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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,
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Intersection of Park & North Portland Avenues via Google MapsActing Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that Quashawn Smith, a 25-year-old Fort Greene resident, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for shooting at three NYPD officers sitting in an unmarked car. At approximately 10:45 pm on October
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The Brooklyn DA candidates (l-r): Marc Fliedner, Patricia Gatling, Ama Dwimoh, John Gangemi, Eric Gonzalez, Anne Swern, Vincent Gentile (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Brooklyn Reform Coalition hosted a Brooklyn District Attorney Candidates Forum [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK7C7Eep_ii2KGC7Vpfe_Yx8C4JE10_FZ] at the First Unitarian Church
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Lan Shui Yu (Photo via the Office of Eric Gonzalez)Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Tuesday that 37-year-old, mother of two, Lan Shui Yu of Sunset Park, was sentenced to 15 years to life for fatally stabbing a man at the restaurant where she was employed. The
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Mikhail Chernyaev, 49, who was convicted in September in the killing his ex-lovers boyfriend was sentenced today to 25 years to life in prison, according to acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Chernyaev stabbed, suffocated, and strangled Charles Butler, and then went to great lengths to cover his tracks, according
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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, and