Aug. 5, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A Crown Heights man will spend seven years behind bars for slashing a straphanger’s face on the subway last year.
Brooklyn man sentenced to prison for slashing straphanger in the face
Tag: crime
Parks Department employee arrested in fatal shooting of migrant man in Clinton Hill
Aug. 2, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A 23-year-old Department of Parks & Recreation employee was arrested on Monday for allegedly killing a 30-year-old man last month in one of two violent incidents that left three men dead on the same night within just a few blocks.
Brooklyn saw spike of gun violence, homicide in July despite overall crime decrease
Jul. 31, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A spate of shootings and homicides in Brooklyn marred what was otherwise a relatively crime-free month in the borough, per the latest NYPD statistics.
Former ‘Jeopardy!’ champ, Brooklyn Heights teacher hit with child porn charges
Jul. 26, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
A former “Jeopardy!” champion hired to teach at an elite Brooklyn Heights private school is accused of deceiving students into sending him explicit photos and sharing child pornography, prosecutors revealed Thursday.
Brooklyn community rallies against gun violence and oversized migrant shelter
Jul. 24, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Community members in Clinton Hill and neighboring Fort Greene are seeing red after back-to-back shootings near a crowded migrant shelter on Sunday night.
Police release images of alleged gunman who shot 3 men, killing 2, in Clinton Hill
Jul. 23, 2024 By Dean Moses
The NYPD has released new images of the man they now believe gunned down three people in two separate incidents near a Clinton Hill migrant shelter on Sunday night, killing two of the victims and leaving a third critically injured.
Young bandits strike twice: Group of teens wanted for Brooklyn robbery spree
Jul. 19, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil
Police are asking for help identifying five male suspects — all said to be between the ages of 14 to 16 years old — who are wanted in connection with a robbery spree and the alleged assaults of victims who tried to intervene in Bushwick.
Clinton Hill duo jailed for swindling $227k from 94-year-old neighbor
Jul. 17, 2024 By Jada Camille
Two Brooklyn men have been sentenced to prison for scheming and robbing a 94-year-old woman of nearly $227,000.
Op-Ed | ‘No Criminality Suspected’: Holding Reckless Drivers Accountable in Brooklyn
Jul. 12, 2024 By state Sen. Andrew Gounardes and Council Member Justin Brannan
Traffic violence is ravaging neighborhoods across Brooklyn. In just the last two months, a string of reckless driving incidents have left several beloved neighbors, many of them seniors, dead.
Police searching for gunman who left victim with multiple gunshot wounds in Brooklyn
Jul. 11, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell
An investigation is underway in Crown Heights after a man was shot and injured outside of a local supermarket on July 10.