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Sunset Park Man Who ‘Callously Executed’ Victim Faces 25 Years To Life In Prison

Supreme Court. (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)SUNSET PARK – Back in July, Bklyner reported that cops found a man dead in his bed in Sunset Park. [/sunset-park-homicide-bed/] On June 26, at around 8:16 a.m., Sam Chen, 41, was seen on surveillance camera driving a 2014 Nissan NV3 at 51st

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Man Who Murdered Livery Cab Driver In 2015 Sentenced To 25 Years To Life

BED STUY – In 2015, a livery cab driver was shot and killed inside his car by a man who attempted to rob him. Today, the defendant was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. In the early morning of June 29, 2015, 35-year-old Fawaz Naji, a man from Brownsville,

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Intoxicated Driver Pleads Guilty After Killing One Driving On The Wrong Side Of Belt Parkway

Aleh Sheipak via Brooklyn DA Office.SHEEPSHEAD BAY – In July of last year, a drunk Brooklyn man drove on the wrong side of the Belt Parkway. He killed one person and severely injured two. Yesterday, he pleaded guilty to two charges. On July 12, 2018, 51-year-old Aleh Sheipak was driving

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Flatbush Community Speaks Out About “Cornerstore Caroline” Incident

Jeremiah Harvey. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)FLATBUSH – “Cornerstore Caroline’s” stunt last week traumatized a kid, and Flatbush community isn’t having it. Borough President Eric Adams and Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte held a community conversation outside Sahara Deli Market on Albermarle Rd. between Flatbush Avenue and East 21st Street, yesterday

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Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Turns Self In To Own Office For Wiretapping NYPD

Photo dug up on Facebook by the New York Daily NewsBrooklyn Assistant District Attorney Tara Lenich, 41, turned herself in to her own district attorney’s office Monday, openly admitting the fact that she had forged documents to wiretap conversations between an NYPD cop she had a crush on and

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Sheepshead Pedophile Brought To Task

Robert Drach. Photo via District Attorney’s office.The family of the little girl he tried to kidnap has a lot to be thankful for this coming Thanksgiving. Robert Drach, 39, of Sheepshead Bay, was allegedly walking to his friend’s house on June 11, 2015, at around 7am, when

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Cold-Blooded Brighton Beach Murderer Sentenced

Photo via District Attorney’s office.The man who stabbed another man in the chest [/brighton-beach-man-convicted-murder/] as he tried to flee the conflict was sentenced to 23 years to life in prison on Monday, November 7, according to the Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Jonathan Mansilla, 26, tried to

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Brighton Beach Man Convicted Of Cold-Blooded 2014 Murder

Photo via District Attorney’s office.A Brighton Beach man was convicted yesterday of a 2014 murder that took place on Brighton Beach Avenue and Brighton 5th Street, according to the acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Jonathan Mansilla, 26, tried to start a fight with the victim, Alberto Munive-Torres,

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Three Indicted In Carey Gabay Murder: ‘They Turned A Celebration Into A Killing Field’

The defendants. (Courtesy Brooklyn District Attorney.)Three Brooklyn men who police allege were engaged in gang warfare have been indicted in the murder of Carey Gabay [/?s=carey+gabay], announced Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson and New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton during a press conference today at 350

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Bensonhurst Man Indicted For Role In Mafia-Linked Sports Gambling Biz

A screenshot of the illegal sports gambling site www.stakestake.com [http://www.stakestake.com/stakestake_login_english.asp?m=]Six men from Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island — including one from Bensonhurst — have been charged in a 37-count indictment for running an illegal Internet gambling operation, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken

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Coney Island Man Convicted Of Shooting Teen, Dog On Christmas Eve

Jerome Leslie. (Photo provided by the Brooklyn DA)A Coney Island has been convicted of murder for the 2013 shooting [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2013/12/17-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

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These Are The Most Common Scams Targeting Immigrant Communities

Photo by Sean EganTwo weeks after a fake Sunset Park lawyer was sentenced [http://sunsetparkvoice.com/police-fire/fake-sunset-park-lawyer-who-offered-bogus-immigration-services-gets-2-4-years/] to two to four years in prison for scamming immigrants out of thousands of dollars — the first such conviction in New York State — a forum was held at the CUNY Graduate School

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DA Thompson Recommends House Arrest Ahead Of Liang Sentencing

Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson is urging a judge to go easy on the rookie cop from Bensonhurst who was convicted on manslaughter charges [/mostly-white-jury-convicts-officer-peter-liang-the-rookie-cop-from-gravesend/#.VvMOUBIrKSN] last month for fatally shooting and failing to aid an unarmed black man. In a statement released today, Thompson recommended probation and house arrest

