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Image via NYPD.The good news: there was a decrease in all but one major crime category during the week before Thanksgiving, leaving us with a drop overall, as well (14 compared to 19 from the previous week [/blog/2015/11/20/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-november-9-15-reduced-crime/]). That one category that saw an uptick
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Detective Andre Parker (front row, right of center, facing left) and Detective Joseph Whiteman (front row, third from right) were among those recognized by BP Adams. Photo by Stefan Ringel/BP Adams’ Office.88th Precinct Detectives Andre Parker and Joseph Whiteman were among 40 detectives around Brooklyn honored by Brooklyn
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Image via NYPD.The driver of a red or burgundy Volkswagen Passat who hit-and-ran an on-duty traffic agent on Washington Avenue is being sought by police, who today released the following images from a nearby surveillance camera. It was around 10:42pm last Friday, October 23 when the 30-year-old male
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Image via NYPD.A would-be thief had to flee empty-handed after his intended target resisted his multiple attempts to steal his Kindle, say cops, who have released the above cell phone photo of the suspect. The attempted robber allegedly went after a 32-year-old man who was standing on the Manhattan-bound
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Image via NYPD.While May ended with crime falling across the board in almost all categories [/blog/2015/06/09/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-may-ends-with-falling-crime-rates-in-most-categories/] , the first week of June saw more modest reductions and balances. In the major crime categories, slight upticks occurred in the number of reported robberies (from 1 to 7)
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Image via the NYPD [www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/home/home.shtml].Between last week [/blog/2015/03/31/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-slight-increases-almost-every-category/] and this week, the numbers of reported robberies, transit crimes and housing crimes all stayed the same. Meanwhile, decreases were seen in burglaries (from 1 to 0) and misdemeanor
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The family of a Clinton Hill teen is suing the New York City Police Department and the city for allegedly ignoring the 16-year-old’s pleas for help and then sending him back out of the precinct house — where he was shot and killed. However, although the NYPD does not dispute
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The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating neighbor Emilio Velez. Emilio was last seen leaving his North Oxford Walk home at 11am on Tuesday, November 11. He is 6′ tall and 220 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair, and was last seen wearing an orange
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Police are looking for three men they believe were involved in a shooting near Dekalb and Clermont Avenues on Friday, August 15. At about 1:50am that morning, three suspects were captured on security footage at the intersection–after one suspect handed another a firearm, cops say, the two suspects
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A masked man robbed a 22-year-old man at gunpoint in the Ingersoll Houses on June 4 at 12:40 a.m. He told police that two men had followed him into his apartment building. Fearing for his safety, he left the building, still followed by the two men. The victim