Police & Fire
Photo via Flickr/Metro Centric.The man responsible for the series of attacks and robberies on elderly Russian women in Midwood was named and indicted with 20 counts, including hate crimes, according to acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Akmaljon Abakulov, 27, of Midwood, allegedly sought out older women to push
Holidays
Photo via jamie / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamiesrabbits/6428214767/in/photolist-aN3hi6-7ixjKz-i5j4dx-7g19E2-48qD9m-7jrShh-5GTYTk-7iBdvL-5ENhdj-7qFwmt-48JwDR-8YbTig-7jzRnu-4jAxUz-7j7BAW-qip3VC-5GTYYX-48JwDe-49HEW2-qiw42g-sV3Cy-q975rQ-6hSnYC-sVgKu-8WqMu7-dsHXDG-5FDRG8-48VwUS-aJUHDn-aHj1RF-48BUWz-7adKwV-5EK27R-5EK21M-dvVHUi-5Fd775-7iCJ3o-7g555j-5EVEch-6YNnA-7iyuyq-8Rvvzu-7iyLZR-szjcq-7JREJ8-sW374-4jAxpT-sUtKX-dB2iAq-sYcnX] It’s less than a day to Thanksgiving Day 2016. If you’re stick
Arts & Culture
Photo by Angela Friedman.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram
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Photo by Boris Zhukovskiy.Yesterday was a windy day, no doubt. But was it windy enough to blow decades-old trees to the ground? In one incident, a tree fell onto a parked car on East 29 Street between Avenues X and Y. According to the Parks Department, the tree fell
Police & Fire
A police cruiser parked outside the 61st precinct. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)This is a crime blotter of all the reported incidents within the 61st Precinct over the past week. We will work to do this every week, on either Monday or Tuesday. Stranger Danger A Sheepshead Bay man
Police & Fire
Photo of Asa Robert provided by the NYPD.She was pushed into court on Monday in a wheelchair, and, despite her fragility, took the stand to look the person suspected of raping her last year in the face and tell her story. Asa Roberts, 19, allegedly snuck inside the 83-year-old’
Neighbors
Crash site, at Ocean Parkway and Avenue X (Photo by Sean Egan / Sheepshead Bites), and Vincent Brace with his twin children (Photo via gofundme)A motorcyclist and local father lost his life on the Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay border Saturday night following a tragic crash. The deceased, Vincent Brace of Gravesend,
Education
Joe Miccio in his firefighting days. Photo via Butler Associates PR.“The thing about a pawn is that they’re brave. They may be small, but they never run away. They only move forward,” said Joe Miccio. Miccio is a Sheepshead Bay native, a retired firefighter and police officer, and
Police & Fire
This isn’t Gershman, it is one of the other nine mobsters arrested nearly two weeks ago. Photo by Raisa Chernina.Prosecutors tried to keep noted Russian mobster, Lenny Gershman, 33, from being released on bail on Friday by arguing that he is violent and has code words for his
Police & Fire
This isn’t Gershman, it is one of the other nine mobsters arrested nearly two weeks ago. Photo by Raisa Chernina.Prosecutors tried to keep noted Russian mobster, Lenny Gershman, 33, from being released on bail on Friday by arguing that he is violent and has code words for his
Police & Fire
Photo via DCPI.Neither the 88-year-old victim nor the police could find any reasoning for the Nostrand Avenue attack that took place on Friday. At around 5pm, the woman, who is approaching her ninetieth year, was walking and minding her own business in front of Esther’s Deli at 3664
Police & Fire
Photo via DCPI.Neither the 88-year-old victim nor the police could find any reasoning for the Nostrand Avenue attack that took place on Friday. At around 5pm, the woman, who is approaching her ninetieth year, was walking and minding her own business in front of Esther’s Deli at 3664