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A tough guy’s plan to knock over and rob an 81-year-old man was foiled on Wednesday when his victim fought back, but the victim was slashed with a knife during the fight. The Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/elderly-man-stabbed-fighting-brooklyn-robber-cops-article-1.2230418] : > The man was walking
assaults
Source: NYPDA girl believed to be around 15 years old pummeled a 53-year-old woman on the streets of Gravesend, swiping her pocketbook before running off, cops say. Now authorities are looking for help identifying the girl, whose image was captured by surveillance cameras at a nearby store. The incident took
shootings
Brighton 5th Court and Brighton 6th Street (Source: Google Maps)Sheepshead Bites received word that a shooting occurred on Brighton 5th Court near Brighton 6th Street, about a block away from William E. Grady High School. Initial reports, pulled from police scanners, indicate that the victim is female. EMS is
Bensonhurst
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
18th ave
McDonald Avenue at 18th Avenue (Source: Google Maps)The London man who made headlines for potentially being the latest victim of a “knockout” attack [/tourist-becomes-victim-in-possible-knockout-attack-in-borough-park/] has recanted his story, and said he was never attacked at all. CBS News reports [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/03/26/london-man-says-he-lied-about-being-victim-of-brutal-attack-in-brooklyn/] : > It
Coney Island Ave
A man is in the hospital after being shot in the stomach by an unknown assailant in Brighton Beach on Saturday. The shooting occurred at a gas station at Coney Island Avenue and Neptune Avenue, at approximately 5:45 p.m. According to News 12, the man is in his
gravesend bay
More than two years after an autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death of an unidentified woman found stuffed in a shopping cart in the waters of Gravesend Bay [/breaking-womans-body-found-near-shore-parkway/], authorities have finally deemed the case a murder, and are turning to the public for help in identifying
5124 9th ave
Police are hunting for four men suspected of armed robbery in Borough Park. CBS News has the story [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/06/30/four-men-wanted-for-borough-park-armed-robbery-sought-by-police/] : > According to police, the suspects entered the New Jujian Associates located at 5124 9th Avenue with a gun just after midnight on Friday,
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Bennett Castello. Source: New York State Division of Criminal Justice via nbcnewyork.comA man suspected of attempting to rape a 13-year-old girl in a Gravesend elevator [/police-looking-for-man-who-attempted-to-rape-13-year-old-girl-in-coney-island-elevator/] last week has been arrested. According to a report [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Arrest-Coney-Island-Attempted-Rape-Brooklyn-Girl-13-Sex-Offender-206651661.html] by NBC NY, the police arrested
assaults
Police caught an apparently drunk man after he allegedly slugged a cab driver on Sheepshead Bay Road this morning, taking him into custody for the assault. According to witnesses at the scene of his arrest, the man was jaywalking across Sheepshead Bay Road near the subway station at approximately 2:
NYCHA
Detectives stand outside the scene of the shooting.A man has been shot in the head at 2938 Avenue W, near Nostrand Avenue, according to scanner reports. The call came over police scanners shortly before 2:00 p.m., indicating that a male victim has been shot in the head
Police & Fire
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