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Sea Park Apartments (Source: Google Maps)Cops are investigating an apparent homicide in Coney Island, in which a 23-year-old man was found shot once in the head. The grisly scene unfolded at the Sea Park Apartments at 2980 West 28th Street just after 8:00pm. Cops arrived to find the
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A look at recent crimes reported in our area include a number of robberies where thieves got away with cell phones, several home break-ins, and more. In addition, though there were no incidents reported in this roundup, the NYPD is warning people to watch out for ATM skimming devices — the
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Still from surveillance video.Police are hunting for three men caught on surveillance video stealing a 9-week-old shih tzu from Puppy Paradise (2082 Flatbush Avenue) on Tuesday. The men entered the store at approximately 2:00 p.m. One stood watch and the other two went into a private puppy
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Police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding 13-year-old neighbor Takeya Daniels, who was last seen at her Lenox Road home at about 7:19am yesterday (Thursday, January 9). She is described as 5’1″ tall and about 210 pounds, and was last seen wearing a silver coat,
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Minutes ago, reader Paypaul sent us this photo and tip, saying that a bicyclist was struck by a Department of Sanitation collection truck on Gravesend Neck Road and East 12th Street. Paypaul wrote: > I was walking up Neck Road going towards the Homecrest Library when I saw the aftermath
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The NYPD says a 3-year-old boy was shot in the head early this morning in an apartment at 520 E 21st St. They say they responded to a call at about 3:30am and found the boy in the second floor apartment, struck in the left side of the head.
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Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
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Photo: TheRealSappy/TwitterPolice are investigating the cause of a Saturday evening accident [http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9039066], in which a car veered onto an Ocean Avenue sidewalk and struck three people. The accident happened at approximately 4:30 between 5:00
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After a major December drop in crime last week [/blog/crime/crime-has-dropped-39-for-december-reports-70th-precinct], 22 incidents of grand larceny contributed to a significant rise this week. That is nearly a threefold increase from last week’s 8 grand larcenies. Deputy Inspector Eric Rodriguez has been warning residents all year [/blog/crime/iphones-property-theft-drive-crime-in-70th-precinct-says-inspector-rodriguez]
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A suspect has been arrested in the September 24 syringe stabbing [/blog/crime/suspect-sketch-in-bus-driver-syringe-stabbing] of a B68 bus driver, reports the New York Post [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/syringe_stabber_arrested_7BFLADQqqZZQBkFU3teB8K?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%
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Yet another burglary [/blog/crime/the-70th-precinct-addresses-increasing-incidents-of-burglary] in the neighborhood–this time in a commercial space. At about 2am on Monday, July 2, police say a man entered Connecticut Muffin on Cortelyou Road and left with an undetermined amount of money from two cash registers located in an office. The suspect
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Authorities have charged three men for raping a 60-year-old woman during a heist of a Marine Park storefront business earlier this week [/wanted-two-men-sexually-assault-60-year-old-woman/]. Carlington Haye, 30, Etienne Georges, 20, and Jonathan Nelson, 21, all of Brooklyn, were charged with rape, robbery, sexual abuse and burglary, according to the New York