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Police Arrest Suspect Who Allegedly Carjacked And Killed Local Business Owner

24-year-old Joshua Colon was arrested in an incident on Monday which led to the death of local business owner Phil Dellegrazie. (Image via NYPD)Police have arrested the suspect who allegedly ran over and killed local business owner Phil Dellegrazie in a frantic car chase which took place Monday, April

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Local Business Owner Killed By Own Vehicle While Chasing Carjacker

The scene at 4th Avenue between 22nd and 23rd Street after Phil Dellegrazie was killed. Police created a tented area to provide privacy for the deceased. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)The owner of a local iron works business was fatally struck by a carjacker after a frantic

Neighbors

Welcome To The 72nd Precinct, Captain Emmanuel Gonzalez

Image courtesy of 72nd Precinct.There’s a new captain in town. NYPD Captain Emmanuel Gonzalez has joined the 72nd Precinct as its new commanding officer, taking over for outgoing Captain Tommy M. Ng, who is now leading the 5th Precinct in Manhattan’s Chinatown. “I’m gonna miss Captain

Police & Fire

N Train Nastiness: Police Search For Guy Who Allegedly Touched A Woman While Masturbating

Image via NYPD.A 24-year-old woman told police that the male straphanger seen in the above photo inappropriately touched her leg while rubbing his crotch with his other hand, as they rode a Brooklyn-bound N train through the 36th Street station. It was around 2am on Tuesday, March 15, when

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Sunset Park Toddler Found Unresponsive In Family Bathtub; Later Dies At The Hospital

In a heartbreaking discovery, a two-year-old Sunset Park girl was found “unconscious and unresponsive” in a bathtub inside her family’s home on 47th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues this weekend; she was later declared dead at Maimonides Hospital. It was around 8:26pm on Sunday, March 13 when

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Victim Bloodied At Bartel-Pritchard Square After Being Assaulted With Bike Lock

Photo by Tom PrendergastA man was injured and bloodied after being hit in the head with a bike lock after an argument with three men at Bartel-Pritchard Square today. According to witness and neighbor Tom Prendergast, the incident took place on Prospect Park West and Bartel-Pritchard Square at approximately 2:

Police & Fire

The Search Is On For Two Missing Sunset Park Sisters

Images via Torres-Ruiz family.Two sisters disappeared from their family’s 52nd Street apartment some time overnight between Sunday, February 28 at 11pm and the next morning, say police and family members, who are hoping the girls are found safe soon. Kimberly and Alicia Torres-Ruiz, age 16 and 14, were

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Sunset Park Man Who Stabbed Neighbor To Death Gets 25 Years Behind Bars

Juan Ramos, 67, was convicted of murder for stabbing a neighbor to death in 2013. (Photo via Brooklyn DA’s office.)A 67-year-old Sunset Park man has been convicted in the stabbing death of his 23-year-old neighbor — a father of two — and faces up to 25 years in prison for

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Police Arrest Sunset Park Man In Stabbing Death Of His Neighbor

Photo by xandert.Police arrested 35-year-old Lan Shui Liu for allegedly stabbing a neighbor to death on Monday night, February 15, in front of 5622 Eighth Avenue. The victim, 41-year-old Jian-Yang Zhang of 62nd Street, was stabbed in the back and neck when EMS responded to a 9-1-1 call at

Central Brooklyn

Adorable Black Kitten Causes Traffic Jam In Windsor Terrace

Source: NYPDA tiny kitten, estimated to be about 2 months old, caused a traffic jam in Windsor Terrace around lunchtime today. Motorist Geraldine Cassone flagged down two cops — Officer Christopher Rinelli and Officer Kenia Marte — at approximately 12:35pm on Ocean Parkway near Sherman Street, telling them that a black

Central Brooklyn

Cops Looking For F Train Masturbator

Photo via NYPDThe NYPD is asking for help in identifying a man who exposed himself on the F train earlier this month. The man exposed his penis and masturbated on a southbound F train around 7:30pm on Wednesday, January 6, before he fled the train at the Fort Hamilton

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15-Year-Old Girl Taken Into Custody After Cops Find Two Bullet-Riddled Bodies At The Sheepshead Bay Houses

An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano / Flickr)Police took a 15-year-old girl into custody after authorities discovered two bullet-riddled corpses Sunday night inside an apartment at the Sheepshead Bay Houses, according to the NYPD. Police said they found the bodies inside the fifth-floor apartment just after 8pm. One of the

