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 Dean Moses Former “Jeopardy!” champion and Brooklyn Heights private school teacher Winston Nguyen pleaded guilty Monday to soliciting sexually explicit images of children and is expected to be sentenced to seven years in prison. The 38-year-old gained fame after winning on “Jeopardy!” in July 2014, appearing in two episodes. A…
Mar. 3, 2025 By Adam Daly A Borough Park man was sentenced last week to three to nine years in prison for killing 31-year-old Katherine “Katie” Harris while driving drunk and speeding through a red light in Cobble Hill in 2023. Erick Taxilaga Trujillo, 29, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter on Jan. 27 in…
Feb. 28, 2025 By Adam Daly Police are investigating the theft of a paralyzed man’s luxury watch collection — worth nearly $17,000 — from his Clinton Hill apartment, a crime the victim only discovered weeks later due to his condition. The 38-year-old man told officers he last saw his prized watches — including Cartier,…
Feb. 26, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil A man swiped a wallet from a young shopper’s jacket inside a Bay Ridge community center last week, and police are asking for help tracking him down. The theft occurred around 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22, at Masjid Maryam near 73rd Street and Fifth Avenue, according…
Feb. 14, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters rescued 11 people from a burning brownstone in Brooklyn on Friday morning, while one firefighter was injured after being struck by a firetruck, authorities said. Crews responded to a fire at 659 Eastern Parkway just after 10:15 a.m. and found heavy flames on the second and third…
Feb. 13, 2025 By Adam Daly The owner of an unlicensed cannabis store in Bay Ridge has been ordered to pay $6 million in penalties for operating illegally and ignoring repeated warnings from authorities, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday. Big Chief Smoke Shop, located at the corner of 74th Street and…
Feb. 12, 2025 By Adam Daly A man killed in an early morning apartment fire in Bay Ridge on Sunday has been identified as Gregory Fernandez, a 37-year-old Navy veteran and father of one. The fatal blaze broke out on the third floor of 510 80th St. shortly after 3:30 a.m. on Feb. 9,…
Feb. 10, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters extinguished a two-alarm blaze in the ductwork of Kavkazkiy Dvorik restaurant on Monday afternoon, authorities said. Crews arrived at 2713 Ave. U in Sheepshead Bay shortly after 12:48 p.m. on Feb. 10 to find heavy smoke billowing from a two-story mixed-use building. The fire had spread to…
Feb. 6, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters quickly contained a house fire in Midwood on Wednesday afternoon. Units began receiving calls about the blaze at 1422 East 15th St., near Avenue N, just before noon on Feb. 5. Firefighters arrived to find flames emanating from the rear of the three-story dwelling. Fire Department personnel…