Oct. 25, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Police have arrested an 18-year-old in connection with a triple shooting that left one man dead in Bedford-Stuyvesant last month.
18-year-old arrested in connection to Sumner Houses murder: NYPD
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Suspect arrested after allegedly fleeing cops, causing collision between MTA buses: NYPD
Oct. 24, 2023 By Jada Camille
Cops took one person into custody after they allegedly crashed into MTA buses in a Midwood intersection while fleeing from police on Tuesday afternoon.
Bed-Stuy man charged with murder for killing of activist Ryan Carson: DA
Oct. 20, 2023 By Adam Daly
An 18-year-old man was indicted Friday in the “brutal murder” of social justice advocate Ryan Carson in Bedford-Stuyvesant earlier this month.
Brooklyn councilmember backs calls for DA to drop assault charges against Bensonhurst father
Oct. 20, 2023 By Adam Daly
Council Member Justin Brannan has backed community calls on the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office to drop the assault charges against a Bensonhurst father who was arrested for allegedly protecting his 13-year-old son from an adult attacker last month.
City backtracks on key commitments for new 15-story, 1,040-bed Boerum Hill jail, locals say
Oct. 19, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith City agencies behind the design of the new 15-story, 1,040-bed Brooklyn Borough Jail in Boerum Hill have reneged on commitments made to the community during the land use review process, compromising the jail’s ability to integrate safely into the neighborhood, locals said at a community board meeting Wednesday night….
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Bed-Stuy shooting leaves teenager wounded: NYPD
Oct. 18, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
A 17-year old boy was shot in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Wednesday morning following a recent slight uptick in violence in the area.
Former Goodwill senior officer charged with multi-million dollar embezzlement scheme
Oct. 16, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
A former senior officer of a Brooklyn-based nonprofit is being charged with wire fraud after allegedly embezzling nearly $2.3 million from her charitable employer, U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced last week.
Police investigating 3 possible hate crimes targeting Jewish and Palestinian Brooklynites as Israel-Hamas conflict escalates
Oct. 13, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Police are investigating several assaults and possible hate crimes committed in Brooklyn on Wednesday, possibly in relation to the escalating conflict in Israel and Palestine.
Council Member Inna Vernikov arrested for bringing gun to pro-Palestine protest near Brooklyn College
Oct. 13, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Adam Daly
Council Member Inna Vernikov was arrested on Friday morning for bringing a handgun to a pro-Palestine protest near Brooklyn College on Oct. 12, according to the NYPD.
88th Precinct: Crime spree
Oct. 13, 2023 By Adam Daly
88TH PRECINCT
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill