Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Two men shot at each other and missed—but struck a bystander instead. Now, police are trying to track them down. The shooting took place in Crown Heights, near the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and St. John’s Place, around 10:45 pm on Tuesday, August 28, police
Bay Ridge
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)SUNSET PARK – Police are looking for a suspect wanted in connection with a case of forcible touching that happened within a Sunset Park church last week. On Friday, August 10, around 7:45 pm, the suspect followed a victim into a church near 5th Avenue and 48th
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CROWN HEIGHTS – Two suspects robbed a 60-year old man in the hallway of his Crown Heights residence on Monday, firing a gunshot in the process. The incident occurred just before 1:00 pm on Monday, July 30, in the area of Lincoln Place and Buffalo Avenue, said police. The two
Bed Stuy
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] EAST NEW YORK – Police are looking for three men in connection with a stabbing near Jerome and Liberty Avenues this Saturday, July 21—and they have surveillance pictures. The incident occurred around
Bed Stuy
WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for the robber who followed a woman home after the 4th of July before snatching her purse. Around 12:35 am on Thursday, July 5, the suspect trailed a woman home to her apartment in the area near Cook Street and Graham Avenue, said police. With
Boerum Hill
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BOERUM HILL – Can I speak to your manager? That’s what a bank robber asked a Chase Bank teller before robbing the place on Friday. The bank robbery took place around 5:45 on Friday, June 29, at the Chase Bank on 192 Smith Street in Boerum
Bed Stuy
CONEY ISLAND – A New York firefighter was arrested last night at his home in Coney Island, said police. Nelson Merizalde, 43, an off-duty FDNY firefighter was arrested last night around 11:40 pm, said police. Merizalde was charged with assault after allegedly throwing his girlfriend to the floor during an
Downtown Brooklyn
SUNSET PARK – After a horrifying knife assault that severed a woman’s arm and two of her fingers in Sunset Park [/friday-crime-blotter-14/] last week, police have arrested the alleged perpetrator. Yong Lu, 35, was arrested yesterday on Sunday, June 24, said police. Lu was charged with attempted murder, two counts
Bay Ridge
CYPRESS HILLS – Police are looking for a bicycle thief that hit a house in Cypress Hills earlier this week. The theft occurred on Tuesday, June 12, around 11:00 pm in the vicinity of Fulton and Hale Avenues, said police. The 51-year old victim of the theft saw the damage
Central Brooklyn
WILLIAMSBURG – Police have made an arrest in the death of Jose Osorio, 19, who was shot and killed in Williamsburg last December. The shooting that claimed Osorio’s life [/wednesday-crime-blotter-shooting-death-in-williamsburg-hit-and-run-in-madison-and-more/] took place on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, and left another victim shot in the shoulder. Last week, police arrested Donovan
Bay Ridge
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BAY RIDGE – Police are looking for a burglar that struck a Bay Ridge apartment earlier this week, gaining entry to the building by slipping in the front door as a tenant was
Bed Stuy
MIDWOOD – Posing as a Good Samaritan, a man tried to rob a woman at knifepoint on a Midwood street Wednesday. Now, police are asking for the public’s help in finding him. The incident occurred near East 9th Street and Avenue P around 1:40 pm on Wednesday, May 23,