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Headline Of The Week Weak

"Corpse Wheeled to Check-Cashing Store Leads to 2 Arrests"

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Corpse Wheeled to Check-Cashing Store Leads to 2 Arrests

Even for the once-notorious Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, it may have been a first: Two men were arrested on Tuesday after pushing a corpse, seated in an office chair, along the sidewalk to a check-cashing store to cash the dead man’s Social Security check, the police said.

When Virgilio Cintron, 66, died at his apartment at 436 West 52nd Street recently, his roommate and a friend saw an opportunity to cash his $355 check, the police said.

They did not go about it the easy way, the police said, choosing a ruse that resembled the plot of “Weekend at Bernie’s,” a film about two young men who prop up their dead employer to pretend that he is alive.

“Hell’s Kitchen has a rich history,” said Paul J. Browne, a police spokesman, “but this is one for the books.”

There was no sign of foul play in Mr. Cintron’s death, he added.

The roommate, James P. O’Hare, and his friend, David J. Dalaia, both 65 and unemployed, placed Mr. Cintron’s body in the chair and wheeled it around the corner, south along Ninth Avenue on Tuesday afternoon, the police said. The men parked the chair with the corpse in front of Pay-O-Matic at 763 Ninth Avenue, a check-cashing business that Mr. Cintron had patronized.

They went inside to present the check, but a clerk said Mr. Cintron would have to cash it himself, and asked where he was, the police said.

“He is outside,” Mr. O’Hare said, indicating the body in the chair, according to Mr. Browne.

The two men started to bring the chair inside, but it was too late.

Their sidewalk procession had already attracted the stares of passers-by who were startled by the sight of the body flopping from side to side as the two men tried to prop it up, the police said. The late Mr. Cintron was dressed in a faded black T-shirt and blue-and-white sneakers. His pants were pulled up part of the way, and his midsection was covered by a jacket, the police said. While the two men were inside the check-cashing office, a small crowd had gathered around the chair. A detective, Travis Rapp, eating a late lunch at a nearby Empanada Mama saw the crowd and notified the Midtown North station house.

Police officers and an ambulance arrived as the two men were trying to maneuver the corpse and chair into the check-cashing office.

The two men were taken into custody and questioned. The police said they were considering charging them with check-cashing fraud.

Mr. Cintron’s body was taken to a hospital morgue. The medical examiner’s office said its preliminary assessment was that he had died of natural causes within the past 24 hours.

Posted: January 10, 2008 at 12:16 pm

57 comments to “Headline Of The Week Weak”

rufus says – reply to this

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edna says – reply to this

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first?
me says – reply to this

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second?
Paty says – reply to this

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First!!!
Jessiequito says – reply to this

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FIRST!
rtgth says – reply to this

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FUCK YOU PEREZ!!!! ASSHOLE!!!
Hannah says – reply to this

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lol. Awesome
your mom says – reply to this

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son, get off this website and get back to school!
be-wenchy says – reply to this

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Flash back….i love this film
Ana says – reply to this

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first?????? at least
Ana says – reply to this

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no, never fist:S
MIZ_ATTITUDE says – reply to this

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FUCKING ASSOLES, THEY WATCH WAAAAAY TOOOO MANY MOVIES. I WAS LMAO AT THAT SHIT, I LIVE IN NEW YORK AND SAW TRHAT SHIT ON THE NEWS LIKE 2 NIGHTS AGO.
MIZ_ATTITUDE says – reply to this

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FUCKING ASSOLES, THEY WATCH WAY TOOO MANY MOVIES, FUCKING IDIOTS! I SAW THAT SHIT ON THE NEWS 2 NIGHTS AGO. IT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK.
alice says – reply to this

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They could of at least put him in a wheelchair. Who travels around in an office chair?
Moops says – reply to this

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OMG! Only in America!
sabrina says – reply to this

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in a sick way, thats fucking hilarious
chers says – reply to this

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wth..who the freak cares
bdawg says – reply to this

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i just saw this on the internets, kind of funny in a natural causes death sort of way.
IM THE (S)UGAR (H)ONEY (I)CE (T)EA!! says – reply to this

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ALL YA'LL NEED 2 SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! POP OFF SON!!!LMAO
gabby says – reply to this

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whoaa that's such a sucky story.

