighting on the corner of Boynton and Westchester Avenues, close to where Gunz lived, reports the New York Post. When police rushed to the scene, the men took off. The police canvassed the area and eventually arrested Gunz as he fit the description of one of the suspects.

At least taxpayers will save the money of hiring a New York City immigration lawyer to deport the "Mount Sinai Lab Rat."

Dr. Mohsen Hosseinkhani is accused of felony burglary charges for sabotaging cardiology experiments out of spite after losing a hospital cardiology fellowship at the Cardiovascular Research Center in Manhattan, reports the New York Post. But instead of facing his charges in court, the disgraced doctor has reportedly fled back to his native Iran.

On New Year’s Day, there was a series of fire bombings around the city that involved crudely made Molotov cocktails. Because some of the targets of the firebombings involved Islamic centers, there was a belief that the Molotov cocktail attacks could have been a hate-crime against Muslims or immigrants.

But instead of an act that could have beenrequired a New York City immigration lawyer, NYPD found out this was simply an act of petty revenge, reports the New York Post.

Darlene Miller, principal of the NYC Museum School in Chelsea, is facing drunk driving charges after allegedly plowing her Hyundai into a stopped police cruiser.

The principal of the top-performing high school reportedly just missed hitting a cop, who had pulled over to stop another vehicle in Rockland County, says the New York Post. After her arrest, Miller refused to submit to a blood alcohol test and she now faces a court hearing on January 9.

New York terrorism averted. Jose Pimental reportedly hated America. So much so that he allegedly plotted to kill NYPD cops and soldiers returning home before being caught over the weekend.

The man called a "lone wolf" was arrested Saturday afternoon only an hour away from finishing a powerful pipe bomb, reports the New York Daily News. Apparently, Pimental was caught while working at a Harlem apartment of a police informant, and was making the bomb through a recipe titled "Open Source Jihad: Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of your Mom."

Manssor Arbabsiar stands accused of the Saudi ambassador assassination plot. Yesterday, a judge denied bail for the alleged terrorist.

Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old United States citizen, is accused of plotting to kill the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. by setting off explosives at a restaurant, reports the Associated Press. Arbabsiar holds an Iranian passport and has admitted to a role in the $1.5 million plot.

Serving time for his own drug conviction, Cameron Douglas, the son of actor Michael Douglas, testified in the trial of his alleged drug suppliers and also revealed tawdry tales of what he had with his defense attorney, Jennifer Ridha, while in jail.

Currently, Douglas is serving time in a Pennsylvania prison for a narcotics trafficking conviction, reports the New York Post. He was temporarily released to testify against David Escalera, who is accused of supplying Douglas with pounds of crystal meth between 2006 and 2009. During his four hours on the witness stand, Douglas described his own struggles with drugs and also the strange relationship that he had with Ridha during his trial and subsequent imprisonment.

Cherika Alvarez was evicted from her apartment and decided to leave her one-year-old pit bull in the apartment. The dog was found starved to death weeks later, and it was determined that the dog had survived at least six weeks by eating wood chips, razor blades, and ketchup packets in a desperate effort to stay alive. For the dog starving death, Alvarez was amazingly sentenced to only 20 days community service.

Prosecutors in the case had sought 30 days jail time for the Bronx woman following her conviction in August, reports the New York Daily News. But the judge apparently took to heart the dog killer's weepy apology and decided to be lenient on the woman, letting her off with no jail time. Though the judge did bar Alvarez from owning a pet for the next three years.

Just as Dr. William Petit testified for the 2007 Connecticut home invasion that led to the rape and murder of his wife and two daughters, a Long Island home invasion occurred that was thankfully thwarted before things got really ugly.

In 2007, Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky broke into the wealthy suburban home of Dr. Petit. They struck Petit with a baseball bat as he slept and bound him in the home’s basement, reports the Los Angeles Times. The two men then raped and murdered Petit’s two daughters and wife. Hayes was convicted of the crimes and sentenced to death. Komisarjevsky is currently on trial and also faces the death penalty.

Charles Nagel, a television and movie memorabilia collector, was convicted of stalking “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” actress Kathryn Erbe. The Kathryn Erbe stalker will be on probation for the next five years and will have to pay $42,000 in restitution for frightening the actress.

Nagel is a self-proclaimed “Law & Order” aficionado who took his fan-dome way too far, reports the New York Post. Nagel’s obsession started off with wanting to strike a friendship with Erbe. Nagel reportedly sent messages to Erbe proclaiming to be her biggest fan. Nagel, who is from Philadelphia, even took his wife and children to New York to watch a filming of the TV show and had his photo taken with the actress.