Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Hugo Smith)A Ditmas Park man was arrested in broad daylight on Cortelyou Road yesterday for conspiracy to sell drugs in a narcotics ring, said officials. Anthony Legros, 33, was caught by feds at Marlborough and Cortelyou Roads at 4:14pm on Tuesday, April 4, according to NYPD
News
Engine 279 and Ladder 131, located at 252 Lorraine Street (at Smith Street). (Photo: Google Maps)A firefighter has been arrested and charged with selling narcotics in front of his Red Hook firehouse and near a private Brooklyn high school. Daniel Torres, 33, a New York City firefighter with Engine
Events
Councilman Chaim Deutsch leads community forum at Homecrest Playground. (Photo: James Sienkievic / Sheepshead Bites)Councilman Chaim Deutsch [http://council.nyc.gov/d48/html/members/home.shtml] held a community forum last night at Homecrest Playground [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/homecrest-playground]. He was accompanied by Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey,
Police & Fire
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
Police & Fire
> 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:
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
1830 coney island ave
Dynamic’s Brooklyn facility at 1830 Coney Island Avenue. (Source: DYCInc.org)The associate director of a Midwood-based drug rehabilitation and counseling center said she was among the first to sound the alarm about an impending spike in heroin abuse in the community, and now the group is turning to
marijuana
Source: smokershighlife/FlickrThe bill legalizing medical marijuana passed the State Senate Health Committee on Tuesday, bringing it a step closer to law. While advocates, including the bill’s sponsor, Senator Diane Savino, celebrated, Capital New York turned to one of the bill’s main opponents [http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/
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Prosecutors charged six men for operating three phone delivery services that allegedly provided clients with narcotics, steroids and marijuana to locations in Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Sunset Park. The charges came after an undercover investigation and wiretaps conducted by the NYPD and the Brooklyn district attorney that recorded
narcotics
Back in June we covered State Senator Diane Savino’s effort [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2013/06/medical-marijuana-measure-on-hold-for-another-year/] – and the Senate’s failure – to legalize medical marijuana. At the time, she blamed the political system for stifling an issue that the public supported. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor Andrew Cuomo
61st Precinct
Source: @Doug88888/FlickrThe following is a press release from the offices of Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz: Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Brooklyn), Chair of the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee, is encouraging residents with unused or expired prescription drugs to bring them to the 61st Precinct this Saturday from 10 a.m. to
breaking
Source: Google MapsWe’re still trying to figure out what’s going on, but a neighbor tells us there’s major police activity on Highlawn Avenue between West 8th Street and West 9th Street. The neighbor first stumbled across the action around 3:45 p.m., with streets taped off