Central Brooklyn
The corner of Westminster Road and Foster Avenue after a teenage boy was stabbed there this morning. (Photo: Don Loggins)A teenage boy was stabbed on a sidewalk in our area this morning, and his assailant remains at large, police said. A 16-year-old boy was stabbed with a knife in
Bensonhurst
A young Borough Park mom who was reported missing [/missing-teen-last-seen-bay-parkway-mothers-day/#.VzI46aODGkp] on Mother’s Day may have been taken against her will, according to her family. Phone records indicate that Chelsea Michelle Cobo, 22, of 58th Street, was dropped off by friend on Saturday, May 7, at 1:45am in
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Newly released surveillance video, obtained [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Retired-Correction-Officer-Throws-Tantrum-in-Deli-When-She-Doesnt-Get-Penny-Back-378490965.html] by NBC, related to last week’s cop impersonation incident [/blog/2016/05/06/mischievous-corrections-officer-arrested-impersonating-cop/] shows the suspect’s deli meltdown was sparked over a single penny! Retired corrections officer Joyce Fields, 48, was at the store
Police & Fire
The crash scene at Avenue P and East 12th Street Monday night. (Photo: Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208228719452901&set=pcb.10154228525989038&type=3&theater] / Facebook)The 26-year-old driver who blew through a red light in Midwood Monday night — fatally striking a bicyclist
Bensonhurst
Hanna Deli, 2570 86th Street. (Source: Google Maps)An 86th Street deli owner was arrested Saturday for allegedly pointing his gun at a group of teens he claims were trying to shoplift. [Redacted] Hanna, 56, has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon, child endangerment, and menacing for allegedly
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
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.
Police & Fire
Image via Brooklyn DA’s office.A 25-year-old Brooklyn man was sentenced to 17 years to life in prison for fatal shooting man during a confrontation on a Sunset Park stoop in 2013, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced today. Valentin Torres, of 538 82nd Street in Bay Ridge, received
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