Dec. 19, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Nearly ten years after a fatal Memorial Day weekend shooting, the gunman has been sentenced to prison. Bushwick resident David Cruz was sentenced on Wednesday to 25 years to life in prison for shooting William Perez point-blank on May 25, 2015, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.…
Dec. 17, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison for fatally stabbing his grandfather with a machete and wounding two other family members, including his four-year-old niece, during a violent attack inside their Bedford-Stuyvesant home, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Monday. Dayquan Dubose,…
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…
Oct. 21, 2024 By Adam Daly A Bushwick man will serve over three years in prison for slashing a stranger and assaulting a bystander who tried to intervene during a 2022 street attack in Greenpoint, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office announced Friday. On Oct. 18, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Laura Johnson sentenced Michael Ruiz,…
Oct. 15, 2024 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil An East New York man will serve prison time for attempting to sexually assault a woman while she slept in her Williamsburg bedroom five years ago, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office announced Tuesday. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Heidi Cesare sentenced 29-year-old Akijah Hall to eight years in…
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.
Apr. 12, 2024 By Jake Offenhartz, AP
Thirteen members of the Hasidic Jewish community pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from their alleged role in a dispute over an illegal tunnel built beneath a historic Crown Heights synagogue.
Jan. 9, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
An East New York man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for injuring one man and killing another when he opened fire in a deli in June 2020.
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. 28, 2023 By Adam Daly
A Sunset Park man is facing up to 25 years in prison for allegedly bludgeoning and strangling a 43-year-old mother to death and critically wounding her young son and daughter with a hammer at their home on Aug. 23.