Central Brooklyn
531 East 26th Street, near Foster Avenue, where 26-year-old Dwight Brathwaite was stabbed to death in December, 2013. (Photo: Google Maps)A young Flatbush man who believed a stranger was flirting with his girlfriend, and then stabbed the individual to death, has been convicted two years after the crime. Brooklyn
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Erica ShermanSeven more people have been arrested in connection to a city-wide fraud that involved ripping off scores of heating oil customers, including Edward R. Murrow and James Madison high school, prosecutors announced Wednesday. “The defendants are charged with running a scheme to systematically steal heating oil from a
Announcements
Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)While the term “hate crime” is used fairly frequently, its strict definition is not widely understood. Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, in partnership with Community Board 12, will lead a seminar on understanding the legal definition of a Hate Crime this
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerTwo local bankers and two others have been indicted for allegedly stealing $400,000 from the bank accounts of over a dozen senior citizens and deceased account holders, who had accounts at the Chase Bank the defendants worked at according to Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson
Central Brooklyn
The NYPD and Kings County District Attorney Ken Thompson are hosting a Gun Buy Back event on Saturday, December 5, from 10am to 4pm at the Lenox Road Baptist Church, located at 1356 Nostrand Avenue between Lenox Road and Linden Boulevard. People can drop off their unwanted firearms, no questions
Barry Rice
Image courtesy of Manhattan DA’s office [http://manhattanda.org/press-release/manhattan-da%E2%80%99s-office-doi-nypd-announce-arrests-and-criminal-charges-widespread-briber] .Dozens of residential buildings and residents in Bed-Stuy, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Borough Park and other neighborhoods across Brooklyn — including Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Flatlands, Midwood, and Coney Island — are caught up in a bribery scandal [http:
Brooklyn District Attorney
A 22-year-old man has been convicted of shooting and killing an unarmed stranger after an argument at a neighborhood deli in March 2013 [/blog/crime/28-year-old-man-shot-and-killed-on-east-23rd-street] and could spend the rest of his life in prison once he’s sentenced, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson said today. Justin Sarkodie, who
Bridge Multicultural Advocacy Project
Local politicians and community advocates pose as Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson accepts his Hero Award from Mark Meyer Appel at the Bridge Community Center grand opening.New Yorkers are famous for not knowing – much less understanding – their neighbors. But local advocate Mark Meyer Appel [https://twitter.com/MarkMeyerAppel] wants