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BROWNSVILLE — Today the Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea announced that 34 alleged members of two rival Brownsville-based street gangs were variously charged in a 122-count indictment, including attempted murder and criminal possession of weapons. An indictment is an accusation and not proof
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Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez pointing to a video being displayed at the press conference (Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN—More than 20 alleged gang members have been indicted in connection with a slew of charges including murder, attempted murder, robbery and weapons possession, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and
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Photos via Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeTwo gangsters who lured a rival out of a Coney Island store [/two-gang-members-convicted-luring-shooting-rival-coney-island/#.V5ejZ5MrI9c] and then shot him from behind multiple times, were sentenced to 25 years to life in prison today following their murder conviction, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson announced today.Brooklyn
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A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)Federal prosecutors unsealed a five-count indictment Thursday against a member of the Coney Island-based “Mermaid Boys” gang for charges ranging from racketeering, narcotics trafficking, unlawful use of firearms and murder in the aid of racketeering.
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A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)Federal prosecutors unsealed a five-count indictment Thursday against a member of the Coney Island-based “Mermaid Boys” gang for charges ranging from racketeering, narcotics trafficking, unlawful use of firearms and murder in the aid of racketeering.
Police & Fire
Graffiti found near Avenue X and East 2nd Street on June 16. (Photo by Bensonhurst Bean)Police recovered a pistol and spent shell casings Friday morning after gunshots were reported in a Gravesend neighborhood defaced earlier this month by gang graffiti. Officers from the local precinct and the special operations
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Photo via Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeTwo gang members have been convicted in connection with the death of a rival whom they lured out of a store and then ran up from behind him and shot him multiple times to death, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced today. Gregory “Douggie”
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Photo via Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeTwo gang members have been convicted in connection with the death of a rival whom they lured out of a store and then ran up from behind him and shot him multiple times to death, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced today. Gregory “Douggie”
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Residents of a sleepy, treelined block in Gravesend woke up this morning to find their homes and cars vandalized with graffiti that appears to be associated with a particularly ruthless transnational drug gang. At around 8:30am, we found confused neighbors standing outside their homes on East 2nd Street near
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Residents of a sleepy, treelined block in Gravesend woke up this morning to find their homes and cars vandalized with graffiti that appears to be associated with a particularly ruthless drug gang. At around 8:30am, we found confused neighbors standing outside their homes on East 2nd Street near Avenue
Police & Fire
NYPD probe into Brooklyn South cops makes headlines. (Photo: Liena Zagare)The 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
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzZC4NxC91Y&feature=youtu.be Video depicting July 13, 2015 shooting at 866 Coney Island Avenue. (Courtesy: Brooklyn District Attorney) A gang which terrorized [/blog/crime/two-men-shot-at-862-coney-island-avenue-monday-night/] parts of Brooklyn, especially greater Flatbush, with gun violence has been the subject of a massive police
Central Brooklyn
A new map, released this week by the Daily News [http://interactive.nydailynews.com/2015/12/gangs-of-new-york-city-interactive-map/index.html] , shows the turf different local gangs throughout the city and is based on information gathered from the NYPD. Officials told the Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/gangs-represent-shootings-new-york-city-article-1.2464740]
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The Newkirk Plaza mosaic by Juan Carlos Pinto.To keep up with all the news from the neighborhood, like us on Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/DitmasParkCorner] , follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/#!/DPCornerblog], Pinterest [http://pinterest.com/dpcorner/], and Instagram [http://instagram.com/ditmasparkcorner/], and subscribe to our
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Marlboro Houses (Source: Google Maps)A group of thugs attacked two NYPD cops at the Marlboro Houses in Gravesend Sunday – causing one to suffer a seizure, according to reports. The officers, whose names are not being released, were searching for a robbery suspect they believed to be hiding out at
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Source: Krokodyl via Wikimedia CommonsThe FBI and NYPD are alerting the public [http://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2015/virtual-kidnapping-scam-on-the-rise-in-new-york-city#disablemobile] to a frightening new phone scam targeting New York City residents. Con artists dial seemingly random phone numbers, claim to have kidnapped a family member, and demand money be