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Source: .v1ctor Casale/FlickrA good Samaritan caught a man accused of rape, and a beating, on Sunday on the shores of Coney Island beach. Fuat Sarieminli suffered a fractured cheekbone, several loose teeth and seven staples in his head after he grabbed a 20-year-old man attempting to flee the area
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Jesse Dailey, a 34-year-old man who lives in the Slope, has been arrested and charged with multiple counts related to three incidents of groping young girls and for assaulting a police officer, police say. He was taken into custody on Wednesday [/blog/crime/suspect-in-custody-after-recent-police-officer-assault] after being caught on camera following
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Police in Bay Ridge are looking for a man wanted for sexually assaulting a victim and then trying to rape her. The man wanted is described as a black male, approximately 25-years-old, 5’7 inches and weighing 200 pounds. He is described to have a medium-dark complexion and a long
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Source: Wikimedia CommonsPublic Advocate Bill de Blasio and the advocacy group Hollaback want the State Legislature to pass a new law that would protect straphangers from “subway grinders.” A recent court ruling threw out a felony sexual assault case against a repeat offender who assaulted his victims on crowded subways.
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Last week, police questioned and arrested the man they believe sexually assaulted [/police-need-help-finding-n-line-sexual-predator/] a 15-year-old girl at the Fort Hamilton subway station last month. Mario Escudero-Flores, 29, has been charged with sexual misconduct, forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a child, according to All Media NY [http://www.allmediany.
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A statue of Brooklyn's own Joe "JoePa" Paterno in front of Beaver Stadium, home to the Penn State Nittany Lions. Source: WikipediaCollege football fans all over the country mourned the passing of the Brooklyn-born Penn State titan, Joe “JoePa” Paterno, who succumbed to complications lung cancer
sexual assault
From News 12: > Police: 7-year-old allegedly sexually assaulted > (06/29/10) SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Emergency officials say they responded to reports of a seven-year-old girl sexually assaulted inside a Sheepshead Bay park this evening. > A family friend tells News 12 Brooklyn that kids ranging from ages four to