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Treyger To Introduce Legislation To Protect Residents Against Fake Utility Workers

City Councilman Mark Treyger. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Less than two weeks after an 81-year-old Coney Island woman was roughed up and robbed [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/03/burglar-posing-as-con-ed-worker-robs-81-year-old-woman-at-knifepoint/] by someone posing as a Con Ed emplyee, City Councilman Mark Treyger announced he will introduce legislation to keep

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Fake Sunset Park Lawyer Who Offered Bogus Immigration Services Gets 2-4 Years

Source: Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeSunset Park man was sentenced to two to four years in prison for posing as an attorney and charging thousands of dollars for immigration services which he failed to deliver, announced Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson today. Howard Seidler, 70, of 51st Street in Sunset

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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 [http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/police-search-for-bensonhurst-juice-bar-thief-1.11143612] at a juice bar on 18th Avenue — has been arrested, according to police. Aaron Galloway, 21, was arraigned Thursday on dozens of counts of

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Disbarred Lawyer Made $1 Million By Conning Distressed Homeowners In Bath Beach & Gravesend, Says DA

Source: Nodar Kherkheulidze via Wikimedia CommonsA disbarred lawyer has been indicted for allegedly stealing over $1 million from an investor, potential home buyers, and a title insurance company in various scams connected with two distressed properties in the wider Bensonhurst area, announced Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson today. Domenick Crispino,

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Major Raid In Neighborhood Ends With 15 Arrested For Narcotics Trafficking; One Charged With Newkirk Avenue Murder: DA

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-arrested-charged-with-murder-of-adetunji-ajakaye-at-newkirk-avenue-e-17th-street-nypd] last

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Four Mill Basin Teens Indicted For Brutal Attack On Two Off-Duty Officers In Bensonhurst

Four Mill Basin youths have been indicted for their connection to an attack on two NYPD officers outside of a Bensonhurst home last month, which left an off-duty detective badly beaten. Joseph Nacmias, Jason Chalhon, Vito Morgera, and Michael Peterson, all 17-year-olds, have been variously charged in a six-count indictment

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Jacob Fetman Of Midwood Indicted For Embezzling $237,000 From Jewish Outreach Organization

The official Ocean Avenue address of Merkaz, which is also Fetman’s home address and an organization under his control, through which he allegedly embezzled the funds. (Source: Google Maps)The chief financial officer of Manhattan-based nonprofit Aish HaTorah, Jacob Fetman, of Midwood, was charged yesterday with embezzling more than

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Landlord Pleads Guilty To Negligent Homicide In Deadly 2010 Fire

The location of the 2010 fire. (Source: Google Maps)A Bensonhurst landlord pleaded guilty last month for his role in the deaths of five immigrants from Guatemala [/after-two-years-wifes-death-in-fire-still-haunts-miguel-chan/] in a 2010 blaze. Vasilios Gerazounis, whose building at 2033 86th Street was subdivided illegally when it caught fire, pleaded guilty on

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Midwood Man Sentenced For Beating Wife To Death As She Lay In Bed

The Midwood building where Hussein beat his wife to death. (Source: Google Maps) Noor Hussein, 75, was sentenced yesterday to 18 years to life for beating his 66-year-old wife to death in their Midwood home in 2011 after she cooked him the wrong meal. Hussein was convicted of second degree

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Woody Borgella, Convicted Of Killing His Girlfriend In Midwood Apartment, Sentenced To 15-Years-To-Life

Borgella, left, and Evans, right.Convicted murderer Woody Borgella has been sentenced to 15-years-to-life in prison for the 2011 shooting death of his live-in girlfriend in their Midwood apartment. A jury convicted Borgella, 31, earlier in March for shooting Lora Ann Evans in the chest, killing her. Borgella and Evans,

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Brooklyn D.A. Launches Public Integrity Hotline For Corruption-Related Tips

Thompson (Source: BrooklynDA.org)Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson announced the launch of a Public Integrity Hotline this week, giving Brooklynites a place to call to report public corruption. “My office is committed to rooting out public corruption in Brooklyn, and we take every complaint about corruption seriously. For that

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Turn Your Business Into A Neighborhood Safe Stop

With school in session and the days getting shorter, keeping our kids, and our community, safe is a high priority. If you’re a local business owner, one way you can help is by becoming a Safe Stop [http://www.brooklynda.org/safe_stop/safe-stop.html]. A community outreach initiative