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Thief Bites Prospect Heights U-Haul Employee

Prospect Heights U-Haul Facility. Courtesy of Google Maps.PROSPECT HEIGHTS — A man bit a U-Haul employee, after trying to steal two sets of truck keys at a Brooklyn facility. On Thursday, November 14, at around 8.30 in the morning at the Prospect Heights U-Haul facility at 666 Washington Avenue,

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Friday Crime Blotter: Christmas Day Crime, Shots Exchanged on Kingsland Avenue & More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] CYPRESS HILLS – Last month, a verbal confrontation ended in a shooting during the early hours at a Dominican restaurant in Cypress Hills. Around 4:15 am on Monday, November 26, police said

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Friday Crime Blotter: Double Trouble on the Q Train, New Info in Williamsburg Hate-Crime & More

(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with an assault and attempted robbery of a boy on the Q train earlier this week. The incident took place around 3:00 pm on Monday, November 26, on a southbound Q train headed from Sheepshead

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Weekend Crime Blotter: A Bank Robbery in Bensonhurst, A Subway Creep at Broadway Junction & More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] EAST NEW YORK – Last night, at 11:00 pm, police arrested Crystal Wilson, 31, in the 75th Precinct. Wilson, an NYPD Traffic Enforcement Agent, was charged with assault, harassment and disorderly conduct,

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Weekend Crime Blotter: Homophobic Attack in Williamsburg, Pepper Spray on the 2 Train & More

WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for the suspect who assaulted two men in a homophobic, anti-gay attack over the weekend. Police said the attack occurred near the intersection of Union and Metropolitan Avenues, just before 1:00 am on Sunday, September 23. The suspect approached two men, ages 29 and 34,

Bed Stuy

Weekend Crime Blotter: Off-Duty Cop Shoots Man in Wheelchair, 81-Year Old Thwarts Knife-Wielding Robber & More

EAST FLATBUSH – In the early hours of Sunday, around 2:45 am, an off-duty cop shot and wounded an armed man in a wheelchair outside an East Flatbush house party. The shooting took place Sunday, August 19, when the victim began firing a gun outside a party at 145 East

Central Brooklyn

Friday Crime Blotter: Murder Suspect Arrested Months Later, Gunpoint Robbery in Williamsburg & More

CROWN HEIGHTS – Months after John Barnes was gunned down in Crown Heights [/crown-heights-man-killed-in-saturday-shooting/] last December, police have arrested and charged a suspect in his murder, the NYPD announced. Rennie Patterson, 17, of Dyker Heights was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, police said yesterday. CONEY ISLAND – Police are looking for

Central Brooklyn

Weekend Crime Blotter: Sheepshead Bay Bicycle Thieves, A 99¢ Store Robber & 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 two teenage bicycle thieves who robbed a 13-year old of his wheels in Sheepshead Bay over the weekend. Around 3:30 pm on Saturday, March 10,

Bed Stuy

Friday Crime Blotter: Taser-Point Robberies, A Billyburg Burglar and More

WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for the man that burglarized an apartment near Meserole Street and Manhattan Avenue earlier this month. Around 2:40 pm on Tuesday, February 13, the suspect entered a residential apartment building and attempted to crash through the door of one of the units. He was unsuccessful

Bushwick

Wednesday Crime Blotter: A Foiled Purse-Snatching in Williamsburg, A Rock Throwing Assault & More

WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for a man who attempted to snatch a woman’s purse in the area of North 4th and Berry Streets earlier this week. The incident occurred on Monday, January 29th, around 9:20 am, said police. The would-be robber approached a 40-year old woman from behind

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Morning Crime Blotter: Bird Thieves, Would-Be Purse-Snatchers and More

WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking the man who stole a Blue Quaker bird from the Petland store at 92 Graham Avenue and Seigel Street. Around 5:00 pm on Tuesday, December 5, the bird thief entered the exotic bird cage at the pet store, using a paper towel wrapped around his

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Police Seek Suspect in Violent Brighton Beach Purse-Snatching Attempt

BRIGHTON BEACH – Police are searching for a suspect after he knocked down and dragged a woman in an effort to steal her purse earlier this month in Brighton Beach. On Sunday, September 10, the 22-year old victim was walking in the area of Neptune and Guilder Avenues around 11:00

Police & Fire

Police Seeking Man for Attempted Robbery of Dunkin’ Donuts

The Dunkin’ Donuts on the corner of Avenue U and Bedford, where the attempted robbery took placeSHEEPSHEAD BAY – He didn’t come for the donuts or the coffee, he came for the cash—and he still managed to leave empty handed. At around 6:20 am on the morning of

