71st Precinct - Bklyner

Teen Beaten and Robbed in Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS — Police reported that on Saturday, October 26, around 7:45 p.m. at 363 Utica Avenue, an 18-year-old male was approached by a group of unidentified males that proceeded to slap, punch, and kick the victim several times to the face and torso before robbing the victim. The

Police & Fire

[UPDATE] Man Shot and Killed in Prospect Lefferts Gardens Bodega

709 Flatbush via Google StreetviewUPDATE: 18-year-old suspect, Joshua Louis of East New York, has been arrested in regard to this incident and charged with murder and weapon possession for fatally shooting Dwayne Smith inside the deli, police announced Thursday. A man was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a Prospect

brownsville

Suspect Arrested in Crown Heights Shooting

Site of the crash hours after it occurred (Picture by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS— Police said Thursday they have arrested the gunman who shot and killed a man earlier this week. On Monday, July 8, a 31-year-old was shot in the head while sitting in a car [/car-crashes-in-plg-after-driver-and-passenger-get-shot-in-crown-heights/] on

Central Brooklyn

Suspect Shouts Homophobic Slurs, Punches Man In Arm

PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDEN – Cops need help searching for a suspect who allegedly shouted homophobic slurs and punched a man earlier this month. On April 4, a 24-year-old man was walking on Lincoln Road at about 1:25 p.m. As he was walking, another man came toward him, shouted anti-gay

Bed Stuy

Weekend Crime Blotter: Identity of 3rd Bed-Stuy Home Invasion Suspect Released, Cops Find 97 Pounds Of Marijuana In Crown Heights And More

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – The NYPD released on Friday the name of the third suspect wanted in connection to the death of 91-year-old Waldiman Thompson during a home invasion/robbery in Bed-Stuy earlier this month. Police are searching for 43-year-old Howard Morris who has 11 prior arrests and is allegedly the man seen

Bushwick

Attempted Robbery On ‘Q’ Train, Burglary In Gravesend, Robberies In Bushwick And East New York

PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS – The NYPD are searching for the man seen in the below photos in connection to a recent attempted robbery on a “Q” train. At approximately 2:50pm on Friday, September 15, a 39-year-old woman was aboard a southbound “Q” train when the suspect approached her and attempted to

Central Brooklyn

Police Seeking Senior Suspected Of Two Robberies [VIDEO]

The NYPD are looking for a man, whom they describe to be in his 60s or 70s, seen in the video below in connection to two recent robberies. The first incident occurred at approximately 12:30pm on Sunday, July 30. The suspect entered the 7-Eleven located at 146 Empire Boulevard

Police & Fire

Don’t Mess With Gold Cadillacs In PLG?

This past Monday, January 23, around 3:40pm a man driving a gold Cadillac Escalade parked in the crosswalk at Lefferts Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. A 55-year-old man asked him to move his vehicle because he was blocking the crosswalk. According to the police, the driver

Police & Fire

Have You Seen These Men Suspected Of Assaulting A Good Samaritan On The Q Train ?

/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/212-17-BTRS-71-PCT-TD32-12-10-16.mp4 Cops are searching for five men suspected of punching a straphanger on the Q train near Prospect Park in December. The victim, a 56-year-old man, saw the suspects harassing an elderly man aboard the southbound Q train near the Prospect Park station on Saturday,

Announcements

Please Help The NYPD Find This Missing Man

Photo of Louis Cheatham provided by NYPD.The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in locating a 50-year-old man reported missing on Sunday, March 13, 2016 in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Louis Cheatham was last seen leaving his home on Flatbush Avenue (near Lefferts Avenue) around 2pm on Sunday, March

Central Brooklyn

Rogue Spitter Allegedly Roaming Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Accounts on the Prospect Park Lefferts Gardens Facebook group about the alleged spitter. (Photo Credit: Sue Yellin)The community of Prospect Lefferts Gardens has been on alert for a man dubbed the “PLG Spitter.” In the last two months there have been several posts on the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Facebook

Central Brooklyn

UPDATED: Man Shot Near East 17th Street And Caton Avenue

> Man in his 30’s shot in the chest on E 18th St & Caton Ave at 11:21am;he was pronounced dead at KCH. #NYPD [https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYPD?src=hash] #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/mq2lDuCTps [https://t.co/mq2lDuCTps] — Allison Papson

71st Precinct

Cops Looking For Straphanger Who Inappropriately Touched Woman

Photo via NYPDThe police are looking for a straphanger who is wanted for forcibly touching a woman on the Q train on Labor Day. According to the police, on Monday, September 7 around 2pm, a 38-year-old woman boarded a Manhattan-bound Q train at Prospect Park. She sat down next to

71st Precinct

Three People Injured In Shooting On Parkside Court, Near Prospect Park: NYPD

Two men and one woman were wounded when gunfire broke out on Parkside Court, near Parkside Avenue, around 2am Saturday morning — one of a series of shootings that occurred during a particularly violent weekend [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/3-people-die-19-wounded-gunshots-ring-city-article-1.2312711] in Brooklyn, and the city, the NYPD said.

40 Clarkson Avenue

Concerned About Crime In Our Neighborhood? Attend This Community Meeting Next Wednesday, June 24

Following a number of horrific incidents that have happened in our area, including a man who was fatally shot [/blog/crime/man-fatally-shot-on-flatbush-avenue-saturday-violent-fight-sends-at-least-four-to-hospital-this-morning] on Flatbush Avenue and another man who was shot on Church Avenue [/blog/crime/man-shot-at-church-avenue-e-18th-street-early-tuesday-morning], all neighbors are invited to a community meeting next Wednesday, June 24 at

71st Precinct

Help Find 80-Year-Old Eric King, Who Went Missing On Saturday

The NYPD is asking for help from the public in finding an 80-year-old man who was last seen leaving his home on Winthrop Street, near Bedford Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, around 11am Saturday. Eric King is about 5-feet-6-inches tall, weighs about 116 pounds, and has brown eyes. He was

71st Precinct

Help Find This 15-Year-Old Girl Who Went Missing Between Lefferts Gardens And Cobble Hill

Rocia Rosado (Source: NYPD)A 15-year-old girl went missing Wednesday morning, and police are turning to the public for help in the search. Rocio Rosado left her home near Flatbush Avenue and Winthrop Street at 11:00 a.m. yesterday to take a summer exam at Cobble Hill High School

71st Precinct

Petition to Add Beat Cops to Flatbush Avenue Gains Signatures

A new petition [http://www.change.org/petitions/71st-precinct-nypd-please-provide-at-least-two-beat-cops-up-and-down-flatbush-ave-below-empire-blvd] is being circulated around the Flatbush area asking the 71st Precinct for at least two more beat cops on Flatbush Avenue south of Empire Boulevard and into our area. The petition has received support from neighborhood email lists, the Q at