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Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that a Brooklyn man was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for the attempted rape of a woman in Williamsburg last year. The defendant, Todd Deas, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted rape on July 18, 2017. He was sentenced
Central Brooklyn
Today, a Brooklyn man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for violently assaulting, raping and robbing a sex worker in Boro Park two years ago [/borough-park-woman-bound-and-raped-in-her-home-as-reports-of-rapes-surge-citywide-bensonhurst/] , said the Brooklyn DA’s office. 30-year-old Robert Hernandez Brooklyn man was convicted in June of the violent attack, which including binding the
Central Brooklyn
Justin Farrow. (Photo via Brooklyn District Attorney’s office)Yesterday, a man was sentenced to 31 years in prison for a spree of armed robberies in Windsor Terrace and Kensington [/cops-after-man-in-gun-point-robbery-who-may-be-connected-to-several-similar-incidents-kensington/] two years ago, during which he robbed and pistol-whipped women walking alone at night. Bed-Stuy resident Justin Farrow, 31,
Central Brooklyn
A man with extensive NYC connections was sentenced this week for his involvement in trafficking 33 guns from North Carolina to Brooklyn streets, said officials. Marcus Gamble, 24, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision. Gamble pled guilty [/plg-gun-trafficker-off-streets/] to first-degree criminal sale charges last
Police & Fire
Avenue X and Brown Street, scene of the shooting on July 25, 2016. (Photo via Google Maps)Yesterday, a Brooklyn gang member was sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting a teenager in Sheepshead Bay last summer [/police-arrest-assailant-shot-teen-four-times-july-sheepshead-bay/] near a playground. Last July, the 16-year-old victim was standing with
Central Brooklyn
Police stand guard outside the McDonald’s at 943 Flatbush Avenue after brawl, March 2015. (Photo by Corner Media)The alleged leader of a group of teenage girls who viciously beat up a teen in the Flatbush Avenue McDonald’s in 2015 [/blog/crime/video-shows-four-girls-attacking-teen-adults-nothing-flatbush-avenue-mcdonalds/] , has been sentenced to four
Central Brooklyn
The block of Coney Island Avenue, near Glenwood Road, on which Pearl Travel was located. (Photo: Google Maps)Yesterday, a Midwood travel agent was sentenced to up to 6 years in prison for pocketing $350,000 from Pakistani immigrants for whom he was supposed to make travel arrangements to Mecca.
Central Brooklyn
After getting his day in court, Alex “Shaya” Lichtenstein, who was found guilty of bribing cops for speedy gun permits, has been sentenced to 32 months in jail, slapped with a $20,000 fine, and ordered to alcohol addiction treatment, a federal judge decided on Thursday. The jail sentence — which
Central Brooklyn
Derek Goodings (Photo via Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office)On Friday, 28-year-old Derek Goodings was sentenced to 24 years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision after pleading guilty to fatally shooting a man during Brooklyn’s J’Ouvert celebration in 2014. According to the defendant’s testimony, Goodings fired
Central Brooklyn
Natalio Canete-Perez. (Photo via Brooklyn DA’s office)Today, a Kensington man was sentenced to 108 ½ years to life in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl several times, including one time in Prospect Park, and other charges of predatory sexual assault. Natalio Canete-Perez, 35, was convicted of three counts of
Police & Fire
Photos via Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeTwo gangsters who lured a rival out of a Coney Island store [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/06/two-gang-members-convicted-luring-shooting-rival-coney-island/#.V5ejZ5MrI9c] and then shot him from behind multiple times, were sentenced to 25 years to life in prison today following their murder conviction, Brooklyn District
Bensonhurst
Photos via Brooklyn District Attorney’s OfficeTwo gangsters who lured a rival out of a Coney Island store [/two-gang-members-convicted-luring-shooting-rival-coney-island/#.V5ejZ5MrI9c] and then shot him from behind multiple times, were sentenced to 25 years to life in prison today following their murder conviction, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson announced today.Brooklyn