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Wednesday Crime Blotter: Arrest Made in Fatal Bed-Stuy Shooting, Jewelry Burglar Wanted in Sheepshead Bay & More

BED-STUY – Police have made an arrest following the shooting death of 22-year-old Lester Jack in Bed-Stuy early last month. Tyjuan Cassidy, 39, of Crown Heights was arrested last night following an NYPD investigation and charged with murder and criminal possession of a loaded firearm, police said. Jack, the son of

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Wine Shop Hit In Most Recent Park Slope Business Burglaries

Photo courtesy of Acme Wines & SpiritsA wine shop on 5th Avenue was a recent burglary victim, joining nearby Athena Mediterranean Cuisine (535 6th Avenue at 14th Street) in a spate of incidents that have taken place this March in the neighborhood. Donald Killinger, owner of Acme Wines and Spirits

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Park Slope Restaurants Hit Again In Two March Burglaries

Security video courtesy of Athena Mediterranean Cuisine.A burglar who doesn’t have the wherewithal to pull up his pants has struck twice this month at Athena Mediterranean Cuisine (535 6th Avenue at 14th Street), causing stress to the owners and digging up uncomfortable memories of a rash of unsolved

Bensonhurst

Cops Arrest Cell Phone Thief Linked To Car Break-in

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanOfficers from the 62nd Precinct have nabbed a man they believe is responsible for a recent car break-in in Bensonhurst. Gus Martakis — who has a history of car thefts — was arrested on 18th Avenue and 84th Street on Thursday, March 17, at approximately 5:25pm, and found

Police & Fire

Burglar Steals Power Tools From 9th Ave Subway Station [Video]

https://youtu.be/koiHXed-kRM Cops are turning to the public for help in tracking down a burglar who broke into an MTA storage unit last month. The suspect entered a storage area in transit at the D train’s 9th Avenue station Saturday, January 16, at 3:56pm, cut the

Central Brooklyn

Precinct Crime At Record Low, Cops Celebrate With Italian Sandwich Feast

Capt Kenneth Quick, 66 Precinct Commander, reviewing the meeting’s agenda with Council President Mark Katz, Treasurer Kazi Hossain, and Vice President Felix Burgos, Jr. (Photo by Jole Carliner/Kensington BK)The 66 Precinct Community Council held their last meeting of the year Thursday, December 19 at Community Board 12’

Bensonhurst

Cops Bust Burglar Who Struck Bensonhurst Juice Bar & 15 Other Businesses

https://youtu.be/kJXTB28dlZE A Coney Island man wanted in a slew of commercial burglaries — including a November heist at a juice bar on 18th Avenue — has been arrested, according to police. Aaron Galloway, 21, was arraigned Thursday on dozens of counts of burglary, criminal mischief, trespassing, grand larceny, and

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Suspects In String Of Local Burglaries Hit Brooklyn Crab In Red Hook

Images via NYPDPolice continue to search for two men in connection to a series of late-night restaurant burglaries in our area that have resulted in the theft of now nearly $70,000. On September 22, we reported that three burglaries took place in our area, including Cafe Dada (57 7th

78th Precinct Community Council Meeting

Burglary Arrests Announced At 78th Precinct Community Council Meeting

The 78th Precinct Community Council held their last meeting until the fall on Tuesday night. And Captain Frank DiGiacomo started off the meeting with some good news. Officers had arrested three people in connection with a number of burglaries that have occurred in the neighborhood recently. DiGiacomo attributed the successful

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Southwest Brooklyn Hits Record Low In Major Crimes

DA Kenneth Thompson spoke about crime trends in Brooklyn last month.Murders may be up in the rest of the city, but in southwest Brooklyn, violent crime is almost nonexistent. At a joint Community Council meeting with the NYPD’s 62nd and 68th Precincts last month, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth

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Cops After Two Men In Car Wash Register Heist

http://youtu.be/W7tDHX1cm0A Cops are after two men caught on video clumsily nabbing the cash register from a Gravesend car wash last week. Police say the suspects forced their way through the security gate and into the Classic Car Wash, located at 2944 86th Street and Avenue X, on

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Burglars Wanted For Breaking Into Gravesend Apartments In Broad Daylight [Video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0QD-Ac1kuk&feature=youtu.be Police are asking the public for help in identifying two men wanted for several midday burglaries at a Gravesend apartment building last week. The suspects climbed through the rear windows of several apartments located at 2534 West 16th Street