Bensonhurst

Gravesend Senior Fatally Shot At Sunset Park Popeye’s

Popeye’s located at 6103 7th Avenue. (Source: Google Maps)A 68-year-old man from Gravesend was gunned down in Sunset Park this week. Yingguan Chen, of West 9th Street, was in front of a Popeye’s restaurant located 6103 7th Avenue on Monday, December 7, at 9:37pm, when bullets

Central Brooklyn

Package-Stealing, Red-Scooter Driving Grinch Arrested

This male has been arrested by PO McGrath for stealing packages in @TerraceWindsor Great job! @bradlander @DNAinfo pic.twitter.com/JyHDcVdRoS — NYPD 72nd Precinct (@NYPD72Pct) December 9, 2015 A fire-engine red scooter is not the most subtle means of transportation for a thief responsible for stealing packages in the neighborhood.

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Package-Stealing, Red-Scooter Driving Grinch Arrested

This male has been arrested by PO McGrath for stealing packages in @TerraceWindsor Great job! @bradlander @DNAinfo pic.twitter.com/JyHDcVdRoS — NYPD 72nd Precinct (@NYPD72Pct) December 9, 2015 A fire-engine red scooter is not the most subtle means of transportation for a thief responsible for stealing packages in the neighborhood.

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Police Searching For Package Thief Who Rides A Red Scooter

Photo by Charles HendersonPolice are searching for a suspect who has been stealing packages that have been left in the doorways of various neighborhood homes. According to the 72nd Precinct, an arrest has not yet been made. Signs have been posted in the neighborhood that read: Beware Of This Thief!

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Police Searching For Package Thief Who Rides A Red Scooter

Photo by Charles HendersonPolice are searching for a suspect who has been stealing packages that have been left in the doorways of various neighborhood homes. According to the 72nd Precinct, an arrest has not yet been made. Signs have been posted in the neighborhood that read: Beware Of This Thief!

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Car Flips On Prospect Expressway

Horrible accident on Prospect Expressway under Seeley St. Car completely flipped over — around 12:30am Tuesday night #windsorterrace A photo posted by Windsor and Terrace (@terracewindsor) on Sep 22, 2015 at 9:52pm PDT A scary scene overnight on the Prospect Expressway, just under the Seeley Street overpass in Windsor

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Police Looking For Suspect Who Followed And Choked Several Women

Photo by Shannon Geis / South Slope NewsThe police are on the lookout for a man who followed and choked multiple women on 16th Street near 5th Avenue. Police say the suspect attacked three women on July 20-21, all incidents happening early in the morning, around 6am. The suspect also exposed

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Woman Struck And Killed By Car On 4th Avenue

Police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a car on 4th Avenue over the weekend. At about 1:30am on Sunday, May 10, police say a 27-year-old man was driving southbound along 4th Avenue when another vehicle cut him off near 25th Street, causing him to

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Cops Arrest Two Men Involved In Subway Shop Assault, Still After One Suspect

The gun recovered from the roof by police. Photo courtesy of the NYPD. An assault at a local Subway sandwich shop over the weekend resulted in a chase, a rooftop search for a gun, and two arrests — though police are still after one suspect. On Saturday, April 4 at about

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Major Safety Upgrades Planned For Area Roads; Hundreds Attend Meeting With DOT Commissioner

Neighbors packed a room in PS 130 for a meeting with DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg.For parents and other neighbors who say they frequently feel as though their lives are at stake while navigating area roads fraught with short crossing times, speeding cars, unsafe turns, and more, the major safety

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Join Windsor Terrace Safe Streets For Meeting About Street & Traffic Safety Next Tuesday, October 21

Where are some of the most dangerous intersections in Windsor Terrace? What do you think could be done to make them safer? Do you want to see more crosswalks? Slow zones? Stop signs? Something else? You’ll be able to voice your opinions on what would make neighborhood streets safer

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Police Looking For Alleged Groper Who’s Following Women From The Prospect Ave Subway Stop

The NYPD is looking for a man they say has twice followed women from the Prospect Avenue subway station and forcibly touched them. The first incident occurred on On Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at about 11:30pm. Police say a 28-year-old woman was walking from the Prospect Ave station, located

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Car Flips On 6th Avenue, Sends Two To Hospital

A crash that flipped a car on 6th Avenue on Friday morning injured three people and sent two to the hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. The FDNY tells us they responded to the crash on 6th Avenue at 21st Street at about 8:45am and transported two people