Bensonhurst
Photo by Ben Cohn/ Bensonhurst BeanOfficers of the Anti-Crime Unit were honored at May’s 62nd Precinct Community Council meeting Tuesday.In recent weeks, there have been several large-scale busts including the seizure of 200 pounds of marijuana [/cops-recover-206-pounds-pot-bensonhurst-apartment-raid/] and two separate gun arrests. [/storekeeper-arrested-waving-gun-teens/]The five honored cops are
Bensonhurst
Source: Google MapsA Coney Island teenager has been convicted of felony murder and arson for setting fire to a mattress [/two-cops-in-critical-condition-after-suspicious-coney-island-fire/] in the hallway of a New York City Housing Authority building, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson announced today. Marcell Dockery, 18, of 2007 Surf Avenue in Coney Island. He
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Protesters were arrested outside Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson’s house in Clinton Hill earlier this week. At the dramatic scene, which unfolded at around 1am Wednesday, protesters criticized the prosecutor’s recommendation that a judge presiding over the Peter Liang case spare the former officer jail time, reports the
Police & Fire
Jerome Leslie. (Photo provided by the Brooklyn DA)A Coney Island has been convicted of murder for the 2013 shooting [/17-year-old-shot-to-death-in-coney-island-on-christmas-eve/] of a teenager walking his dog on Christmas Eve, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced Thursday. Jerome Leslie, 20, faces a life sentence for the shooting, in which he
Police & Fire
The Ocean Towers building on West 24th Street in Coney Island. (Source: Google Maps)The NYPD has added an attempted murder charge against the teen involved in a fatal beating in Coney Island [/teenage-girl-beaten-death-coney-island/] last week, police announced Thursday. Authorities initially charged 18-year-old Sarina Agard-Forde with felony and misdemeanor assault
News
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)The owners of a Midwood construction company, who benefited from a program to assist minority-owned businesses, pleaded guilty to violating prevailing wage laws and pocketing almost $150,000 meant for their employees, Brooklyn District Attorney
Bensonhurst
Source: Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeThe serial killer dubbed “Son of Sal” by the media — who was known to lurk and dance in Bensonhurst [/serial-killer-who-lurked-and-danced-in-bensonhurst-convicted-on/#.VtngxpMrKSM] — will spend the rest of his years behind bars. Salvator Perrone, 67, a Staten Island salesman who was convicted for the 2012 murders [/serial-killer-who-lurked-and-danced-in-bensonhurst-convicted-on/
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Central Brooklyn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzZC4NxC91Y&feature=youtu.be Video depicting July 13, 2015 shooting at 866 Coney Island Avenue. (Courtesy: Brooklyn District Attorney) A gang which terrorized [/blog/crime/two-men-shot-at-862-coney-island-avenue-monday-night/] parts of Brooklyn, especially greater Flatbush, with gun violence has been the subject of a massive police
Business
(Photo: Andy [https://www.flickr.com/photos/athrasher/2823255013/] / Flickr)A bookkeeper was indicted Monday for syphoning more than $750,000 from a Brooklyn property management company and using the stolen funds to pay down mortgages and maintain her own properties in Syracuse, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney. Jennifer
Business
(Photo: Andy [https://www.flickr.com/photos/athrasher/2823255013/] / Flickr)A bookkeeper was indicted Monday for syphoning more than $750,000 from a Brooklyn property management company and using the stolen funds to pay down mortgages and maintain her own properties in Syracuse, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney. Jennifer
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA 31-year-old man and a teenaged girl have been arrested and charged in the brutal beating, kidnapping, and carjacking of a Bensonhurst woman last week. Authorities believe Stafford Berrian — who has a rap sheet dating back to 2001 — and his 17-year-old accomplice Quiana Hodges, of Queens, ambushed
Central Brooklyn
Windsor Terrace resident Billy Yee died in October from injuries sustained after being shot in 1982, according to the Medical Examiner’s office, and officials are considering whether to rule the incident a homicide. Police found Yee around 2am on June 14, 1982 on Sands Street under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway