Central Brooklyn
As the overall reduction of crime continues across the 70th Precinct, the exception to the rule in 2016 has been rape and other sex crimes. Reported rapes in the 70th Precinct have more than doubled, from 8 to 17, according to mid-year statistics provided by the NYPD; however, in 16
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Borough President Adams watching surveillance footage with Rabbi Eli Cohen (Courtesy Patrick Rheaume of the Brooklyn Brooklyn Borough Office)Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams [/?s=eric+adams] has introduced Operation Safe Shopper, a pilot program between civic groups and the NYPD [/?s=nypd] in which security cameras will be installed
Police & Fire
Police are asking the public for assistance locating a Coney Island teenager who went missing last week. UPDATED: Teenager was found. Anyone with information in regards to the missing person is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public
Bensonhurst
(Photo provided by the NYPD)Police are asking the public for assistance locating a Coney Island teenager who went missing last week. Authorities say 15-year-old RY-Shawn Hearns was last seen at 2pm on Thursday, July 7, across the street from the Coney Island subway station at Mermaid and Stillwell avenues.
Police & Fire
(Photo provided by an anonymous reader)A neighbor is asking for help catching the tattooed thief who stole a bicycle from his friend’s porch last week. The NYPD confirmed the bicycle was snatched from a home on East 29th Street, between Avenue X and Avenue W, in the morning
Police & Fire
The NYPD wants to know your opinion about the police body camera [http://www.fastcompany.com/3039429/heres-how-the-nypds-new-body-camera-program-will-work] pilot program.The police department plans to increase the number of officers wearing cameras from 60 to more than 1,000 and expand the program in 20 precincts across the city. But
![One Suspected Burglar Shot Dead, Another Sought In 78th Street Home Invasion [Updated]](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/rotated.jpg)
Bensonhurst
Photo via NYPDOne apparent burglar was shot dead and another is still being sought for an armed home invasion that was intercepted by police on 78th Street yesterday evening. Officers from the 62nd Precinct responded to a 911 call of a burglary in progress at 2271 78th Street at about
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Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams stand with police and religious leaders to pray for shooting victims in Grand Army Plaza. (Elizabeth Elizalde / Sunset Park Voice)People of different faiths held hands in prayer to honor victims of last week’s Louisiana, Minnesota, and Dallas
![[UPDATED] Police Shoot Armed Man In Prospect Lefferts, Leaving Conflicting Witness Reports](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/CnA5YERXEAEn3J2.jpg-large.jpeg)
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Detective James Byrne / Twitter [https://twitter.com/NYPDnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw])Yesterday, three police officers fired 12 shots at a 31-year-old black man who was reportedly menacing drivers and neighbors in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Cops arrived at Lefferts Avenue and Rogers Avenue around 7:15am on Sunday,
Police & Fire
R train in 77th Street subway station in Bay Ridge. (Courtesy: Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/83877588@N07/13858176613/in/photolist-5woY1r-h69xfX-e8nS9e-aDm8HK-n7AM6x-quXFPA-n9fbK8-aDU9SW-q2gn85-oWhN9o-s7gDJA-pF7vJc-oGWLb7-oDnmWF-fUrLFb-pSeubC-dr2zWv-63rQZE-f7oEWZ-qenwgr-pur9dm-njraaH-ry3St3-qq2382-swjswW-ooRwVe-nhRezH-nmWK3N-p8SKVQ-4QMt1W-bxmpcU-jKJ4J2-7YYxT5-qCvRNq-8U1awe-oj2nQ9-ptWAQR-9d6XS9-oGys1M-jzzirk-pdZQXi-amqMVy-pb2yQK-eeCa24-p4zK2o-eHExZ2-c2WzZd-sN6fEg-nQQRib-cqGzUo] )A train o
Bensonhurst
Source: mikey k/FlickrAn MTA bus driver was arrested Tuesday for slashing his wife in the neck during a domestic dispute at the their Gravesend home, authorities say. Raymond Soto, 60, allegedly lunged at his 33-year-old son-in-law with a knife around 1:30pm during an argument at their house near
Central Brooklyn
(Screenshot via Google Maps)A 19-year-old man confessed to stabbing his stepfather in their Flatbush apartment early Sunday morning, only hours after his mother was arrested for the crime, cops say. Responding to a 911 call, police found the 37-year-old victim and his wife embroiled in a domestic dispute inside