Bensonhurst
Source: NYPDEach December, as if on cue, Grinch-like crooks come out of the woodwork [/watch-crook-stealing-packages-porches-holidays/#.VoVeIMArLu0] and take advantage of neighbors’ good will and holiday cheer by swiping gift packages from porches and foyers — and there seems to be little police can do to stop it. Occasionally, these thieves get
Police & Fire
(Photo provided by the NYPD)A 32-year-old man was robbed at knifepoint on Christmas eve by someone responding to the Craigslist ad for his iPhone 6, police say. The pair met just before 8pm near Avenue U and East 16th Street, according to the NYPD. The suspect entered the victim’
Central Brooklyn
/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/3192-15-70pct-Robbery.mp4Cops are on the lookout for a man suspected of robbing Liberty Gas Station on Ocean Avenue near Avenue 0 on Sunday, December 27. According to the police, the suspect entered the gas station around 2:45 Sunday morning and displayed a gun. He then
Police & Fire
https://youtu.be/qr3gMo8SCiE Police are searching for a pair of punks wanted for sticking up a man in Brighton Beach last week. Cops say the two suspects approached a 40-year old man in an alleyway just before 7pm on Tuesday, December 22. One of the robbers pulled out a
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerTwo local bankers and two others have been indicted for allegedly stealing $400,000 from the bank accounts of over a dozen senior citizens and deceased account holders, who had accounts at the Chase Bank the defendants worked at according to Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson
Central Brooklyn
(Photo provided by Assemblyman Dov Hikind)A series of car vandalisms have been plaguing 20th Avenue and 21st Avenue in Borough Park, and now the NYPD is issuing a warning for drivers in the area. “Be sure to park your cars in well-lit areas and don’t leave anything of
Bensonhurst
(Photo provided by Assemblyman Dov Hikind)A series of car vandalisms have been plaguing 20th Avenue and 21st Avenue in Borough Park, and now the NYPD is issuing a warning for drivers in the area. “Be sure to park your cars in well-lit areas and don’t leave anything of
Police & Fire
> Photos from Today’s Graffiti Clean Up! #BeforeAndAfter [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeforeAndAfter?src=hash] #ActionsSpeakLouder [https://twitter.com/hashtag/ActionsSpeakLouder?src=hash] #CommunityPolicing [https://twitter.com/hashtag/CommunityPolicing?src=hash] #QualityOfLife [https://twitter.com/hashtag/QualityOfLife?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/8y83wUd4iZ [http://t.co/8y83wUd4iZ] — NYPD 61st
Central Brooklyn
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)The medical examiner has ruled that a Midwood man died last year from injuries sustained during a shooting at a Manhattan nightclub more than 36 years ago, police announced Tuesday. Anthony Defonte, 69, was found dead
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Photo via NYPDPolice say they have arrested a suspect accused of two incidents involving the attempted kidnapping and stalking of a 15-year-old girl [/blog/2015/12/16/police-after-man-for-allegedly-stalking-15-year-old-girl-at-atlantic-avenue-station/] . On Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at about 8:15am, police say 29-year-old Raheen Reid approached and grabbed the arm of a 15-year-old
Police & Fire
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)The medical examiner has ruled that a Midwood man died last year from injuries sustained during a shooting at a Manhattan nightclub more than 36 years ago, police announced Tuesday. Anthony Defonte, 69, was found dead
Bensonhurst
(Photo provided by the NYPD)Cops are searching for an armed robber suspected of sticking up two local Subway sandwich shops, a Dunkin’ Donuts, and another store in Queens during the last two months. Police describe the suspect a black man, just over six feet tall, between 230 and 250