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Brooklyn’s First African American District Attorney Dies Of Cancer

Photo Credit: Flickr/Medical JaneBrooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson died yesterday after what his family described as a “hard fought battle with cancer.” Thompson’s family made the announcement last night. The District Attorney was 50 years old. Thompson is survived by his wife of 17 years, Lu-Shawn Thompson, and

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Conviction Reached In Brighton Beach Murder Case

Brooklyn Supreme Court. Photo by Ron Coleman.Mikhail Chernyaev, 49, was convicted yesterday of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s lover in her Brighton Beach home while she was at work in 2012, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson. Chernyaev stabbed, suffocated, and strangled Charles Butler, and then went to great

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Hate Crime Trial Started For Barclays Center Assailant, Local Pol Says It’s A Test For DA

Schraeder (l) and Petlakh (r) Source: Social media, via Forward.The trial for Shawn Schraeder, who is accused of assaulting a significant Jewish leader two years ago, started yesterday, and Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz chimed in by saying it is a major test for Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson and his

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Creative Con Targeted At Elderly Asian Women In Sheepshead Bay, Says DA

Photo via DCPI.A 62 year-old Chinese immigrant woman was scammed out of $65,000 in cash and $20,000 in jewelry in what is called the “blessing scam,” said the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office. On July 29, Yan Chen, 46, and Yuqub Liang, 57, engaged the elderly victim

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Former Basketball Star Sentenced 15 Years For Sheepshead Bay Shooting

Davontay Grace. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.Former Thomas Jefferson High School basketball star, Davontay Grace, was sentenced to 15 years in prison today for the shooting of his former friend and basketball rival in Sheepshead Bay, Dexter Hopkins, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson.

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25 To Life For ‘Sex Money Murder’ Gangsters Who Ambushed & Killed Rival In Coney Island

Photos via Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeTwo gangsters who lured a rival out of a Coney Island store 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 Supreme Court

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New Details Emerge In Indictment Of Driver Charged In Death Of Victoria Nicodemus

A scene from Victoria Nicodemus’ vigil. (Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus.)Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced today that the driver charged with killing Victoria Nicodemus was arraigned and has been indicted on charges of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and more. 39-year-old Marlon Sewell of Brownsville was arraigned

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Three Indicted In Carey Gabay Murder: ‘They Turned A Celebration Into A Killing Field’

The defendants. (Courtesy Brooklyn District Attorney.)Three Brooklyn men who police allege were engaged in gang warfare have been indicted in the murder of Carey Gabay, announced Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson and New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton during a press conference today at 350 Jay Street. Micah

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Local Police Officer Convicted Of Molesting Young Girl

Photo: Dave Hosford / Flickr)An officer from Sheepshead Bay’s 61st Precinct was convicted Wednesday of sexually abusing a young girl, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced. Jacob Sabbagh, a 34-year-old Midwood resident, was arrested in December after his victim reported the abuse to authorities, according to the DA’s

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Flophouse Operator, Already Accused Of Medicaid Fraud, Charged With Illegally Evicting Tenants

A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz / Flickr)Prosecutors filed additional charges Wednesday against the Manhattan Beach resident — already accused of running a Medicaid fraud scheme out of his Brooklyn flophouses — for illegally evicting and defrauding tenants. Yury Baumblit, who’s homes for the poor, recovering drug addicts and the

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‘Bored Teen’ Who Set Deadly Mattress Fire Gets 19 Years To Life

Photo via Google MapsThe “bored teen” who set a deadly mattress fire in Coney Island in 2014 has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for his felony murder and arson conviction, announced Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson today. Marcell Dockery, 18, was convicted on on May 5

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Brooklyn Man Sentenced For Stealing Three Properties, Pretending To Be Lawyer

Carl Smith (Courtesy Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson.)A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to up to 18 years in prison for stealing three properties, including one in Fort Greene, announced Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson. Carl Smith, 50, was sentenced on June 13 to a minimum of nine years

