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18 Members of The Bed-Stuy Hoolies Gang Indicted

Mugshots of the 18 alleged gang members. Courtesy of Brooklyn DA’s office. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced this morning that 18 members of the Bed-Stuy based Hoolies gang have been indicted on numerous charges. The most high profile case involved was the shooting and killing of 22-month-old Davell

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Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking Of A 15-Year-Old Girl In East NY

Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/gavel?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] EAST NEW YORK – A man was arraigned on an indictment in which he was charged

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Suspended Attorney Charged With Stealing Deeds To Brooklyn Homes Worth $7.8 Million

Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/gavel?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] MIDWOOD – An attorney was arraigned on an indictment in which he is charged with stealing

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Four Men Indicted In Gun Trafficking Ring

At the press conference this morning. (Photo via DA’s office)Four men, including an MTA subway conductor, were indicted for allegedly trafficking guns purchased in the South to sell on Brooklyn streets, the Brooklyn District Attorney announced this morning. “This indictment is another example of how the NYPD and

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1987 Murder Conviction Overturned After Investigation

Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/courtroom?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS – The murder conviction of a man who was arrested 29 years ago

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Bed Stuy Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Jail For Girlfriend’s Slaying In 2005

Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/gavel?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] BEDFORD STUYVESANT – A man was just sentenced to 15 years in jail, nearly 16 years

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East New York Man Indicted For Allegedly Killing Three People In June

Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/handcuffs?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] EAST NEW YORK – A 47-year-old man was arraigned on two indictments, charged with first-degree murder

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How 25 People Served 426 Years In Prison For Crimes They Did Not Commit

Photo by Bill Oxford on UnsplashBROOKLYN – “Brian and I were born just one year apart and raised in Brooklyn by mothers who came here from somewhere else to make a life for themselves and their families. But our lives were set on very different courses—irreversibly so—in March of

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Two Brooklyn Natives Are Victims of New Jersey Kosher Market Shooting

JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City. Courtesy of Google Maps.NEW JERSEY — In the shootout that left six people dead, including one police officer, two of the victims had Brooklyn roots. On Tuesday, December 10, around noon, a shooting began in a cemetery in New Jersey, when Detective Joseph Seals,

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Ex-Cops Sentenced to Five Years Probation for Sex with Detainee

Richard Hall and Eddie Martins, the two former NYPD detectives whose “on-duty sex” with an eighteen-year-old girl in their custody led to a change in state law, have been sentenced to five years of probation, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Thursday morning. Hall and Martins were initially charged with

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Math Teacher Who Sexually Assaulted 14-Year-Old Sentenced Four Years In Prison

CANARSIE – A former math teacher was sentenced to prison time after sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student on multiple occasions. Andre Braddy, 36, sexually assaulted a student seven times between March 19, 2018, and April 20, 2018, at Lenox Academy. He assaulted the male student in the bathroom and inside his

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Driver Who Killed Cyclist In Midwood Charged With Second Degree Manslaughter

MIDWOOD – The driver who killed a cyclist about two weeks ago was arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter and a host of other charges today. On Sunday, August 11, 18-year-old Umar Mirza Baig from Queens was driving southbound on Coney Island Avenue at Avenue L, ran a red light, slammed

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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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Adams Sides With NYPD And Mayor on Diversion Program

Eric Adams. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Monday aligned himself with the mayor and NYPD—and opposite the borough’s district attorney—on the use of a controversial alternative-to-prison program. Asked about District Attorney Eric Gonazalez’s defense [/da-eric-gonzalez-defends-diversion-program-nypd-says-is-used-too-often-when-guns-are-involved/] of his office’s directing first-time

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DA Eric Gonzalez Defends Diversion Program NYPD Says Is Used Too Often When Guns Are Involved

Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez at a recent press conference (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on Thursday defended a program aimed at keeping first-time offenders out of jail that he’s administered in recent years, after receiving criticism from a top NYPD official and the

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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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Did Archibald Promise You A Green Card?

Supreme Court Liena Zagare/BklynerCANARSIE – A man has been charged with allegedly stealing $8,520 from three undocumented immigrants who trusted him to process their green card applications and work permits. According to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, three immigrants from St. Kitts and Jamaica met James Archibald through mutual

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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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There’s A New Initiative To Combat Cyberbullying in Brooklyn: A Filmmaking App

“Much of the silly violence that I see committed by high school or gang members starts by online taunting,” Brooklyn DA EricGonzalez said. “There’s so much bullying and taunting that happens online that then plays itself out in violence on the street; like fist fights in the schoolyard.” According

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NYC General Election 2017: Here’s How Brooklyn Voted

Photo: Liena Zagare/BKLYNERHere are the winning candidates of the 2017 General Election [http://www.nyccfb.info/nyc-votes/vgwelcome/general-election-2017/?officetype=6&languageType=English&electionCycle=2017] . Mayor [http://www.nyccfb.info/nyc-votes/vgwelcome/general-election-2017/meet-the-candidates/Mayor?officetype=1&languageType=English&electionCycle=2017] : Bill de Blasio (D, Incumbent) won with 726,

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Driver Found Guilty in Williamsburg Hit & Run Death

WILLIAMSBURG – The driver who killed a bicyclist in a hit and run last year was convicted yesterday, announced Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzales. Defendant Juan Maldonado, 57, of Williamsburg, was found guilty of reckless manslaughter, leaving the scene of an incident and reckless driving after killing 35-year old Matthew

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Brooklyn DA Outraged After ICE Arrests Four Men Outside Brooklyn Criminal Court

Photo: BKLYNERDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Brooklyn District Attorney, Eric Gonzalez, just released a statement [https://twitter.com/BrooklynDA/status/908730435504615426] on the three Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arresting four men, outside Brooklyn Criminal Court yesterday. “It is outrageous that ICE is using courts to round up immigrants, a tactic that

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Hardly Anyone Came, To Many Places Hard To Find, To Vote In NYC 2017 Primaries: Here’s How Brooklyn Voted.

Polling booths at Agudath Senior Center. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal)In a nutshell – Voter turnout was abysmal, polling stations were poorly sited, and the results favored incumbents. According to NYC Board of Elections [https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_apr17.pdf], as of April 2017, there were exactly

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Victim’s Family Forgives Man Sentenced For Fatally Stabbing 18-Year-Old In Domino’s

Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Monday, August 28, that a 23-year-old Queens resident has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the November 2014 fatal stabbing of a teen at a Domino’s Pizza in East New York. At approximately 9:40pm on November 11, 2014,

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Crown Heights Man Sentenced For Attempting To Rob, Set Fire To MTA Booth

Photo courtesy of the Office of the Acting District AttorneyCrown Heights – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that a 52-year-old Crown Heights resident was sentenced to seven years in prison for an attempted robbery of an MTA station booth last year. At approximately 10:45pm on August 12,