Tag: police-fire

‘To Protect, Serve, and Understand’: The Irondale marks 10 years of landmark program connecting police and the public

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Jan. 20, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen After Eric Garner was killed by police officers on Staten Island in 2014, Terry Greiss watched the video of the incident over and over again.  Captured by Garner’s friend, the footage showed him arguing with police officers who believed he was selling loose cigarettes. The disagreement escalated until…

Two-alarm fire leaves Brooklyn home uninhabitable

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Jan. 14, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A two-alarm fire tore through a Bath Beach residence on Sunday evening, leaving the building severely damaged and uninhabitable.  The blaze started on the porch of the three-unit, two-story home on Cropsey Avenue around 4 p.m., per the FDNY. Flames engulfed the front of the home, requiring a…

‘Park Slope Prowler’ arrested after allegedly groping four women near Prospect Park

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Sep. 6, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen A local man accused of groping and harassing at least four women in Park Slope this summer was arrested on Thursday, more than two months after the first incident was reported. Cops cuffed 23-year-old William Nuesi, a Park Slope resident himself, on the afternoon of Sept. 5, according…