Central Brooklyn
Supreme Court of New York Liena Zagare/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS – A Crown Heights man has been sentenced to 24 years to life in prison for a 2014 kidnapping and murder, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Thursday. The victim, Menachem Stark of Williamsburg, was killed on January 2, 2014, during a
Bed Stuy
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)As discussions swirl about the possible legalization of marijuana and what it could mean for local residents [/espinal-marijuana-tax/], the Brooklyn District Attorney has announced two events to help Brooklynites erase past low-level marijuana convictions. Next
Carroll Gardens
[Left – Right] Kim Maier, Executive Director, Old Stone House; Gilly Youner, co-President, Park Slope Civic Council; CB6 District Manager Craig Hammerman; Daniel Wiley, Community Coordinator for Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez; John Frost, E.D. of Bikeshare Program, DOT; NYC DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg; Council Member Brad Lander; Doug Gordon, Brooklyn Spoke;
Central Brooklyn
(Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr) Over the course four years, a waitress at a Brooklyn diner used information from one of her regular patrons to write checks, open lines of credit and otherwise spend nearly half a million dollars on shopping, gambling trips and
Central Brooklyn
Erasmus Hall High School is located at 911 Flatbush Ave. (Photo/ Google Maps) FLATBUSH – An Erasmus Hall High School teacher has been arraigned on a 25-count indictment charging him with sexually abusing a 16-year old boy on multiple occasions, District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced yesterday. Mervyn Affoon, 66, a business
Central Brooklyn
Euzebelin Abellard will serve 20 to life for the slaying of Jean Claude Bernagene (Via District Attorney’s Office)Euzebelin Abellard, 35, of Crown Heights, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison today for the 2015 murder of a man inside an alleged East Flatbush gambling den, District
Downtown Brooklyn
A blood stain left at the scene of the 2015 shooting (Photo by Fort Greene Focus)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A member of the Fort Greene “900” crew was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a 2015 shooting outside a Downtown Applebee’s [/17-year-old-killed-by-bullet-to-the-head-in-rush-hour-shootout-at-flatbush-and-dekalb-avenues-fortgreene/] that left an 18-year