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... fighting, and his father in and out of the picture - would later inspire his autobiographical comedy "Lost in Yonkers," which won a Tony Award for best play and the Pulitzer Prize.) Mr. Simon graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx ...

Cuffed teen ‘takes cop car on joy ride’

A TEENAGE boy humiliated three New York cops by escaping a checkpoint in a police cruiser - despite having been tossed into the back seat with his hands cuffed behind his back, law-enforcement sources said. Police brass were weighing disciplinary action against the two cops whose marked patrol car was stolen and taken on a joy ride, then ditched about 20km away in Yonkers on Sunday, the sources said.

Teen makes off with cop car after being cuffed for drunk driving :0

A North Carolina teen humiliated three NYPD cops just hours into the New Year by escaping a drunk-driving checkpoint in a police cruiser - despite getting tossed into the back seat with his hands cuffed behind his back, sources said Sunday. Police brass were weighing disciplinary action against the two cops whose marked patrol car was stolen and taken on a joyride, then ditched about 12 miles away in Yonkers, sources said.