I LOVE PEREZ =]
he's the best, no matter what other people think of him (:
tmakal says – reply to this

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I read that story this morning and that is exactly the movie I thougt of. I wondered if you were going to post the story lol.
Nadie says – reply to this

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LOL a lot of effort for $355!! Maybe if it was $3550 I could see why they might do something so crazy!! Haha
Brit_Brit_In_Mexico? says – reply to this

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They must have been HIGH if they thought they'd get away with this hair brained scheme.
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jennybean says – reply to this

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haha word up.
Thora says – reply to this

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That is absolutely horrid.
Ky says – reply to this

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lmao i read this yesterday at work and this was the first thing i thought of! lol anyone read the story about the guy who sent a cows head in the mail to his wifes lover?
steve says – reply to this

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this is hilarious!
steve says – reply to this

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this is hilarious!
Brian says – reply to this

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These guys lived below me in my NYC building. I LOVE NEW YORK!
gw says – reply to this

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perez does worse for money …im suprised he is shocked….oh and by the way they already discussed this on yesterdays THE VIEW ….cutting edge perez …real influential them old broads beat you by over a day
Michelle says – reply to this

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Ok now I've heard it all… idiots!
m says – reply to this

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sick.
HeroinHam says – reply to this

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LOL I love this story!!!!! Thats so stupid to put him on an office chair! WTF Why didn't they just get some ghetto ass wheel chair?¿ ~stoops~
sooooz says – reply to this

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This is hilarious…..If I were the cops I would let the guys go on account of being absolutely rediculous. Their dead friend probably would have wanted them to do it!!!!
Axxcexx says – reply to this

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hahaha dumb asses.
did this happen in stl? says – reply to this

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im pretty sure this happened in STL….?
vampira says – reply to this

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Should have used a wheelchair
teenieweenie says – reply to this

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lmao. so damn funny. gotta wonder what mental process made these a$$holes think they'd pull it off. I love NY!!!
chaka says – reply to this

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LOL
Kelsey says – reply to this

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I was watching this on the news last night. I live near Philly so I get the Philly news and every night all you hear about is people getting shot and murdered so its not that surprising to hear that some one did this, it is pretty weird though.
brainchild says – reply to this

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I heard this story yesterday on the Howard Stern show. It is too funny!! I bet the dead guy is laughing his ass off up in heaven–or wherever he is now!!
Jacqueline says – reply to this

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That is the funniest thing i have ever heard…
jimmyjazz says – reply to this

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DESPERATE LOSERS! I HOPE THESE WORLD'S DUMBEST CRIMINALS GET PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW!
sugarpuss says – reply to this

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That check would have bought them a year's supply of NIGHT TRAIN or OLD DUKE!!!! 2 years worth of MAD DOG 20!!!
COOKIEDARICAN says – reply to this

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okay what were they smoking and where can i get some?
moncia says – reply to this

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Please STOP with the news on Britney. I can't stand to see more news on her. Same old crazy news about her.
Mai Pie says – reply to this

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oh my gosh when I heard about this story I totally thought of the same thing! haha
WTIC says – reply to this

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Weekend at Bernie's was such a funny movie! The sequel stank, but the original is one of my fave all-time! Terry Kiser (the dead Bernie) should have won a comedic award for it, that's for sure!
Angel says – reply to this

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I feel bad for the poor mans family. But omg thats hysterical BWAHAHA
Robyn says – reply to this

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yall are some messed up people if you think britney spears is more important than this poor guy that apparently these assholes looked at an easy check!!!!
lalala says – reply to this

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LMAO! i love that movie =)
funny that it would actually happen irl LOL
Amber says – reply to this

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aww..poor dead guy getting taken advantage of!
Maddy says – reply to this

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Shut up Britney has enough money to help herself.
mizzle says – reply to this

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that is priceless! thank you perez for bringing a smile to my face and urine in my pants.
mizzle says – reply to this

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that is priceless! thank you perez for bringing a smile to my face and urine in my pants.