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Police Searching For Man Who Attempted To Rob 82-Year-Old In Bath Beach

BATH BEACH – The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the below surveillance video in connection to an attempted robbery last month. At approximately 7:50pm on Saturday, August 26, an 82-year old man in front of 8512 Bay Parkway, a frozen yogurt/

Central Brooklyn

Crown Heights Man Sentenced For Attempting To Rob, Set Fire To MTA Booth

Photo courtesy of the Office of the Acting District AttorneyCrown Heights – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that a 52-year-old Crown Heights resident was sentenced to seven years in prison for an attempted robbery of an MTA station booth last year. At approximately 10:45pm on August 12,

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Police Searching For Suspect In Sunset Park Attempted Robbery [Video]

The NYPD are looking for the man seen in the above video in connection with an attempted robbery that occurred last month in Sunset Park. At approximately 12:50am on Thursday, July 6, the suspect walked up to a 33-year-old man near the corner of 4th Avenue and 44th Street,

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Attempted Gunpoint Robbery At Flatbush Barber Shop [Graphic Video]

1402 Nostrand Avenue between Rogers Avenue & Linden Boulevard. (Screenshot via Google Maps)Police are searching for two men who tried to rob a Flatbush barber shop at gunpoint on Friday, according to police reports. Two men stormed Nostrand Legend’s, a barbershop at 1402 Nostrand Avenue near Linden Boulevard on

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[VIDEO] 20th Avenue Employee Hospitalized After Being Beat With Screwdriver In Failed Robbery

Stills of the perp at the scene of the crime. (Photo via police)Back in November, at close to midnight a creep inside 8322 20 Avenue — an address police describe as a “grocery bodega named Tyolpen” but that we were unable to locate (it’s possible the shop number was

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Red Hook Teen Gets 24 To Life For Williamsburg Murder

Tyheim Smith. (Photo via Brooklyn DA’s office)An 18-year-old Red Hook teenager was sentenced to 24 years to life in prison for his part in the fatal shooting of a man during a botched robbery attempt in Williamsburg, announced Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. On April 27, 2015,

Police & Fire

Help Cops Catch Attempted Purse Snatcher [Video]

https://youtu.be/yvPe-5pySEg Cops have released surveillance footage of a man wanted for questioning in connection to an attempted robbery that occurred in Sunset Park earlier this month. The perp followed a 21-year-old woman on Monday, June 6, at 4:40pm, grabbing her purse at the corner of 55th

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Robbers Target The Same Chase Bank On Myrtle Avenue For The Second Time In A Week

Have you seen this man? (Courtesy NYPD)The Chase bank on Myrtle Avenue was targeted by a robber for the second time in a week [/blog/2016/05/19/attempted-bank-robbery-402-myrtle-avenue/], police say. A hooded thief strode into the Chase branch at 402 Myrtle Avenue near the intersection with Vanderbilt Avenue

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Rowdy Hoodlums Rough Up Man In Coney Island Apartment Building, Cops Say

(Photo provided by the NYPD)Three punks ambushed a man last week in an attempted robbery at an apartment building in Coney Island, cops say. The suspects stalked their victim, a 24-year-old man, onto an elevator in a building on West 23rd Street on January 24, according to authorities. When

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Suspect Draws Gun On McDonald’s Employee After Being Asked To Pay For Big Mac, Cops Say

(Photo: pointnshoot [https://www.flickr.com/photos/pointnshoot/432984523/] / Flickr)A man pulled a gun on a McDonald’s employee Monday night after being asked to pay for a Big Mac, then tried to rob the store, cops say. According to the NYPD, the suspect entered the McDonald’s on

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Cops Hunt Man Who Allegedly Slashed A Clerk During Botched Robbery In Clinton Hill (VIDEO)

Image via NYPD.The man seen here was caught on surveillance video entering Classon Deli and Grocery (1060 Fulton Street) at around 8:50pm last Monday, September 7, attempting to steal frozen slushies, and then slashing at the clerk as he chased him out of the store. According to cops,

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Police Seek Suspects In Attempted Robbery On A 2 Train From Atlantic Avenue

Photos via NYPD.Police are looking for two men wanted in connection to an attempted robbery on a 2 train in February. Police say the 39-year-old male victim boarded a northbound 2 train at the Atlantic Avenue/Barclays Center stop at 11:15am on Wednesday, February 25, and at the