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Wanted: Two Suspects Who Broke Into Avenue V Home, Stole Jewelry

Cops are looking for the men pictured above, who they say broke into an Avenue V home and stole jewelry. The burglary happened Wendesday, October 1, in the early morning. The two suspected broke into the home through an open side window. Once inside, they snatched an unknown amount of

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Burglaries Up 233% In 66th Precinct; NYPD Releases Prevention Video

The latest 66th Precinct CompStat figures, #33, covering August 11-17, show a whooping 233.3% boost in burglaries over the same week in 2013, going from 3 to 10. The year-to-date figures show a 12.2% uptick. On the other hand, the past 28-day figures show a 4.8% decline

60th Precinct

Cops Hunt Brighton Beach Jewelry Store Robber

Source: NYPD via Home ReporterA man smashed the window of a Brighton Beach jewelry storefront last week and stole $15,500 worth of jewelry, and now police are turning the public for help tracking the suspect down. The incident happened on Wednesday, May 28, at approximately 10:35 a.m.

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Video: Watch This Drunk Guy Try And Break Into A Home On 85th Street Before Getting Busted By The Cops

Usually, when I have too much to drink, I get sleepy and it’s lights out. Or maybe I get hungry and eat too much pizza – and then it’s lights out. But this guy; this guy knows how to live it up. He gets drunk, stumbles onto a random

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Thieves Break Through Wall Of Ceasar’s Bay Best Buy, Stealing $75,000 In Merchandise

Source: NYDailyNews.comA band of thieves busted through the wall of the Ceasar’s Bay Best Buy like the Kool-Aid man on Tuesday morning, stealing approximately $75,000 in electronics. The Daily News reports: The thieves made their way to the rear of the Best Buy on Shore Parkway near

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Burglar Walks Into Marine Park School, Walks Out With $125

He must have thought it was his lucky day. After all, the school was unlocked, even though it was closed at the time, welcoming him to have free run of the place. And so he did, and stumbled across $125, which he pocketed before going on his way. Happy day,

90th Precinct

Resurfaced Fort Greene Park Tennis Courts Re-open; Players Donate to Future Projects

[SlideDeck2 id=793 ress=1] The Fort Greene Park Tennis Courts re-opened on Sunday afternoon following a month-long resurfacing project, attracting 44 tennis players for the first fundraising groundstroke tournament of the season. “Everyone was thrilled,” said Michael Brownstein, the president of the Fort Greene Tennis Association, the group that

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WANTED: Two Men Sought In Unrelated Robbery, Burglary In 61st Precinct

Robbery suspect. Click to enlarge Burglary suspect. Click to enlarge Police are seeking the following two men, wanted in connection to a robbery and burglary – both unrelated – in the 61st Precinct. The first suspect, featured in the sketch on the near right, is a male wanted in connection to a

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String Of Car Break-Ins Hit Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay

Source: Kafziel via Wikimedia CommonsHas anyone else noticed a lot of bluish glass fragments glittering the streets? At first I thought it was just debris leftover from Superstorm Sandy, but apparently Sheepshead Bay is undergoing a rash of smashed car window burglaries according to a News 12 Brooklyn Report. Police

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TD Bank Robbed! Thief Pulls Mission Impossible-Style Stunt, Drops In From Roof And Busts Through Wall

Source: Google MapsNeighbors and bank customers clamored for information yesterday, as police converged on the TD Bank at 1602 Avenue U, taped off its entrance, and stayed on scene for most of the day following an overnight robbery committed by a daring thief. According to reports, at least one robber

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Bungled Burglary At S&D Kids On Nostrand Avenue

S&D Kids at 3460 Nostrand Avenue (Source: Google Maps)S&D Kids at 3460 Nostrand Avenue has been closed all morning, following an attempted break-in at the business. Police are on the hunt for the attempted burglar, and tipsters tell us that they’re knocking on neighbors’

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WANTED: Scam Artist Robs 18 Apartments In 2 Weeks

A scam artist is stalking the halls of several Gravesend apartment buildings, and is believed to be responsible for almost 20 robberies in the last two weeks. The man pictured above has been approaching neighbors of the Beach Haven Apartments and Whitney Manor Co-Ops – in total a complex of more