By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: Three teens were arrested after holding up a woman at gunpoint — or at least what she thought was gunpoint — on 13th Street on April 27. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A man and woman stole a car that had just been dropped off by a customer at an Atlantic Avenue garage on April 27. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Three crooks calmly looted an unlocked college dorm room in the famous St. George hotel building on Henry Street on April 25. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown, and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct.
Comment.
By Ben Muessig
Crime: Thugs roughed up a deliveryman on May 4, punching him in the face and stealing his cellphone. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct.
Comment.
By Ben Muessig
Crime: Crooks bored a hole into the roof of a Richardson Street warehouse on April 29, but they didn’t steal anything. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct.
Comment.
By Emily Lavin
Crime: A gun-toting thug robbed a 92nd Street bodega early in the morning on May 1. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct.
Comment.
By Emily Lavin
Crime: Someone broke into a Dean Street house sometime during the day on May 1. Plus all the crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct.
Comment.
By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: Two men sexually assaulted a teenager in the bathroom at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch on Grand Army Plaza on April 14, cops said.
Comment.
By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A man’s Amity Street home was burglarized on April 27. Plus all the crime news from Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct.
Comment.
By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: Two women attacked two other women in an early morning, alcohol-induced knock-down, drag-out brawl at a popular 24-hour diner on Fifth Avenue on April 27. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Two men robbed another man at gunpoint near the victim’s Hicks Street apartment on April 25. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, DUMBO, and Downtown’s 84th Precinct.
Comment.
By Ben Muessig
Crime: A vicious crook threatened to rape a Williamsburg woman on April 25, but when she fought back, he snatched her purse and ran. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct.
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By Emily Lavin
Crime: A perp tried to rob a man at gunpoint on Fourth Avenue early on April 26. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: Two teens roughed up a deliveryman on April 23, but cops had no trouble delivering the suspects to justice. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Two men, one with a firearm, robbed a woman on Pacific Street early on April 25. Plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Police arrested a man for stabbing another man after verbally harassing a woman on Lafayette Avenue on April 26. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Green and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Thieves stole dozens of bottles of booze from an Atlantic Avenue nightclub’s basement on April 24.
Comment.
By Emily Lavin
Crime: A woman committed suicide inside of a Bay Ridge hotel room on April 25, making her the third person in just six months to die inside the Best Western Gregory Hotel on Fourth Avenue.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: Copper-thieving varmints made at least two more heists of the increasingly valuable metal last week, following five copper thefts from neighborhood construction sites and metal companies earlier this month.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: Police locked up a Williamsburg man suspected of at least four knifepoint robberies that horrified the hot neighborhood, an NYPD source told The Brooklyn Paper.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A beloved Fort Greene sculptor has put up a “generous” reward for the return of a massive bronze piece taken from her Washington Avenue front yard between April 10 and 12.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A man broke into clothing store on Atlantic Avenue by smashing a hole in the sheet rock walls, apparently with a broom handle, on April 18. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown’s 84th Precinct.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: A man committed suicide on Park Slope’s Fourth Street on Monday morning, and cops locked down the block between Sixth and Seventh avenues as a hazmat team removed a suspicious container of fluid that was found next to the man’s body. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Muggers threatened to shoot a girl in a playground on April 11. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
Comment.
