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Woman’s Car And Son Were Stolen. She Only Got Her Son Back.

BENSONHURST — At 10:00 a.m. yesterday, a woman parked her 2002 Toyota RAV4 outside a commercial strip in Bensonhurst. She entered a store near 2211 86th Street, leaving her 11-year-old son in the back seat with the car still running. Photo of car from surveillance footage. Courtesy of DCPI.

76th Precinct Warns of Increase in Thefts as it Wraps Community Meetings for the Summer

Olivia Oldham/BklynerCARROLL GARDENS – On Wednesday, June 5th, residents of the 76th precinct gathered in the basement room of the police station for the last community meeting before disbanding for the summer. Deputy Inspector Megan O’Malley gave a brief run-down of area crime in the last month, emphasizing that

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Attempted Rape in Williamsburg, MTA Bus Stolen from Broadway Junction & More

(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for a suspect wanted for the attempted rape of a 26-year old woman in a Williamsburg apartment building yesterday. Around 5:30 am on Tuesday, January 1, the suspect approached the woman on the first-floor landing of an apartment building near Havermeyer and

Friday Crime Blotter: Stolen Credit Card Declined for Sneaker Shopper, Suspect Arrested in Bath Beach Shooting & More

PARK SLOPE – After a sneaker-head attempted to use a stolen credit card on a quick shopping spree, police are looking to track down the shoeless bandit. On Wednesday, December 11, police said the suspect entered a Park Slope Footlocker, at 532 5th Avenue, around 11: 45 am. Inside, he attempted

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Drug Store Robbers Grab Rogaine in Greenpoint, Daycare Burglar Foiled By Gate in Midwood & More

MIDWOOD – A burglar broke into the N.Y.L. Midwood League Daycare earlier this week, but left empty-handed. Still, police are on the lookout for the would-be burglar. On Monday, October 29, the suspect forced open the doors to the daycare at 1520 East 13th Street around 4:30 am.

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Arrest Made in Fatal Bed-Stuy Shooting, Jewelry Burglar Wanted in Sheepshead Bay & More

BED-STUY – Police have made an arrest following the shooting death of 22-year-old Lester Jack in Bed-Stuy [/two-dead-weekend-shooting-bed-stuy/] early last month. Tyjuan Cassidy, 39, of Crown Heights was arrested last night following an NYPD investigation and charged with murder and criminal possession of a loaded firearm, police said. Jack, the son

Weekend Crime Blotter: Con-Ed Con Men Rob Elderly Woman in Manhattan Beach, High-End Williamsburg Vending Machine Predictably Ripped-Off & More

CLINTON HILL – A group of young men held up a Clinton Hill wine shop Friday night, but the armed oenophiles seemed to prefer cash to cabernet. The robbery took place on Friday, October 19, around 7:00 pm said police, when four suspects in their late teens or early twenties

Weekend Crime Blotter: MTA Bus Driver Arrested For Exposing Himself to Bay Ridge Kids, Unprovoked Punches in Multiple Nabes & More

BAY RIDGE – Police have arrested and charged the MTA bus driver wanted for exposing himself to young girls in Bay Ridge last week. Matthew Wohlfahrt, 28, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, public lewdness and grand larceny, police said. Last Monday, while driving a gray minivan, Wohlfahrt

Friday Crime Blotter: Stolen Credit Card Shopping Spree Out of Sunset Park, More Footage of Marine Park Suspect & More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] SOUTH BROOKLYN – An NYPD Cadet was arrested in the 76th Precinct last night. Michael Vargas, 22, was arrested and charged with grand larceny, police confirmed. EAST FLATBUSH – Police are looking for two

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Robbed for Sneakers in Sheepshead Bay, An Unprovoked Attack in a Williamsburg Bar & More

BROWNSVILLE – A 14-year-old suspect has been identified in the tragic shooting death of 16-year-old Timothy Oyebola in Brownsville [/weekend-homicides-and-suspects/] in late September. Just before 4:00 pm on Friday, September 22, police arrived at the scene of a man shot near Chester and Sutter Avenues to find 16-year old Timothy