May. 2, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A Staten Island man who shot at a taxi riding on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in 2023 and struck a pregnant passenger was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Thursday. According to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office, the gunman, 37-year-old Mark Munoz, watched the victims — a 30-year-old…
Feb. 20, 2025 By Adam Daly A Bed-Stuy man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing social justice advocate Ryan Carson in an unprovoked 2023 attack was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years to life in prison. Brian Dowling, who was 18 at the time of the killing, accepted a plea deal during a Jan. 22…
Feb. 20, 2025 By Lauren Rapp For the second time, a man has been arraigned and charged in connection to a stolen deed of a three-story Fort Greene house valued at over $2 million. Long Island resident Danny Noble, 55, allegedly fraudulently transferred the title of the three-story house at 71 Carlton Ave. in September…
Feb. 5, 2025 By Adam Daly A Homecrest man was sentenced Tuesday to three to six years in prison for causing a Memorial Day 2022 collision that killed a 65-year-old pedestrian in Gravesend. Isidro Rodriguez, 38, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in November and received his sentence on Feb. 4 from Brooklyn Supreme Court…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Adam Daly A Williamsburg contractor was arraigned Monday on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing $318,000 from a Park Slope couple and spending the money on lavish purchases. Hayk Safaryan, 43, is accused of accepting payment for a major home renovation project on the couple’s brownstone and performing no work,…
Jan. 24, 2025 By Adam Daly A Bed-Stuy man who fatally stabbed social justice advocate Ryan Carson in 2023 pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Wednesday, prosecutors said. Brian Dowling, 18 at the time of the killing, accepted a plea deal during a Jan. 22 hearing before Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun. The deal…
Jan. 7, 2025 By Dean Moses The suspect accused of burning a woman alive on the F train in Brooklyn last month was arraigned on a grand jury indictment Tuesday as faith leaders announced a memorial service for the victim. Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, was arraigned before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun on first-degree…
Dec. 27, 2024 By Lauren Rapp The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office has launched a groundbreaking effort to combat cryptocurrency scams targeting Brooklyn’s Russian-speaking community, alerting over 1,200 victims and disrupting a fraudulent network preying on unsuspecting investors. The DA’s office announced last week that investigators dismantled the operation by seizing the mail servers of…
Dec. 20, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil A homeless man has been indicted for murder after allegedly fatally stabbing another man during a dispute on an N train at the Stillwell Avenue-Coney Island station, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Tuesday. Zhongqian Chen, 32, was arraigned Dec. 17 before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Dineen…
Dec. 19, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Nearly ten years after a fatal Memorial Day weekend shooting, the gunman has been sentenced to prison. Bushwick resident David Cruz was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison for shooting William Perez point-blank on May 25, 2015, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.…