By Emily Lavin
Crime: A man surprised the resident of a 79th Street home when he barged through a bedroom window while she was home on April 18. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: Three thugs intimidated a Havemeyer Street man into forking over his wallet and cellphone on April 20. Plus the rest of the crime news from Bushwick and Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Burglars tried to plunder two apartments in a Union Street building on April 17, but only managed to break into one of them. Plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: A 20-year-old woman became a victim of crossfire when she stepped out of a Greenpoint Avenue club on April 18.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: There’s a new Gold Rush going on in Brooklyn — but the precious metal isn’t the same one that drove the ’49ers crazy. It’s copper.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: A brazen thief pulled a gun on a woman on Degraw Street in the middle of the day on April 11 and mugged her for her iPhone and $5,000, cops said. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A man beat up an employee of a Carlton Avenue bodega who had tried to stop a 10-year old shoplifter on April 10. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: Knives are still in style among Williamsburg muggers, as at least three crooks used blades to intimidate and slash their victims.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A burglar sneaked into a Willow Street apartment and stole a cornucopia of jewelry and electronics from the four female inhabitants on April 7. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown, DUMBO and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: A would-be car thief turned violent when police arrived on April 8 at the corner of Morgan Avenue and Beadel Street. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: An extreme crook jacked the skateboard from a 13-year-old on April 9, but cops ended the four-wheeled joyride the next day. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A boy was robbed of his cellphone by four punks in some after-school misbehavior on West Ninth Street on April 11. Plus all the crime news from Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct.
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By Michael Giardina
Crime: A man had his West 11th Street home robbed of cash, jewelry and clothing while he was at work on April 10. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct.
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By Emily Lavin
Crime: Two men cornered and robbed a teenager at gunpoint on 83rd Street on April 3. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: After peering down on DUMBO for 14 days, cops removed their lookout tower, leaving the low-crime community wondering why police put the watchtower on Front Street in the place.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: A customer at a trendy Thai restaurant on Seventh Avenue had her purse stolen off the back of her chair when she wasn’t looking on April 4. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Chris Cascarano
Crime: A 24-year-old woman battled three other women who were attempting to rob her mobile devices on Vanderbilt Avenue on April 6. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: A hoodlum turned his victim into a contortionist on March 21, twisting a 54-year-old man’s leg until it broke — but the injured man got one measure of relief when his alleged tormentor was later collared. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: A man in a business suit stealthily snatched more than $13,000 of photo equipment from a photographer during an April 1 shoot at a wedding hall on Ross Street. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Thieves plundered two Downtown Brooklyn banks in separate incidents last week. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Boerum Hill and Downtown’s 84th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: An employee at a national retailer on Smith Street couldn’t stop a woman from stealing a pair of leggings on April 4 because she had some brawny backup. Plus all the crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Shots rang out in the early morning of April 6, dropping two men to the cold pavement. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: Cops interrupted the burglary of a Flushing Avenue sneaker store on April 1, arresting one half of a criminal team that was suspected of robbing the shop of $40,000 of merchandise in January.
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By Emily Lavin
Crime: Three men robbed a teenager on April 3 — plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct.
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By Michael Giardina
Crime: Two 86th Street banks were robbed within days of each other last week, leaving similar clues that may link the two to the same robber. Plus all the crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: There’s a new high-rise in DUMBO, but this one isn’t residential. Police parked a two-story mobile patrol tower on Front Street between Adams and Pearl streets last week, directly beneath the Manhattan Bridge, puzzling residents of the quiet neighborhood who don’t think of the area as needing 24-hour surveillance.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: A cabbie picked up a woman — but she picked up his wallet — on March 26. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Downtown and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct.
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By Emily Lavin
Crime: Two thieves pounced when two women put their purses down during separate shopping expeditions this week. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Chris Cascarano
Crime: Two teens attacked and robbed a bicycle deliveryman on Plaza Street East near Butler Place on March 27 — but they didn’t get far before they were collared by cops. Plus other crime news from the 77th Precinct in Prospect Heights.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: An enterprising perp made off with $35,000 from a home office on Hewes Street on March 30. Plus all the crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct.
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By Emily Lavin
Crime: Two suspects posing as maintenance workers attempted to rob a 70th Street house on March 27. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: A shopper spent more than she thought she would when she left her pocketbook on the counter of a fancy soap shop on March 24. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Emily Lavin
Crime: A man harassed and threatened a woman — and then set fire to the curtains of her 12th Street apartment early on March 22, cops said. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Michael Giardina
Crime: A group of three unwanted houseguests raided a 20th Avenue apartment — but the trio was later arrested for beating and robbing the tenant on March 16. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct.
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By Joe Jordan
Crime: Police are investigating two cases of identity theft that were reported on March 14. Plus all the crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’ 68th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A burglar crept into a Montague Street apartment on March 16, stealing two Apple laptops. And the rest of the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown, Boerum Hill and Dumbo’s 84th Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: Cops arrested four teen muggers on March 17 — plus the rest of the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
Comment.
By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: Police say they have arrested the man who assaulted and tried to kidnap the wife of Councilman Domenic Recchia last week.
Comment.
By Ben Muessig
Crime: Cops have identified a pattern of knifepoint stick-ups in Williamsburg involving a Hispanic man in his late teens or early 20s who follows women, pulls a knife, demands their dough then flees.
Comment.
By Ben Muessig
Crime: A crook broke into a Maujer Street man’s apartment — plus the rest of the crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: An armed thug targeted a man leaving a nightclub on March 22 — plus the rest of the crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct.
Comment.
Crime: Dr. Vasudev Gabbur is back to work at his 13th Street office, a month after he was brutally beaten.
Comment.
By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A woman’s wallet was stolen inside of a Monroe Place church on March 12. Plus all the other crime news from Downtown, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Boerum Hill’s 84th Precinct.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: A thief who mugged a woman after putting her in a headlock early on March 15 was quickly arrested by cops who drove the victim around the neighborhood after the crime.
Comment.
By Ben Muessig
Crime: At least four robbers used blades this week to intimidate their victims and make off with their cash.
Comment.
By Ben Muessig
Crime: Two gunmen ripped off a Berry Street liquor store. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: Burglars broke into a Stagg Street apartment, snatching everything they could grab — even the piggy bank on March 12. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct.
Comment.
By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: Burglars struck two apartments within a one-block radius in three days this week. Plus all the other crime from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: Two more police impersonators struck on March 14, showing up at a St. James Place apartment with a “warrant,” pulling out firearms, handcuffing their victim, and walking off with $2,000 worth of his belongings. Plus the rest of the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: One of Martha Stewart’s co-workers gets mugged — plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: The man charged with defacing Remsen Street buildings and cars with swastikas was reportedly working as an informant for the NYPD. As you might imagine, prosecutors had to dismiss that case!
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: Two Park Slope women had run-ins with the same style-challenged gunmen in separate incidents on March 4, cops said.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: A perp jumped a woman and fled in a bad-ass car. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Two men mugged a woman on Degraw Street. Plus all the other crime news from Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Boerum Hill’s 76th Precinct.
Comment.
By Michael Giardina
Crime: A thief stole a woman’s pocketbook as she shopped in a Bay Parkway department store on March 7. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct.
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By Ben Muessig
Crime: Three gun-toting criminals impersonated cops late on March 3, invading a woman’s home and making off with $30,000 in cash and valuables. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: A bandit stole $5,000 from a bank on Manhattan Avenue. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Four teenage girls mugged another teen heading home from school on March 3 at the corner of Hanson and South Elliott places. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Joe Jordan
Crime: A mugger grabbed a woman’s purse on 74th Street just after midnight on March 7. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’ 68th Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: There were at least two hit-and-runs in the neighborhood last week, cops said. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’s 77th Precinct.
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By Harry Cheadle
Crime: An elite private school went under siege on Feb. 22 when a student received an anonymous online message from someone claiming that he would blow up the school. Plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown’s 84th Precinct.
