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Central Brooklyn

Weekend Crime Blotter: Two Murders On Mother’s Day, Serial Sexual Abuser Arrested, and more

BRIGHTON BEACH – This past Sunday, May 10, shortly before 8 am, police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious man inside of 3064 Brighton 3 Street. They found a 41-year-old man with stab wounds to his torso, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The Medical Examiner will determine

Police & Fire

Four Shot and Wounded in Sunset Park

SUNSET PARK — Three men and a woman were shot in Sunset Park on Thursday night. On January 2, around 8.10 p.m., right next to the Iglesia Sol de Justicia church [https://www.facebook.com/IglesiasMisioneras/] on 3rd Avenue and 62 street, an individual opened fire from a vehicle,

Announcements

Carmen Vasquez Went Missing on Christmas Eve in Sunset Park

Carla Vasquez. Courtesy of NYPD.SUNSET PARK — NYPD needs help looking for Carmen Vasquez, a 58-year-old woman from Sunset Park. Carmen Vasquez was last seen on Tuesday, December 24, at her residence on 29th street at around 7 p.m.; Carmen is believed to have Alzheimer’s. She is described

Animals

Man Stabs Pit Bull To Death As It Attacks His Dog

Photo of dogs involved in last week’s attack in South SlopeSunset Park – Following last week’s horrific attack [/south-slope-resident-warns-neighbors-of-four-pit-bulls-after-vicious-attack/] of a South Slope dog by four alleged pit bulls, a 31-year-old man killed a pit bull mix as it attacked his dog yesterday morning in Sunset Park. Johnny Rivera

Police & Fire

Police Looking For Two Men Involved In Sunset Park Robbery [Video]

Photos via NYPDPolice are searching for the two men seen in the above photos and below video in connection with a robbery that occurred last month at a Sunset Park gas station. At approximately 10pm on Friday, July 28 a 37-year-old male victim got into an argument with the two

North Western Brooklyn

Help Police Find Two Suspects Who Robbed A Woman In Windsor Terrace [Video]

Police are asking the public’s assistance in identifying the two males seen in the above video in connection with a robbery that occurred earlier this month in front of 467 Prospect Avenue, on the border of South Slope and Windsor Terrace. The two males approached the 37-year-old female victim

Police & Fire

Police Hoax ‘Officer Down’ Call Sends Cops To Sunset Park Apartment

(Courtesy: Ditmas Park Corner)A fake “officer down” call sent cops to investigate a Brooklyn apartment late Monday night, police said. The New York Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/fake-radio-call-officer-sends-cops-brooklyn-apartment-article-1.2743604] that the hoax comes days after a mystery caller used NYPD radio transmissions to threaten

Police & Fire

NYPD: Brooklyn Crime Dips, While 72nd Precinct Sees 20 Percent Hike

New York City streets have seen fewer robberies, shootings, and car thefts during the first half of the year, police officers announced Monday at One Police Plaza. There were 445 recorded shooting incidents citywide over a six-month period compared to a total of 555 in 2015, according to crime statistics

72 precinct

Reports Provides New Homelessness Data In South Slope Neighborhood

Photo: nicolaitan [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolaitan/61444999/] / Flickr An interactive map on Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2015/09/10/homeless_complaint_map.php] shows which New York neighborhoods have seen the greatest spike in vagrancy complaints. The map was created by freelance data journalist Steven Melendez [https://twitter.

72 precinct

Fire and Police Stations Collecting for City Harvest

Planning your holiday meals? If so, consider grabbing a few extra items for a donation to City Harvest this season. Non-parishable foods can be dropped off at NYPD and FDNY stations across the city through January 4, 2013. Here’s a handy list of locations in our neck of the