Feb. 20, 2025 By Adam Daly A Bed-Stuy man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing social justice advocate Ryan Carson in an unprovoked 2023 attack was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years to life in prison. Brian Dowling, who was 18 at the time of the killing, accepted a plea deal during a Jan. 22…
Jan. 3, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The co-creator of the infamous Bed-Stuy Aquarium was sentenced to prison for attempted murder on Friday. Bed-Stuy resident Hajj Lovick, 48, was convicted after trial last month for shooting a man in the leg outside a Bed-Stuy bar in the summer of 2023. On Jan. 3, he was…
Aug. 5, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A Crown Heights man will spend seven years behind bars for slashing a straphanger’s face on the subway last year.
Jun. 17, 2024 By Jada Camille
Lamor Whitehead, the Canarsie bishop known for his love of bling and holy deceit, was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday, June 17 for schemes of wire fraud, attempted wire fraud, attempted extortion and making false statements to federal law agents.
Feb. 2, 2024 By Adam Daly
A Park Slope man who sexually abused a nine-year-old girl repeatedly for almost two years after befriending her family was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday.
Dec. 12, 2023 By Adam Daly
An East New York man will spend at least 55 years behind bars for the killing a mother of four in Crown Heights in 2021, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
Sep. 18, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
A Brooklyn man pleaded guilty to sex trafficking eight women and to murdering of one of the trafficking victims, Leondra Foster, in Brooklyn federal court last week.
Jun. 14, 2023 By Adam Daly
A Prospect Heights man will spend nine years behind bars for driving recklessly and causing the collision that killed a three-month-old girl and injured her parents in Clinton Hill two years ago.
Mar. 31, 2023 By Jada Camille
A former Sunset Park resident has been sentenced to prison for violently beating and attempting to murder his former girlfriend, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Friday.
Mar. 10, 2023 By Ximena Del Cerro
Brooklyn high school paraprofessional was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually exploiting a child.