D.J. dies in Soho
Adam Goldstein, the celebrity disc jockey known as DJ AM, was found dead in his apartment at 210 Lafayette St. between Broome and Spring Sts. at 5:30 p.m. Fri., Aug. 28, police said.
Goldstein, 36, was found after a friend, Alex Burns, knocked on his door and had no response, according to news reports. Burns and the building super were able to open the locked door but couldn’t enter because the door was chained. They phoned police and an Emergency Medical Team arrived and declared the victim dead on arrival. Goldstein was sprawled on his bed with a crack pipe and empty bag of crack and prescription drugs nearby, according to the reports.
Goldstein survived a plane crash in South Carolina less than a year ago when he was severely burned. He was scheduled to take a leading role in an intervention reality show on MTV helping teens to kick addictions.
Seaport murder suspect
Police last week identified the gunman wanted in connection with the Aug.22 shooting in the South Street Seaport where one man was killed in the parking lot at Pier 17 as scores of guests who were leaving a party aboard a 145-ft. yacht fled in panic.
Londell Squire, 31, was named as the suspect who shot Omar Trent, 31, of Brooklyn during the early hours of Aug. 22 after a fight during a party aboard the yacht, Atlantica. An Emergency Medical Service team pronounced Trent dead at the scene.
Squire was described as a black man, 5’6” and 140 pounds, short hair and hazel eyes. Police said the suspect has a record of previous arrests for robbery, assault and possession of marijuana. Anyone with information about the shooting should call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS or go online to www.nypdcrimestoppers.com.
The fatal event was a birthday celebration for a party promoter and attracted 1,000 people at $50 per person to the yacht with a 400-person capacity, according to reports. Trent also had a criminal record of drug possession and sale, larceny and criminal trespassing, according to reports.
Soho burglary
A burglar entered an apartment on Mercer and Spring Sts. on Sunday afternoon Aug. 30 and made off with an iPod, two laptop computers as well as cash and jewelry, police said. The occupants of the apartment were gone for the afternoon and the burglar entered by a bedroom window, police said.
— Albert Amateau
