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This past Monday, January 23, around 3:40pm a man driving a gold Cadillac Escalade parked in the crosswalk at Lefferts Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. A 55-year-old man asked him to move his vehicle because he was blocking the crosswalk. According to the police, the driver
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A 66-year-old man was shot in the lobby of a Walt Whitman Houses building early this morning. He later died of his injuries. (Photo by Francisco Daum)A woman was killed at the Whitman Houses last night, according to the NYPD. Cops say they responded to a call just past
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The .40 caliber handgun police say Johnson used. (Courtesy NYPD.)A Clinton Hill man committed a pair of armed robberies before dying in a shootout with the NYPD, according to cops. 42-year-old Jermaine Johnson of Park Avenue in Clinton Hill committed a pair of gun-point robberies mere moments before he
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(Photo by Francisco Daum)It’s summertime and the living is easy (unless you’re in the U.K [/blog/2016/06/24/real-estate-roundup-brexit-edition/].) However, we’ve got all kinds of news to sort out. So, find a spot in the sun, get comfortable, and we’ll catch you up
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Photo courtesy of NYPDCops from the 60th Precinct and Booklyn South Gang Squad uncovered a stash of drugs and firearms while executing a narcotics search warrant in Coney Island this week. Courtney Howell, 33, was arrested at 2926 West 25th Street on Wednesday, June 22, with approximately 105 grams of
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> Another gun off the streets of #bensonhurst [https://twitter.com/hashtag/bensonhurst?src=hash] #brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/brooklyn?src=hash] . Loaded defaced 9mm off of a car stop. Great work 62anticrime pic.twitter.com/LfknBZhQkj [https://t.co/LfknBZhQkj] — NYPD 62nd Precinct (@NYPD62Pct) April 21, 2016 [https:
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A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)The klutzy Mill Basin liquor store owner who accidentally discharged his 9mm Ruger [/mill-basin-man-shoots-brighton-beach-woman-in-head-at-glitzy-waldorf-astoria-wedding/] during a wedding at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel was arrested Tuesday after turning himself in to police. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus
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> Great work by the 61 Intel Sgt & Day Tour Anti Crime for getting another gun off our streets! #onelessgun [https://twitter.com/hashtag/onelessgun?src=hash] #teamwork [https://twitter.com/hashtag/teamwork?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/eY3ObXrvk5 [https://t.co/eY3ObXrvk5] — NYPD 61st Precinct (@NYPD61Pct) December 11,
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A man with a gun robbed the IQRA Pharmacy on Flatbush Avenue near Cortelyou Road around 6:30pm on Thursday night, according to the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2015/11/21/daily-blotter-703/]. He entered the pharmacy and told the worker behind the counter to empty the register. The
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> Search warrant executed by 61 Intel Sgt. Attia & Anti Crime recovers a #loadedgun [https://twitter.com/hashtag/loadedgun?src=hash] & forged credit cards! #onelessgun [https://twitter.com/hashtag/onelessgun?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/EBZ0FZfi94 [https://t.co/EBZ0FZfi94] — NYPD 61st Precinct (@NYPD61Pct) October 24, 2015 [https:
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> #70pct [https://twitter.com/hashtag/70pct?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] PO Rolffot & team arrested a perp for gun hidden in Bible! The dangers our officers encounter. #NYPD [https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYPD?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] pic.twitter.com/guK6EYKWJX [http://t.
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A gun-wielding robber is lucky to be alive after trying to rob a Mapleton flower shop. Florist Moti Azreal proved he is no wallflower when the crook entered his shop brandishing a weapon, reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/brooklyn-flower-store-worker-fights-gun-wielding-robber-article-1.2242244] the New York Daily News: > Azreal was