teen crime

9-Year-Old Dyker Heights Boy Finds Parents’ Rifle, Accidentally Shoots Teen Girl

A local teen is very lucky after being shot by a 9-year-old Dyker Heights boy who was playing with his dad’s .22 caliber rifle over the weekend. The boy, who found the gun inside his parents’ second-floor apartment at 71st Street near 12th Avenue, accidentally fired one round, hitting

child laws

Lawmakers Looking To Raise Age Of Individuals Tried As An Adult From 16 to 18

State Senator Diane Savino (Source: nysenate.gov)In the state of New York, the age of criminal responsibility is 16 years old – the youngest in the nation. According to a report [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/12/nyregion/renewed-push-to-raise-age-of-being-tried-as-adult.html] in the New York Times, Democratic lawmakers, including State