Police & Fire
Photo by Michael GoldsteinThe Medical Examiner determined the reputed gang member, whose body was found in Manhattan Beach wrapped in a plastic bag with his feet stuck in a bucket of concrete, died of asphyxiation before he was thrown in the sea, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/
Bensonhurst
Photo: NYPDCops are searching for a Borough Park woman who reported missing on Mother’s Day, and was last seen in Bensonhurst. Chelsea Cobo, 22, of 58th Street, left St. John Riverside Hospital in Yonkers on Friday, May 6, at 1:30pm, according to police. She was last seen on
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Pink Olive is one of the three businesses hit in what police suspect to be part of a pattern of robberies. (Photo via aliadastagir [https://www.instagram.com/p/7q6ptomf-L/?taken-at=19290089&hl=en])At least three small businesses have been victim to recent robberies, which police now believe
Police & Fire
Source: Google MapsA Coney Island teenager has been convicted of felony murder and arson for setting fire to a mattress [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/04/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
Central Brooklyn
Suspect wanted for April 4th incident at the Church Avenue B/Q station. (Photo: NYPD)The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for groping, and “sexually abusing,” a woman at the Church Avenue B/Q station on April 4th. Cops say that an
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Grocers are good at spotting fakes. (Courtesy Flickr/Edward Blake [https://www.flickr.com/photos/eblake/15023313397/in/photolist-e8eSUv-bqzZxZ-9K22JY-rsDv-6iE9hu-5rUbiZ-nJdR-am6XMs-7evG5L-bnJRC7-9FMvJC-7UwAmm-bwLGLR-oTypEM-9JQuEW-7x9oQQ-4De4zf-rt92Ak-dYcnGu-riP4f-7LMgqY] )One of the first lessons you learn in adulthood is to be careful with a fake ID. Yesterday, an off-duty corrections officer learned that the hard way, according to the NYPD.
Bensonhurst
The 62nd Precinct station house, 1925 Bath Avenue. (Photo by Ned Berke)Here’s our roundup of some of the crime reports that happened in and around Bensonhurst in the last two weeks, courtesy of the NYPD’s 62nd Precinct. * A man walking down 18th Avenue near 70th Street on
Police & Fire
Photo: NYPDCops are searching for a pair of burglars who robbed a spa in Brighton Beach last week. The suspects allegedly entered Fabulous Touch Spa [http://www.yelp.com/biz/fabulous-touch-spa-brooklyn], at 255 Brighton Beach Avenue, through the escape hatch located on the roof of the building on Thursday, April,
Police & Fire
Photo by Rachel McKenziePolice identified the man found on the shore near Kingsborough Community College as a 28-year-old convicted felon with money troubles, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/brooklyn-ex-con-found-dead-plastic-bag-feet-concrete-article-1.2624584] . Peter Martinez, who reportedly had been arrested 31 times and given a two-year prison sentence
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NYPD photo of suspect wanted for April 4th cell phone thefts.The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for two cell phone thefts last month. In both cases, women were robbed as they held their phones while sitting on the subway. Both thefts
Police & Fire
(Photos provided by the NYPD)Police are searching for two bicyclists who made off with a cache of jewels from a Gravesend home last month. The thieves broke into a home near East 3rd Street and Avenue T at 6:30am on Sunday, April 17, and grabbed $30,000 worth
Central Brooklyn
Photo by johnpmcd [http://websta.me/p/1035932249465744256_21039537]The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man wanted for two cell phone thefts last month. In both cases, women were robbed as they held their phones while sitting on the subway. Both thefts occurred on