Central Brooklyn
Jason Forgetta. (Photo via Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office)[Update 9/12: Jason Forgetta has been sentenced to up to 32 years to life in prison, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson. “This serial sex offender is a clear and present danger to all women and must not be
Police & Fire
Photos via Muslims Giving BackYesterday, the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/07/20/teens-beaten-outside-mosque-may-have-sexually-assaulted-mans-girlfriend/] reported the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office is investigating allegations that the two teens who were beaten outside a Sunset Park mosque sexually assaulted their attacker’s girlfriend. But a Brooklyn DA spokesperson told
Bensonhurst
Photo by reconrican [http://websta.me/p/1013825817415140344_18937447]A pregnant woman was rescued from the D train tracks by a group of heroic straphangers Thursday morning after falling from the subway platform, DNAinfo first reported [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160721/bensonhurst/good-samaritans-rescue-pregnant-woman-who-fell-on-subway-tracks-officials] . The 33-year-old, 9-month pregnant woman felt
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A 66-year-old man was shot in the lobby of a Walt Whitman Houses building early this morning. He later died of his injuries. (Photo by Francisco Daum)A woman was killed at the Whitman Houses last night, according to the NYPD. Cops say they responded to a call just past
Bensonhurst
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cEeg5DQ-70 Police told the New York Daily News that they have identified the man seen on camera pacing outside the 12th Avenue home [/surveillance-footage-released-louis-barbatis-killer-video/#.V4_R45OAOko] of Louis Barbati prior to the L&B Spumoni Gardens co-owner’s slaying [/breaking-man-shot-dead-dyker-heights/#.V4_UU5OAOko]. Barbati,
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Council Member Jumaane Williams in City Hall announcing police transparency bills on July 14. (Courtesy: Office of Jumaane Williams)[Correction: This legislation was introduced on July 14th. A previous version of this article stated that the bill had passed on that date.] The City Council introduced a new bill to
Central Brooklyn
Gunshots fired near police officers on East 23rd Street Tuesday evening were not aimed at the cops, despite initial news reports. In addition, a verbal threat hurled at officers in the 66th Precinct earlier that day was unconnected to the gunfire in the next precinct over, police sources told Ditmas
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Council Member Jumaane Williams in City Hall announcing police transparency bills on July 14. (Courtesy: Office of Jumaane Williams)The City Council introduced a new bill to enforce New Yorkers’ right to record police activity without intimidation from cops. The ‘Right to Record Act’ specifically focuses on New Yorkers’ rights
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via NYPD)Police are searching for a suspect accused of scamming and beating up an elderly man near Prospect Park on June 29. A 70-year-old man tried to buy an iPod from the suspect (pictured above), outside of 730 Flatbush Avenue between Parkside and Woodruff Avenues, near Peppa’s
Police & Fire
Scene where 17-year-old Sean Ryan was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver in Gerritsen Beach. (Photo: Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208751487841784&set=pcb.10154407208674038&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Neighbors are demanding the city improve traffic safety on Gerritsen Beach’s
Bensonhurst
Flyer courtesy of the NYPD’s 62nd Precinct -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cops are searching for a suspect wanted for robbing two livery car drivers and a food cart owner at gunpoint near 86th Street last week. The man held up both cabbies on July 12, taking $100 from the first one on
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The .40 caliber handgun police say Johnson used. (Courtesy NYPD.)A Clinton Hill man committed a pair of armed robberies before dying in a shootout with the NYPD, according to cops. 42-year-old Jermaine Johnson of Park Avenue in Clinton Hill committed a pair of gun-point robberies mere moments before he