Nov. 15, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Lloyd Mitchell A teen boy was stabbed on Thursday afternoon on a Canarsie street that has seen a number of violent incidents over the past few months. Just before 4 p.m., police received a 911 call regarding a stabbing outside a deli at 8010 Flatlands Ave., per…
Nov. 14, 2024 By Adam Daly A Brooklyn man has been accused of murdering his father, whose body was discovered at a luxury hotel in Ireland earlier this week. Henry McGowan, 30, of Carroll Gardens, appeared in Portlaoise District Court in Ireland on Thursday, where he faced charges stemming from the alleged murder of…
Nov. 8, 2024 By Adam Daly An internal investigation by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn has found credible three allegations of sexual abuse of a minor by a former priest and teacher at a Queens high school, the diocese announced Friday. The allegations, dating back to the 1990s, were recently reported to the…
Nov. 8, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen At least 10 cars caught fire at an NYPD impound lot in Red Hook on Wednesday, less than two years after a blaze on the same lot destroyed a police evidence warehouse. The fire broke out shortly before 1 p.m. at the Erie Basin Auto Pound at 700…
Nov. 7, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld A senior man was killed Wednesday evening after being struck by a bus while riding a moped in Downtown Brooklyn. The 74-year-old man, whom police have not identified, was riding an electric moped south on Jay Street just after 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, when the 66-year-old driver of a…
Nov. 7, 2024 By Jada Camille A Brooklyn man was just handed a 10-year prison sentence for shooting at an Uber Eats driver during a random drive-by incident in December 2021, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Laquan Battle, 28, of New Lots pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder for firing approximately four…
Nov. 5, 2024 By Adam Daly A Bronx man accused of stabbing a subway conductor 11 times as he was trying to clear a 4 train last month was arraigned Monday on attempted murder charges. District Attorney Eric Gonzalez identified Jonathan Davalos, 27, as the suspect behind the vicious stabbing of MTA conductor Myron…
Nov. 4, 2024 By Jada Camille A woman and two men have been indicted in connection to a series of anti-Semitic incidents targeting members of the Brooklyn Museum’s board of directors, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Monday. The 25-count indictment charges the defendants with hate crimes and vandalism in Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill,…
Nov. 4, 2024 By Lloyd Mitchell Two Crown Heights residents were injured in an apartment building fire on Sunday night, one of three blazes in the area within a 12-hour span. Firefighters responded to 921 Montgomery St. just after 7:15 p.m. on Nov. 3, where they found heavy flames emanating from a first-floor apartment.…
Oct. 24, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen A Bed-Stuy man will spend 18 years in prison for fatally shooting the host of a house party in 2020. According to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office, Ahmed Morrison — then 18 years old — attended a Bed-Stuy party hosted by 48-year-old Kenny Mark on Feb. 6, 2020.…