Mar. 24, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki The NYPD is investigating how a man died while in custody at Brooklyn Criminal Court last week. Police reported that Soso Ramishvili, 32, of Avenue X was found unconscious and unresponsive inside a holding cell of the courthouse at 120 Schermerhorn St. in Downtown Brooklyn at about 8:25 a.m.…
Mar. 12, 2025 By Dean Moses Police in shot and wounded a man in Flatlands Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly ran at them while armed with a box cutter. According to sources familiar with the incident, detectives came across two men having an argument in front of the Brook Plaza Ambulatory Surgery Center near…
Mar. 11, 2025 By Dean Moses Police have identified the beaten 3-year-old boy left to die at a Flatbush hospital on Sunday as detectives continue a desperate search for the tot’s mother, whom they believe dropped him off. Cops said Kyng Davis was unconscious when an unidentified woman dropped him off at SUNY Downstate…
Mar. 10, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Police are on the hunt for a subway slashing suspect who allegedly attacked a man nodding off on board a Crown Heights train on Sunday. According to law enforcement sources, the bloody incident occurred at around 8:40 a.m. on March 9 at the Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway station…
Mar. 5, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Violent crime was down across Brooklyn in February for the third consecutive month, according to the latest NYPD statistics. In the 28-day period from Feb. 3-March 3, major felonies — defined by the NYPD as murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny auto —…
Mar. 5, 2025 By Dean Moses A 4-year-old boy has died after being exposed to fentanyl at a Flatbush women’s shelter on Tuesday, police said. According to police sources, officers from the 63rd Precinct responded to a 911 call of a child having a medical emergency at the 4612 Glenwood Road shelter at about…
Mar. 4, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Three people were killed in car crashes in Brooklyn in just three days last week, according to the NYPD. One pedestrian and two passengers died in three separate incidents in East New York, Downtown Brooklyn and Williamsburg from Feb. 27 through March 1. On Thursday, Feb. 27, a…
Feb. 28, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen What may have been a contentious rally in Bay Ridge on Wednesday evening was largely peaceful, as an expected clash between opposing groups of protesters did not materialize. Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge on Feb. 26 after rumors spread online that…
Feb. 26, 2025 By Adam Daly A 19-year-old man from Westchester County faces up to 25 years in prison for allegedly shoving a man onto the subway tracks at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station in December, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Tuesday. Andrew Pashinin, of Harrison, New York, was arraigned Feb. 25 before…
Feb. 25, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Police pulled a body from the East River in Dumbo on Tuesday. A passerby saw a man’s body in the water near the Dumbo ferry terminal on Old Fulton Street around 6:45 a.m. on Feb. 25 and called 911, according to authorities. The NYPD’s Harbor Unit responded to…