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Ben Foldy

Ben Foldy

May
03
Detective Texts Photo of Dead Body to Alleged Victim to Sexual Assault

Detective Texts Photo of Dead Body to Alleged Victim to Sexual Assault

FORT GREENE – An alleged victim of sexual assault says he received a photograph of his attacker’s dead body. The
2 min read
Apr
26
A Date Went Terribly Wrong. Was it Murder—Or Self-Defense?

A Date Went Terribly Wrong. Was it Murder—Or Self-Defense?

NYS Supreme Court (Photo by Liena Zagare/Bklyner)FORT GREENE – Last April, David Keegan Riotto Haigh drove from his sister’
6 min read
Feb
20
Calisthenics Competition Braves Cold in Bed-Stuy

Calisthenics Competition Braves Cold in Bed-Stuy

Roy Isaac Jr. of “The United Fitness Squad” does a pull-up while competing in the heavyweight division at the 2018
3 min read
Jan
29
Trial Date Set for Suspect Claiming Self-Defense in Fort Greene Slaying

Trial Date Set for Suspect Claiming Self-Defense in Fort Greene Slaying

FORT GREENE – The trial of David Keegan Riotto Haigh, a Philadelphia man charged with stabbing James Koron Johnson to death
2 min read
Nov
02
Flatbush Council Race Splits Democratic Party Into Establishment Versus Reform as Election Day Approaches

Flatbush Council Race Splits Democratic Party Into Establishment Versus Reform as Election Day Approaches

FLATBUSH – A surprise endorsement of Brian Cunningham [https://www.cunninghamforcouncil.com/] by the Working Families Party [http://workingfamilies.org/] has
4 min read
Oct
26
ONE WAY – In Crown Heights, Some Feel Armory Decision Out of Community’s Hands

ONE WAY – In Crown Heights, Some Feel Armory Decision Out of Community’s Hands

Man walks by The Bedford-Union Armory (Ben Foldy / BKLYNER)CROWN HEIGHTS – As plans to develop the Bedford-Union Armory work through
4 min read
Oct
09
A Green Grows in Brooklyn 

A Green Grows in Brooklyn 

Jabari Brisport (l), Green Party candidate for New York’s 35 th City Council District, gives his campaign flyer to
3 min read
Sep
28
Clinton Book Signing a Family Affair

Clinton Book Signing a Family Affair

Clinton is greeted by the co-owners of Greenlight Books, Rebecca Fitting (l) and Jessica Stockton Bagnulo (r). (Ben Foldy/BKLYNER)
3 min read
Sep
05
J’Ouvert 2017: Safer, But A Little Too Bright, Neighbors Say (PHOTOS)

J’Ouvert 2017: Safer, But A Little Too Bright, Neighbors Say (PHOTOS)

The leader of a costumed troupe speaks with a police officer manning the checkpoint at the beginning of the parade
4 min read