Central Brooklyn
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThe Borough Park business man at the center of a massive NYPD bribery investigation — which has taken down several top cops who patrolled our area — allegedly used his police connections to quash assault charges against his nephew and his entourage of Yiddish-speaking teen gangsters, reports the New
Central Brooklyn
NYPD probe into Brooklyn South cops makes headlines. (Photo: Liena Zagare) Several high-ranking NYPD officers past and present from Patrol Borough Brooklyn South are facing consequences as the latest corruption probe [/blog/news/66th-precinct-detective-named-in-federal-corruption-probe-says-new-york-daily-news/] to hit the police department continues its course. Among them — the former commanding officer of the
Eric Rodriguez
Congratulations to our 70th Precinct’s Commanding Officer Eric Rodriguez, who was promoted last week to the rank of Inspector. Inspector Rodriguez became the head of the 70th in June 2011 after Deputy Inspector Ralph Monteforte retired. He previously worked as Captain and then Commanding Officer of the 68th Precinct.
Police & Fire
After a major December drop in crime last week [/blog/crime/crime-has-dropped-39-for-december-reports-70th-precinct], 22 incidents of grand larceny contributed to a significant rise this week. That is nearly a threefold increase from last week’s 8 grand larcenies. Deputy Inspector Eric Rodriguez has been warning residents all year [/blog/crime/iphones-property-theft-drive-crime-in-70th-precinct-says-inspector-rodriguez]
Energy Service Companies
Fake energy salesmen were spotted on Argyle Road between Avenue H and Glenwood Road yesterday evening around 5pm. Four men claiming to be from Con Edison or Family Values Energy (neighbors’ reports vary) were knocking on doors and asking to see Con Ed bills from neighborhood homes in order to