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One suspect has been identified as 36-year-old Atanasiu Bogdan-Valentin. (Courtesy of NYPD)Police are searching for two suspects who are involved in a string of unauthorized citywide ATM withdrawals that has hit Park Slope. According to police between August 24 and November 1, two suspects used a skimming device in
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Video footage courtesy of NYPD. Police are searching for suspects in connection with a shooting that struck two individuals a block away from Commodore Barry Park near Fort Greene. The shooting occurred on Thursday, November 17, around noon in front of 240 Nassau Street (between Gold and Navy street). According
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This isn’t Gershman, it is one of the other nine mobsters arrested nearly two weeks ago. Photo by Raisa Chernina.Prosecutors tried to keep noted Russian mobster, Lenny Gershman, 33, from being released on bail on Friday by arguing that he is violent and has code words for his
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/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/RMA-3255-16-Robbery-88-Pct-final-video.mp4Courtesy of NYPD. Police are searching for two suspects who were involved in a gunpoint robbery blocks away from Commodore Barry Park in Fort Greene. On Thursday, October 20 at approximately 8:30pm two individuals approached a 55-year-old man who was seated in his vehicle
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Spotted on a Manhattan-bound Q train. Photo by Hannah FrishbergHalfway through my Q train ride from Ditmas Park to Times Square last week, I noticed a subway poster that caught my eye: the Guardian Angels Perv Busters were seeking information on a man who masturbated on an N train before
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Mugshot of Manuel Israel via Brooklyn DA’s Office“This defendant specifically robbed Chinese women because they walked alone and he believed they wouldn’t fight back or be able to identify him,” Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced in a press release this morning. “Hate crimes based on
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A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)A Russian mobster, who was arrested for extorting a millionaire he was originally hired to murder [/reputed-russian-mob-boss-arrested-for-murder-for-hire-plot/], told a Manhattan federal judge that he will sing like a canary if and when he testifies. Boris
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Photos via NYPDPolice are looking for two men who broke into a man’s car to steal his wallet in the parking lot at 1000 Oriental Blvd on Sunday, August 28. The 53-year-old victim discovered that his car had been broken into at about 5:30pm. His wallet contained his
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NYPD Officers Bryan Cipolla (l) and Dilek Kahveci (r) of the 70th Precinct. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)This spring, the NYPD launched a neighborhood-based form of policing with the goal of strengthening the relationship between community members and police. The Neighborhood Coordination Officer (NCO) program, which is being implemented across
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The FBI has taken five men thought to be involved in Saturday’s Chelsea bombing into custody following a traffic stop near the Verrazano Bridge on the Belt Parkway Sunday night. Sources confirmed a stash of weapons was discovered in the back of the men’s SUV, and that the
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A black Dodge Charger connected with a September 2 homicide, last seen heading northbound on East 31 Street. Photo via NYPDHere’s our roundup of some of the crime reports that happened in and around Bensonhurst in the last week, courtesy of the NYPD. * Police are seeking help from the
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Cops are searching for a man they say attacked a female straphanger on the platform of the northbound R train. The incident happened on August 19, at approximately 10:55pm, at the Bay Ridge Avenue station, according to police. The suspect pushed and slapped his female victim — who did not