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Photo Credit: Flickr/Medical JaneBrooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson died yesterday after what his family described as a “hard fought battle with cancer.” Thompson’s family made the announcement last night. The District Attorney was 50 years old. Thompson is survived by his wife of 17 years, Lu-Shawn Thompson,
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A scene from Victoria Nicodemus’ vigil. (Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus.)Hank Miller, the brother of slain pedestrian Victoria Nicodemus, has posted a petition on Change.org [https://www.change.org/p/kings-county-district-attorney-ken-thompson-brooklyn-da-ken-thompson-justice-for-victoria-nicodemus-conduct-a-
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Screenshot via Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ office.Charges against postal worker Glen Grays have been dropped according to District Attorney Ken Thompson. Grays was arrested for disorderly conduct on St. Patrick’s Day after he yelled at a car that had nearly run him over. The car was an
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Photo by Park Slope StoopSeven more people have been arrested in connection to a city-wide fraud that involved ripping off scores of heating oil customers, including MS 51 — William Alexander Middle School, prosecutors announced last Wednesday. “The defendants are charged with running a scheme to systematically steal heating oil
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> Convictions overturned for 3 men convicted in 1980 Brooklyn fire that killed 6: https://t.co/qgxEa38c6i pic.twitter.com/NxJQpTPcTu [https://t.co/NxJQpTPcTu] — Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) December 16, 2015 [https://twitter.com/ABC7NY/status/677201635160920068] Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson [http://brooklynda.org/brooklyn-da-ken-thompson/
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Photo by Ditmas Park CornerA year-long investigation into drugs and violence in our neighborhood resulted in a major raid yesterday, August 5, in which police arrested 15 people for narcotics trafficking, as well as one teenager for the murder on Newkirk Avenue and E. 17th Street [/blog/crime/teenager-
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The former executive director of a local business improvement district has been indicted for allegedly taking more than $85,000 from the BID’s budget to use on mani-pedis, Beyonce tickets, Weight Watchers, and more. The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office announced [http://brooklynda.org/2015/03/16/former-
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Aga Trojniak, from the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition], sent us this photo that she took while with other FTC members at the Eric Garner protests in Manhattan Thursday night. “It was beautiful to see that so many people continue to fight to make sure that justice
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A serial armed robber who hit a local frozen yogurt shop three times has been sentenced to 68 years in prison. Robert Coston, 47, was arrested in November 2012 [/blog/crime/arrest-made-in-serial-fro-yo-shop-robberies], and earlier this month he was convicted of nine counts of