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Image via DCPI.Remember: a baseball bat is more dangerous than your average “toy.” One of them was used in the beating of a 19-year-old man on Monument Walk at the Ingersoll Houses this past Monday, March 7, at around 10:25pm, according to cops. Police stated that the teen
Health
Captain Winston Faison speaking at the 61st Precinct Community Council meeting. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Cops are pulling more guns off the street as they respond the the growing heroin epidemic in Sheepshead Bay. Speaking at the 61st Precinct Community Council meeting Wednesday, Captain Winston Faison reported his officers
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Image via Google MapsTwo victims were stabbed in separate incidents Wednesday night in Prospect Park. The police arrived on the scene at approximately 11:30pm on March 9. According to police, 26-year-old Keny Rochelin has been arrested who may be responsible for both incidents. The first incident involved a 30-year-old
Police & Fire
(Photo provided by the NYPD)Police are searching for a missing teenage girl who was last seen Tuesday morning at Sheepshead Bay High School. Authorities say 15-year-old Melissa Beaubrun, who lives at the Sheepshead Bay Houses, has been missing for more than two days. She was last spotted at 7am
Police & Fire
(Photo provided by the NYPD)Cops are searching for a man who allegedly snatched a wallet containing $1,700 in cash after a diner dropped it on the floor at the Sheepshead Bay T.G.I. Friday’s last month, PIX 11 reports [http://pix11.com/2016/03/08/man-snatches-diners-wallet-containing-1700-from-floor-of-t-g-i-fridays-nypd/
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanHere’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. * On March 4, at 11am, a 52-year-old man returning to his house on West 4th Street noticed the back
News
The apartment building at 2220 Burnett Street. (Source: Google Maps)The NYPD’s Bomb Squad was called to a Gerritsen Beach apartment building Tuesday morning after a worker discovered a grenade inside a storage box containing other WWII relics, according to police. Officer were called to the residence, a co-op
Bensonhurst
NYPD Lieutenant Joseph Hayward prepares to strike Brent Schmidt at Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011. (Photo: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)The new commanding officer at the 68th Precinct brings with him a troubling record of allegations of civil rights violations against civilians. Captain Joseph Hayward – who took the helm of
Events
Captain Winston Faison speaking at the 61st Community Council meeting. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Got a gripe about public safety issues in your neighborhood? Tomorrow is your chance to meet with top brass at the 61st Precinct, Sheepshead Bay’s station house, and make your voice heard. The precinct’
Neighbors
Photo via NYPDPolice have successfully located a 75-year-old neighbor who disappeared from her Park Slope home [/blog/neighbors/police-seek-missing-senior-with-dementia-last-seen-on-10th-street/] on Sunday, February 28. Cops say Lidiya F. Piddubna — who lives at 555 10th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues) — was located on Monday, February 29. Piddubna suffers from dementia, so
Police & Fire
(Photo: mikey k / flickr)Talk about unsafe sex! Cops arrested a half-naked man running through Sheepshead Bay Saturday after slashing and robbing a woman who had invited him to her apartment for a one-night stand, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/half-naked-man-arrested-robbing-slashing-cougar-sex-pal-article-1.2554134] . Police apprehended Levan
Central Brooklyn
303 Argyle Road. (Photo: Google Maps)A teenage boy was attacked by two men as he walked to a friend’s house in Ditmas Park last night, cops said. The 14-year-old boy was accosted by two men, and stabbed by at least one, near 303 Argyle Road on Sunday night