Tag: police-and-crime

Police fatally shoot man driving stolen car in Canarsie

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Apr. 30, 2025 By Dean Moses Police officers on Tuesday shot and killed a driver in Canarsie who allegedly tried to flee from a traffic stop and nearly struck a lieutenant with his vehicle in the process. According to police brass, the NYPD Community Response Team spotted the driver operating a Porsche erratically along the…

Sleeping man slashed on board Crown Heights train: NYPD

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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…

Thief steals $1.5M of jewelry from Downtown Brooklyn Macy’s, drops it all while fleeing

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Feb. 12, 2025 By Dean Moses & Brooklyn Paper Detectives are on the hunt for the daring masked thief who almost got away with more than a million dollars in jewelry stolen from a soon-to-be closed Macy’s store.  According to police, the crook — while disguising himself as a security guard — got into…

Alleged killer of Canarsie teen extradited from Trinidad and Tobago to face murder charge

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Jan. 7, 2025 By Adam Daly The alleged killer of a Canarsie teen has been extradited to Brooklyn from Trinidad and Tobago to face prosecution for the 2021 murder, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Monday. Anthony Regis-Ash, 24, formerly of Brooklyn, was arraigned on Jan. 6 before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Donald Leo,…

One dead, several injured in Kosciuszko Bridge pileup crash

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Nov. 21, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld A 75-year-old man was killed, and several people — including a 9-year-old girl — were injured in a massive pile-up crash on the Kosciuszko Bridge on Thursday morning, per police.  Traffic was flowing on the rain-slicked Brooklyn-bound side of the bridge at 10:50 a.m. on Nov. 21, authorities…

Residents evacuate Starrett City high-rise as firefighters respond to 19th-floor inferno

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Oct. 22, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters battled a high-rise apartment fire late Monday night in Starrett City. Units from Battalion 58 arrived at 45 Twin Pines Drive just after 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 21 to find heavy flames coming from a 19th-floor apartment in the 20-story building. Engine Company 257 and Engine Company…

Driver arrested for death of 59-year-old man in Bushwick hit-and-run

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Oct. 22, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen An alleged hit-and-run driver was arrested Friday after fatally striking a pedestrian in Bushwick. Police said the victim, 59-year-old Bushwick resident Marco Tirado Gallardo, was crossing DeKalb Avenue at Wyckoff Street in the crosswalk just after 9:30 a.m. when Lennis Escalona Luna, driving an 18-foot-long delivery truck, ran…