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By Harry Cheadle
Crime: A man’s sense of humor got him into trouble on Feb. 27, when he laughed at two guys fighting and ended up with a bump on his head. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: Two schools were burglarized last week, in incidents that netted criminals thousands of dollars in cash and electronics. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: An assailant broke a pedestrian’s jaw in multiple places on Feb. 24, after a woman started a conversation with another man. Plus all the other crime news from Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Thieves on wheels plundered a parked commercial truck laden with valuable tools on Sackett Street on Feb. 21. Plus all the other crime news from Carroll Gardens, Red Hook and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Three months, two deaths, one hotel — and everyone is talking.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: A hard week for twenty-something men using the Bedford Avenue L station ended with hard time for one teenager.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: A beer-loving perp assaulted a bodega clerk and then stole fake money off the store’s wall before running away on Feb. 26. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Joe Jordan
Crime: A 16-year-old boy was beaten and robbed on Shore Road on Feb. 28. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’s 68th Precinct.
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By Michael Giardina
Crime: A couple walking to the steps of their 70th Street home was beaten and robbed by a group of perps on March 1. Plus all the crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: A hotel cleaning woman discovered the body of a 52-year-old man, his mouth covered in duct tape, in the bathtub of Room 221 at the Best Western Gregory Hotel in Bay Ridge on Monday afternoon, cops said.
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By Harry Cheadle
Crime: A man who saw a wad of cash snatched out of his hand followed the thief onto a subway, into Manhattan, and eventually brought the perp to justice with the help of a security guard.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: Two exes allegedly beat up their former lovers last week in separate, but equally horrifying, incidents.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A burglar stealthily broke into a 13th Street apartment, hauling away gadgets and jewels. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Harry Cheadle
Crime: A string of burglaries hit Brooklyn Heights last week, as at least four apartments within spitting distance of each other were broken into — two of them on the same floor of the same building. Plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown, Boerum Hill and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct.
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By Harry Cheadle
Crime: Two perps not only took a man’s phone, but they got him to take $100 out of his ATM. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Michael Giardina
Crime: A group of catty, drunken women beat up and robbed another woman at a 62nd Street watering hole. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct.
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By Joe Jordan
Crime: Two thugs beat up and robbed a man on Third Avenue after nonchalantly approaching him. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: Beware the corner of Kent Avenue and North Fifth Street, which was the site of two robberies last week. Plus all the other crime news from Greenpoint and Williamsburg’s 94th Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: It was a bonanza fortnight for burglars in Williamsburg, but one crime stood out: a smash-and-grab job at a Varick Avenue auto repair shop. Plus all the other crime news from the 90th Precinct in Williamsburg.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Three teens robbed and attacked a 10-year-old boy on the corner of Clinton and Union streets. Plus the other crime news from Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct.
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By Harry Cheadle
Crime: Most principals tell kids to hit the books, but on Feb. 5, a principal at a Christian elementary school was arrested for using a book to hit a kid, cops said.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: A woman returned from a vacation to find her St. Marks Place apartment cleaned out. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: Here’s another reminder to be careful about who you go home with.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Three teens robbed a schoolboy at the Jay Street subway station on Feb. 7. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown’s 84th Precinct.
Comment.
By Dana Rubinstein and Harry Cheadle
Crime: Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct.
Comment.
By Chris Cascarano
Crime: Two men posing as police officers stole $5,000 from elderly woman after telling her she was under investigation for using counterfeit money on Feb. 11. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Masked gunmen raided a Gowanus-area office on Feb. 1 — plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct.
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By Harry Cheadle
Crime: Security guards at an Atlantic Avenue supermarket went above and beyond the call of duty on Feb. 5 when they chased a middle-aged purse snatcher down the street and detained him until police could arrive. Plus all the crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: A man was found dead in his Maujer Street apartment on Feb. 3. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct.
Comment.
By Ben Muessig
Crime: A robber pistol-whipped a beloved 67-year-old doctor.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: One day after his car was stolen, the victim saw it being gassed up at service station.
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By Michael McLaughlin
Crime: A Brooklyn Heights man was hit with a 132-count indictment.
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By Harry Cheadle
Crime: The new restaurant’s staff coat rack was rifled through … and all the crime in the 84th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Two men, one carrying an automatic gun, robbed another man … and all the crime in the 76th Precinct.
