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Man Caught On Tape Setting Fire To Strictly Vegetarian Restaurant On Church Avenue

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help finding a man who started a fire that damaged Strictly Vegetarian [http://www.yelp.com/biz/strictly-vegetarian-restaurant-brooklyn] (2268 Church Avenue) — a restaurant that was also recently held up at gunpoint [/blog/crime/70th-precinct-issues-wanted-posters-for-newkirk-avenue-arson-church-avenue-armed-robbery] . The individual, who was captured on the above

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70th Precinct Releases Wanted Posters For Newkirk Avenue Arson & Church Avenue Armed Robbery

Image courtesy the NYPDThe 70th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_070.shtml] sent out wanted posters today for suspects in the arson at the Newkirk Medical Plaza [/blog/crime/police-release-surveillance-footage-of-suspect-in-newkirk-medical-plaza-arson] (1414 Newkirk Plaza) and an armed robbery at Strictly Vegetarian [http://www.yelp.com/biz/

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Teen Wanted For Setting Fire To Bushes Of Marine Park Home

Source: DCPICops are turning to the public to identify an arsonist caught on camera setting fire to bushes in front of a Marine Park Home. The perp was strolling along East 56th Street when he casually pulled out a lighter and ignited the leaves of shrubs in front of the

2033 86th st

Landlord Pleads Guilty To Negligent Homicide In Deadly 2010 Fire

The location of the 2010 fire. (Source: Google Maps)A Bensonhurst landlord pleaded guilty last month for his role in the deaths of five immigrants from Guatemala [/after-two-years-wifes-death-in-fire-still-haunts-miguel-chan/] in a 2010 blaze. Vasilios Gerazounis, whose building at 2033 86th Street was subdivided illegally when it caught fire, pleaded guilty on

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Lawyer: Cops Forced Teen To Confess To Setting Coney Island Fire That Killed Officer

The scene of the fire at 2007 Surf Avenue (Source: Google Maps)The confession offered by 16-year-old Marcell Dockery was coerced by cops who “broke him the same way prisoners of war are broken,” according to the teen’s lawyer. Dockery (Source: Facebook)Dockery is facing several charges including murder,

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Officer Injured In Coney Island Fire Released From Hospital

Rodriguez (Source: Facebook)Rosa Rodriguez, the police officer critically injured in a Coney Island fire allegedly set by a bored teen [/coney-fire-cops-injured/], returned home Monday after more than a month in the hospital. Daily News set the scene [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/injured-coney-island-blaze-heading-home-article-1.1797852] : > There were pipes and

2033 86th Street

Daniel Ignacio, Bensonhurst Arsonist, Gets 25 Years To Life

The location of the 2010 fire. (Source: Google Maps)Daniel Ignacio, the man who was found guilty for drunkenly starting a fire [/guilty-daniel-ignacio-arsonist-who-ignited-bensonhurst-fire-that-claimed-5-lives/] that killed five people, was sentenced to 25-years-to-life, according to a press release issued by the Kings County District Attorney’s office. On January 30, 2010, the

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Guilty! Daniel Ignacio, Arsonist Who Ignited Bensonhurst Fire That Claimed 5 Lives

The location of the 2010 fire. (Source: Google Maps)The man who sparked a blaze in a Bensonhurst tenement in 2010, ending five lives, is now facing 25 years to life after a jury found him guilty yesterday. Daniel Ignacio, 31, was convicted for the arson murder of five people,

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Two Young Men Charged With Burglary And Arson In Dyker Heights

Source: Fir0002 via Wikimedia CommonsTwo men were charged with burglary and arson after they stole $5,000 from a Dyker Heights home, and then set it ablaze to cover their tracks. Saleh Musa, 22, and a 15-year-old accomplice were said to be behind the 3 a.m. fire early Thursday

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Bensonhurst Landlords Indicted In Tenants’ Deaths In Deathtrap Building

Source: Google MapsTwo Brooklyn landlords were indicted yesterday in the deaths of five tenants after a fire broke out at an apartment building they owned. The fire was set off by an arsonist and swept through the building in January of 2010. The landlords, Vasilios Gerazounis and his son Argyrios,

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XO Creperie Fire "Suspicious"

Courier-Life is reporting that FDNY officials regard the fire at Loehmann’s Seaport Plaza [/breaking-xo-creperie-burns-down/] as “suspicious” and possibly arson: > The early-morning fire that ate through a Loehmann’s Seaport Plaza restaurant may have been arson, FDNY officials said this week. > An FDNY spokesman said that fire marshals