Aug. 21, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen A city parks department employee has been charged with murder after he allegedly fatally shot a Venezuelan migrant in a Clinton Hill park last month. Elijah Mitchell, a 23-year-old seasonal parks worker from Queens, was indicted on Wednesday with murder as a hate crime, second-degree murder, criminal possession…
Aug. 15, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A second alleged gunman has been charged for the February killing of 13-year-old Troy Gill in Crown Heights.
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.
Jul. 3, 2024 By Adam Daly
A 25-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to three to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree manslaughter. The charges arose from a 2023 incident in Crown Heights, where he sped through red lights, crashed into another vehicle, and killed a man, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.
Apr. 17, 2024 By Adam Daly
Two Hoolie gang members have been convicted in connection with the death of 22-month-old Davell Gardner Jr, who was fatally shot during a 2020 cookout in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Tuesday.
Mar. 18, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Monday for intentionally setting a rabbi’s Midwood home on fire in 2019.
Mar. 5, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A Brooklyn motorist will spend 14 years in prison for intentionally running over a cyclist who allegedly robbed his car in 2019.
Feb. 22, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
An East New York woman was indicted Wednesday for allegedly intentionally running over another woman in her car and killing her.
Feb. 2, 2024 By Adam Daly
A Park Slope man who sexually abused a nine-year-old girl repeatedly for almost two years after befriending her family was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday.
Jan. 18, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Thursday that his office is moving to vacate the wrongful manslaughter conviction of a man found guilty in 1996 in a case of mistaken identity.