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After Worker Falls To Death, Manslaughter Indictment For Construction Boss

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

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Bensonhurst Man Indicted For Role In Mafia-Linked Sports Gambling Biz

A screenshot of the illegal sports gambling site www.stakestake.comSix 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 Thompson announced today. The defendants allegedly took over $13 million

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Drug Dealers Nabbed For Slinging Heroin, Other Drugs Near Clinton Hill Schools

(Courtesy Flickr/cisc1970)Seven have been arrested for allegedly selling drugs like heroin, crack-cocaine, and marijuana to undercover officers over the last eight months and the majority of sales took place within 1,000 feet of a school, announced Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton today.

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Protesters Arrested Outside Of District Attorney Ken Thompson’s House In Clinton Hill

Protesters were arrested outside Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson’s house in Clinton Hill earlier this week. At the dramatic scene, which unfolded at around 1am Wednesday, protesters criticized the prosecutor’s recommendation that a judge presiding over the Peter Liang case spare the former officer jail time, reports the

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How To Get A (Paid!) Summer High School Internship At The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office

Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thomson/FacebookThe Brooklyn District Attorney’s office is hosting a competitive summer internship program for high school students who live or attend school in the borough, District Attorney Ken Thompson and United Federation of Teachers (UFT) President Michael Mulgrew announced last week. Students with an interest in

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Coney Island Man Convicted Of Shooting Teen, Dog On Christmas Eve

Jerome Leslie. (Photo provided by the Brooklyn DA)A Coney Island has been convicted of murder for the 2013 shooting of a teenager walking his dog on Christmas Eve, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced Thursday. Jerome Leslie, 20, faces a life sentence for the shooting, in which he allegedly

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Seven More Arrests In Heating Oil Scam That Cheated Madison & Murrow High Schools

Seven more people have been arrested in connection to a city-wide fraud that involved ripping off scores of heating oil customers, including Edward R. Murrow and James Madison high school, prosecutors announced Wednesday. “The defendants are charged with running a scheme to systematically steal heating oil from a Brooklyn terminal

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18 Gang Members Who Terrorized Flatbush And Kensington Indicted Today [Video]

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 parts of Brooklyn, especially greater Flatbush, with gun violence has been the subject of a massive police investigation and now

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Gravesend Man Convicted In 2013 Marlboro Houses Double Shooting

Tremaine Holmes (Source: Facebook)A Gravesend man has been convicted of murder and attempted murder for the 2013 fatal shooting of a man inside the Marlboro Houses in Gravesend, which left another man with a gunshot wound to the arm, announced Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson today. Trial testimony revealed

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Sheepshead Bay Woman & Estranged Husband Indicted For $3.4 Million Scam

9th Street Vision Center at 332 9th Street. (Image via Google Maps)A 39-year-old Sheepshead Bay woman has been charged in a connection to a $3.4 million scam that duped financial institutions into paying for false purchases of medical equipment, Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson announced Wednesday. The DA’s

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Disbarred Lawyer Made $1 Million By Conning Distressed Homeowners In Bath Beach & Gravesend, Says DA

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,

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Major Raid In Neighborhood Ends With 15 Arrested For Narcotics Trafficking; One Charged With Newkirk Avenue Murder: DA

Photo by Ditmas Park CornerA year-long investigation into drugs and violence in our neighborhood resulted in a major raid yesterday, August 5, in which police arrested 15 people for narcotics trafficking, as well as one teenager for the murder on Newkirk Avenue and E. 17th Street last month, Brooklyn District

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Southwest Brooklyn Hits Record Low In Major Crimes

DA Kenneth Thompson spoke about crime trends in Brooklyn last month.Murders may be up in the rest of the city, but in southwest Brooklyn, violent crime is almost nonexistent. At a joint Community Council meeting with the NYPD’s 62nd and 68th Precincts last month, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth