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Fort Greene Man Gets 11 Years For Shooting At 3 Cops

Intersection of Park & North Portland Avenues via Google MapsActing Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that Quashawn Smith, a 25-year-old Fort Greene resident, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for shooting at three NYPD officers sitting in an unmarked car. At approximately 10:45 pm on October

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Three Men Arrested After Shootout With Police At Park And North Portland Avenues

Photo by Ken Stier.An officer-involved shooting at Park and North Portland Avenues left one suspect arrested with a leg injury and two others on the run late Wednesday night. Update: By 9am, the other two suspects, aged 24 and 21, had been found and arrested. It was around 10:

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Police Hunt For Men Who Tried To Kidnap Fort Greene 10-Year-Old

Photo via NYPD.A 10-year-old girl may have had a close call with attempted kidnappers on Monday, March 9, as she walked home from school at around 4:05pm near North Portland Avenue and Myrtle Avenue, said police. The girl was allegedly approached by a BMW X3 SUV from which