Police & Fire
Salvatore Lucchesse leaving the 61st Precinct in police custody. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell/Sheepshead Bites.Salvatore Lucchesse, 24, was indicted today for beating his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son [/jaden-jordan-toddler-life-support-pronounced-dead/], Jaden Jordan, effectively to death, according to acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Lucchesse was charged with one count of first-degree
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Flickr/Metro Centric.A suspect connected to a series of attacks and robberies on elderly Russian women in Midwood was named and indicted with 20 counts, including hate crimes, according to acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Akmaljon Abakulov, 27, of Midwood, allegedly sought out older women to push
Central Brooklyn
Bedford Avenue and Snyder Avenue. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A teenage-shooter in the fatal incident [/blog/crime/flatbush-teen-arrested-fatal-shooting-outside-snyder-avenue-school/] that took father and husband Gerald Cummings’ life on August 3 was indicted today on murder and other related charges, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office. Adonis Barnett, 16, had
Central Brooklyn
(Photo courtesy Miami Dade Corrections)A Flatbush landlord and pastor was charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide last week, in connection with a fatal fire in his overcrowded, illegally subdivided building on Flatbush Avenue two years ago. The fire left one man dead and nine others injured, including four
Bensonhurst
360 Neptune Avenue, the site where a construction worker fell to his death in 2015. (Photo: Google Maps)The owner of a Bensonhurst construction company and his businesses have been indicted on manslaughter and other charges stemming from an incident at a Coney Island construction site in April 2015 that
Bensonhurst
A screenshot of the illegal sports gambling site www.stakestake.com [http://www.stakestake.com/stakestake_login_english.asp?m=]Six men from Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island — including one from Bensonhurst — have been charged in a 37-count indictment for running an illegal Internet gambling operation, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken
Bensonhurst
Ex-officer Peter Liang — who was found guilty of manslaughter [/mostly-white-jury-convicts-officer-peter-liang-the-rookie-cop-from-gravesend/#.VvMOUBIrKSN] in the death of Akai Gurley — apologized to his victim’s partner Thursday, reports the New York Times. The private, five-minute meeting comes on the heals of Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson’s recommendation [/da-thompson-urges-leniency-recomends-probation-ahead-of-sentencing/#.VvWTyBIrI9c] to the Supreme
Brooklyn District Attorney
Source: Nodar Kherkheulidze via Wikimedia CommonsA disbarred lawyer has been indicted for allegedly stealing over $1 million from an investor, potential home buyers, and a title insurance company in various scams connected with two distressed properties in the wider Bensonhurst area, announced Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson today. Domenick Crispino,
activists
Courtesy of CAAAVIn the wake of calls for justice for indicted NYPD Office Peter Liang [/asian-american-activists-call-for-multi-city-rallies-in-support-of-indicted-nypd-officer-liang/] , more than fifty Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) groups from across the country have released an open letter [http://caaav.org/justiceforakaigurley-national-sign-on-letter] calling for justice for the man he killed. Officer Liang, who
Akai Gurley
Source: Assemblyman William Colton’s officeAssemblyman William Colton has added his voice the chorus of concerned community members demanding a fair trial for Officer Peter Liang, who was indicted [/rookie-cop-indicted-akai-gurley-slaying-bensonhurst/] in the death of Akai Gurley last month. Speaking to a small crowd at the United Chinese Association senior center
acetaminophen
ABC is reporting that yesterday afternoon a Grand Jury indicted Levi Aron for the murder of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky. Aron was indicted on two counts of felony murder. From ABC: [http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=8260545] > It comes hours after the