Police & Fire
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”
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
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Jerome Leslie. (Photo provided by the Brooklyn DA)The Coney Island man convicted for the 2013 Christmas Eve shooting [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/04/coney-island-man-convicted-shooting-teen-dog-christmas-eve/] that killed a teen and wounded his dog has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison, the Brooklyn District Attorney announced. The
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Source: Google MapsA Coney Island teenager has been convicted of felony murder and arson for setting fire to a mattress [/two-cops-in-critical-condition-after-suspicious-coney-island-fire/] in the hallway of a New York City Housing Authority building, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson announced today. Marcell Dockery, 18, of 2007 Surf Avenue in Coney Island. He
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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
Bensonhurst
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson is urging a judge to go easy on the rookie cop from Bensonhurst who was convicted on manslaughter charges [/mostly-white-jury-convicts-officer-peter-liang-the-rookie-cop-from-gravesend/#.VvMOUBIrKSN] last month for fatally shooting and failing to aid an unarmed black man. In a statement released today, Thompson recommended probation and house arrest
Police & Fire
Source: Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeSunset Park man was sentenced to two to four years in prison for posing as an attorney and charging thousands of dollars for immigration services which he failed to deliver, announced Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson today. Howard Seidler, 70, of 51st Street in Sunset
Bensonhurst
Source: Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeThe serial killer dubbed “Son of Sal” by the media — who was known to lurk and dance in Bensonhurst [/serial-killer-who-lurked-and-danced-in-bensonhurst-convicted-on/#.VtngxpMrKSM] — will spend the rest of his years behind bars. Salvator Perrone, 67, a Staten Island salesman who was convicted for the 2012 murders [/serial-killer-who-lurked-and-danced-in-bensonhurst-convicted-on/
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The residential building at 2401 63rd Street was targeted by the scam artists. (Source: Google Maps)Dyker Heights’ William McKinley IS 259 [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/20/K259/default.htm], PS 201 The Bay View School [http://www.ps102.org/]in Bay Ridge, and a Gravesend apartment building are
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Alex Escamilla (Left) and Heiberto Guerrero (Right). (Photo: Office of Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson)Two Coney Island men were sentenced Wednesday for a bloody 2012 stabbing attack against rival gang members that left one man dead and another with slash wounds to his throat, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson
Brooklyn South
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 [/blog/crime/teenager-arrested-charged-with-murder-of-adetunji-ajakaye-at-newkirk-avenue-e-17th-street-nypd] last