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   From: beansoup@cnn.com   
      
   One of the lead plaintiffs in a stop-and-frisk lawsuit against   
   the city turned down a plea deal Thursday on charges he sold   
   thousands of dollars in bogus Broadway, concert and sports   
   tickets.   
      
   Manhattan prosecutors offered Angel Ortiz, 19, one to three   
   years in prison if he copped to swindling over $8,000 from at   
   least six victims and paid full restitution.   
      
   “Not guilty,” were the only words Ortiz spoke in Manhattan   
   Supreme Court when he was arraigned on a whopping 34 counts of   
   grand larceny, possession of a forged instrument and petty   
   larceny.   
      
   Ortiz was first in the news as a high-profile plaintiff in anti-   
   stop-and-frisk litigation in late 2012, posing for photos and   
   giving media interviews outside Manhattan Federal court.   
      
   He claimed cops illegally stopped and frisked him before   
   roughing him up for no reason near his Tremont Bronx home seven   
   years ago.   
      
   This time the fraudster, who has been busted three times for   
   pulling off the same scam, earned the police’s attention.   
      
   “I was here to sell someone tickets,” he told cops when they   
   busted him January 10thnear Union Square Park with seven forged   
   tickets, according to the criminal complaint.   
      
   He hawked fake tickets on Craigslist for hit Broadway shows like   
   “Book of Mormon” and “Kinky Boots” and sporting events like   
   Giants games.   
      
   The slick thief would meet his marks at Starbucks and hotel   
   lobbies wearing a tie and dress shirt for the drop off. He   
   handed over hard-paper tickets and a printed receipt.   
      
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