Jan. 10, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick
Cops are asking for the public’s help in locating 15-year-old Jeremiah Vernet, who was reported missing by family Monday evening.
Missing boy, 15, last seen leaving Brownsville home: NYPD
Tag: police-and-fire
Cops still seeking suspect who attacked 76-year-old man with shopping cart in Brooklyn Heights
Jan. 9, 2024 By Adam Daly
Cops are still looking for the man who assaulted a senior with a shopping cart in Brooklyn Heights at the end of last month.
Scooter-riding bandits sought for New Year’s Day purse-snatching in Brooklyn: NYPD
Jan. 9, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick
Cops are looking for the two-wheeled assailants they say swiped a woman’s pocketbook in Kensington on New Year’s Day.
‘Stop shooting’: Locals, anti-gun violence groups come together after slaying of teen in Canarsie
Jan. 5, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell
Residents of Brooklyn’s Bayview Houses came together with anti-gun violence groups on Thursday to denounce the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Javel Lawton earlier this week — and call for community funding to help combat further crime.
Brooklyn sex offender arrested in connection to molestation case
Jan. 4, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
A Williamsburg man is due to be arraigned Thursday afternoon following his arrest in connection with an alleged sexual assault that occurred in Monsey, New York sometime between April and June of 2023.
At year’s end, violent crimes increase in more than half of Brooklyn’s police precincts
Jan. 4, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper
As the city celebrated large-scale reductions in violent crime in 2023, the last month of the year saw a number of crimes spike across Brooklyn, according to the latest NYPD data.
Firefighters battle three-alarm blaze in Gowanus
Dec. 21, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell & Dean Moses
Firefighters are still working to knock down a harrowing three-alarm blaze that broke out in Gowanus earlier this morning.
Kings Plaza Mall evacuated due to bomb threat eventually deemed unfounded by police
Dec. 19, 2023 By Lloyd Mitchell
Police evacuated the Kings Plaza Mall Tuesday morning after the shopping center received a bomb threat, Police Department sources confirmed to Brooklyn Paper.
Family of man killed by NYPD van sue for wrongful death
Jul. 7, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Over a year since a speeding NYPD van fatally struck Ronald Anthony Smith in Crown Heights, the victim’s family is looking for answers.