Police & Fire
Photo via Google Maps.Police may be on the cusp of putting the people who have been robbing pharmacies in the Mill Basin, Marine Park area [/two-pharmacies-cigar-shop-victims-string-robberies-63rd-precinct/] behind bars. A person was arrested for attempting to rob a pharmacy at 6602 Ave U today at around 1:30pm, according to
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Central Brooklyn
Crime scene outside of 422 East 17th Street. (Photo by Carly Miller / Ditmas Park Corner)A Ditmas Park man stabbed his wife to death last night on East 17th Street in a domestic homicide, say cops. Police found Hannah Donald, 47, with stab wounds in her chest, neck and arm
Bensonhurst
Source: Null Value via flickrThis weekend the south Brooklyn saw two hit-and-runs and the arrest of a local police officer. Read on for the details. Woman runs red in Bensonhurst, injures child A 12-year-old Brooklyn boy was hit by a white Honda Civic racing through a red light on the
Police & Fire
This is a wrap of all the criminal incidents that happened in our area over the weekend, as well as details from the police regarding past crimes. This weekend there was a fatal hit-an-run, and more details regarding a string of robberies that have been happening since August. Hit-and-run Brian
Central Brooklyn
Thick smoke at the March 23rd fire which destroyed 474 Stratford Road. (Photo: Ditmas Park CornerWe’re continuing to follow the story of a fire this Spring that tore through a turn-of-the-century house on Stratford Road. The two-alarm fire that destroyed 474 Stratford Road [/blog/crime/turn-of-century-house-consumed-by-flames-on-stratford-road/], located between Dorchester
Police & Fire
Schraeder (l) and Petlakh (r) Source: Social media, via Forward.The trial for Shawn Schraeder, who is accused of assaulting a significant Jewish leader two years ago [/cops-cuff-shawn-schraeder-suspect-assault-kings-bay-y-leader-hate-charge-dropped/] , started yesterday, and Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz chimed in by saying it is a major test for Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson and
Business
Photo via Caribcandy/Instagram. [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJOedSuD_aV/?hl=en] The first month of Senator Martin Golden’s “war on dollar vans” is going well, according to Golden’s office. 120 summonses have been issued to dollar vans in the past 28 days for various violations, but
Bensonhurst
Source: Flickr/shawnhokeA dead man was discovered dead in New York Harbor near the Verrazano Bridge this morning. Police received a call at half past 8 a.m. reporting an unconscious male in the Bensonhurst area. Upon arrival, responding offers discovered an unidentified male unresponsive in the water, near the
Central Brooklyn
The intersection of Albemarle and Buckingham Roads where a loaded gun was found in front of a home on Monday morning. (Photo: Google Maps)A loaded gun was found hidden in yard plants in front of a Prospect Park South home Monday morning, police confirmed. A loaded 45 caliber handgun
Police & Fire
Brooklyn Supreme Court. Photo by Ron Coleman.A man who is on trial for the murder [/woman-testified-ex-brighton-beach-murder-case/] of his ex-girlfriend’s lover confessed to detectives that there was a demon inside of his head during the killing. Mikhail Chernyaev allegedly confessed to an NYPD detective that he took the life
Central Brooklyn
Commanding officer of the 66th Precinct, Captain Kenneth Quick, flanked by August Cops of the Month, Conditions Unit partners PO’s Nicholas Atsaves and Jun Chen. (Photo: Jole Carliner)The NYPD 66th Precinct marked summer’s end with its first meeting of the Fall season Monday, September 20th. As of
Police & Fire
Photo via DCPIPolice are looking for the man behind the robbery of a 72 year-old woman that took place last week on Tuesday, September 13. The woman was standing at the corner of Avenue T and East 2 Street at around 11am when the suspect came up to her from