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Trio Stole $3,200 Worth of Designer Shoes in Homecrest

HOMECREST – Three men pretended to shop at a Kings Highway clothing store on Tuesday and stole $3,200 worth of merchandise. On Tuesday, January 7 around 2:20 p.m., three unidentified men were at Chuckies, an upscale shoe boutique specializing in shoes and accessories. The suspects were being assisted

Brighton Beach Laundromat Robbed at Gunpoint

Glady’s Laundromat and Dry Cleaners robbery. Courtesy of NYPD.BRIGHTON BEACH — A 24-hour laundromat was robbed at gunpoint in Brighton Beach. On Tuesday, December 17, around 2:15 a.m., Glady’s Laundromat and Dry Cleaners located at 412 Brighton Beach Avenue was robbed of approximately $500, cops said.

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Attempted Rape in Williamsburg, MTA Bus Stolen from Broadway Junction & More

(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for a suspect wanted for the attempted rape of a 26-year old woman in a Williamsburg apartment building yesterday. Around 5:30 am on Tuesday, January 1, the suspect approached the woman on the first-floor landing of an apartment building near Havermeyer and

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Home-Invasion on Christmas Morning, Teacher Assaults Developmentally Disabled Student & More

CONEY ISLAND – On Christmas morning, a home-invasion robbery sent an 88-year-old woman to the hospital, and now police are hoping to track down the suspect. Around 6:45 am on Tuesday, December 25, the suspect entered the victim’s apartment, near Surf Avenue and West 25th Street, through an unsecured

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Arrest in Road-Rage Murder, ‘Tis The Season for Package Thieves & More

(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BATH BEACH – A Staten Island man has been arrested and charged in the road rage killing of Faizal Coto, [/bath-beach-deaths/] an FDNY firefighter and aspiring musician. Yesterday, the NYPD announced Joseph Desmond, 29, had been charged with murder after the Bay Parkway altercation on Sunday, December 9.

Weekend Crime Blotter: Con-Ed Con Men Rob Elderly Woman in Manhattan Beach, High-End Williamsburg Vending Machine Predictably Ripped-Off & More

CLINTON HILL – A group of young men held up a Clinton Hill wine shop Friday night, but the armed oenophiles seemed to prefer cash to cabernet. The robbery took place on Friday, October 19, around 7:00 pm said police, when four suspects in their late teens or early twenties

Upstate Shooting Suspect Nabbed After Jumping Into Gowanus Canal

GOWANUS – A 42-year-old man wanted for a shooting in an Upstate New York hospital and an armed robbery in Brooklyn was captured behind the Whole Foods at 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street in Gowanus on Monday. > Joshua Stuart — the man who fired shots at police on 9/28 &

Friday Crime Blotter: Armed Robbery in a Prospect Heights Lobby, A Creep on a Midwood Street & More

(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Two men are wanted in connection with an armed robbery that took place in the lobby of Prospect Heights building earlier this month. The incident occurred just before 6:00 am on Saturday, September 15, when two suspects followed two men into the lobby of

Weekend Crime Blotter: A Serial Sprayer on Brownsville Buses, Shots Fired in a Crown Heights Robbery & More

CROWN HEIGHTS – After a fight at the Farmer’s Market in Crown Heights last week, police are on the lookout for two men who assaulted an employee. The incident occurred on Friday, August 24, around 11:00 pm, police said, at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue. Two

Friday Crime Blotter: A Stolen Car in Sheepshead Bay, A Shooting in Bed-Stuy & More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police are looking for three suspects that robbed a man at gunpoint in Sheepshead Bay this week. The incident took place near Brigham Street and Avenue U, when the suspects