Dec. 12, 2023 By Adam Daly
An East New York man will spend at least 55 years behind bars for the killing a mother of four in Crown Heights in 2021, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
Nov. 2, 2023 By Adam Daly
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office has dismissed assault charges leveled against a Bensonhurst father who stepped in to defend his teenage son against an adult attacker in September.
Nov. 2, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
New York City Council Member Inna Vernikov was arraigned Thursday morning in Kings County Criminal Court after she turned herself in for allegedly bringing a gun to a rally at Brooklyn College last month.
Oct. 5, 2023 By Adam Daly
A church in Downtown Brooklyn is taking legal action against a neighboring restaurant in an effort to put an end to “persistent and disruptive leaks” that it says has caused foul liquid and food grease to rain down into its community space, causing millions of dollars in damage.
Sep. 28, 2023 By Adam Daly
A Sunset Park man is facing up to 25 years in prison for allegedly bludgeoning and strangling a 43-year-old mother to death and critically wounding her young son and daughter with a hammer at their home on Aug. 23.
Sep. 8, 2023 By Adam Daly
A former livery cab driver was sentenced to 13 years in prison for raping and violently assaulting a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office announced Friday.
Sep. 8, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Greenpoint residents testified in the New York Supreme Court last week in the latest effort in the ongoing battle to save the beloved Park Church Co-Op.
Aug. 16, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
A former New York City contractor agreed to leave the industry permanently and pay a significant as part of a settlement with the federal government after his negligence caused the death of an employee on a Sunset Park construction site in 2018.
Aug. 15, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
A Clinton Hill man who stole the deeds to two Brooklyn homes and nearly $775,000 in mortgage funds using fake documents and shell companies will face up to nine years in prison after pleading guilty in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Aug 9.
May. 5, 2023 By Adam Daly
A Prospect-Lefferts Garden man will spend 19 years behind bars for fatally slitting his ex-girlfriend’s throat, before reportedly attempting suicide.