Comment.
By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A man fingers his estranged daughter as the person who burglarized his house … and all the crime in the 78th Precinct.
Comment.
By Joe Jordan
Crime: Two mic’d-up bandits held up a local eatery … and all the other 68th Precinct crime.
Comment.
By Michael Giardina
Crime: A 43-year-old man lost everything … and all the other 62nd Precinct crime.
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By Harry Cheadle
Crime: A pizza place was robbed … and all the other 88th Precinct crime.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: Three more Park Slopers have been the victim of — and actually reported! — identity theft.
Comment.
By Chris Cascarano
Crime: Vandals smashed the window of a man’s car on Jan. 23. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’ 77th Precinct.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: Four thugs attacked a woman on Jan. 22 — plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
Comment.
By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Two hooligans punched and robbed a man on Jan. 23 — plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown’s 84th Precinct.
Comment.
By Adam F. Hutton
Crime: A gunman barged into an India Street nail salon and stole $267 from two terrified employees on Jan. 23.
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By Adam F. Hutton
Crime: A woman who was arguing with her boyfriend lost her purse to an opportunistic thief at the corner of Manhattan Avenue and India Street on Jan. 27. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct.
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By Adam F. Hutton
Crime: A teenage thug with a rap sheet as long as his arm was arrested yet again after robbing a candy store on Havemeyer Street on Jan. 22, cops said. Plus all the other crime news from Williamsburg and Bushwick’s 90th Precinct.
Comment.
By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: Four thugs punched a Grand Avenue pedestrian on Jan. 22. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: One man slashed another man on Jan. 17. Plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: A 33-year-old man never knew what hit him on Jan. 16 when a perp bashed him from behind on Union Street and stole his wallet — but the good news is that the thug was later arrested, cops said. Plus all the crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: It turns out that cops in the 78th Precinct are not aware of any spike in identity thefts, despite weeks of blog frenzy over the elusive crime.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A bicyclist was robbed and pummeled by a gang of teenagers on the Brooklyn Bridge footpath on Jan. 16. Plus all the other crime from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct.
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By Chris Cascarano
Crime: Three teenagers mugged a 34-year-old woman shortly at around 5 pm on Jan. 21. Plus all the other crime news from Prospect Heights’s 77th Precinct.
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By Harry Cheadle
Crime: A fight broke out in a elementary school auditorium on Jan. 18 — which would be normal enough except that both of the participants were parents. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Adam F. Hutton
Crime: A 13-year-old girl was mugged as she walked through McCarren Park on Jan. 17. Plus all the other crime from Greenpoint and Williamsburg’s 94th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Galapagos, the Williamsburg arts haven that is rehabbing an old stables for a move to DUMBO, was robbed of almost $300,000 worth of security devices that were supposed to keep its future home protected, cops said.
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By Adam F. Hutton
Crime: An armed thug claiming that he had just stabbed someone, robbed two Williamsburg women after forcing his way into their South Fourth Street apartment on Jan. 19.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A burglar broke a window to invade a woman’s Union Street home and steal her purse on Jan. 16. Plus all the other crime news from Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Red Hook’s 76th Precinct.
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By Adam F. Hutton
Crime: Police arrested two young men on Jan. 20 as the perps tried to steal copper pipes from a construction site.
Comment.
By Joe Jordan
Crime: A thief stole a high-tech camera from a 92nd Street medical office. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’s 68th Precinct.
Comment.
By Joe Jordan
Crime: Police in Bay Ridge have arrested a woman and charged her with fatally stabbing a man in the Best Western Gregory Hotel last month.
Comment.
By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: One teen who robbed a woman on Fifth Street near Prospect Park was chased down and collared on Jan. 6, but his accomplice got away.
Comment.
By Christopher Cascarano
Crime: A thief made off with a woman’s wallet while she was dining at a Flatbush Avenue sushi restaurant on Jan. 13. Plus all the crime news from Prospect Heights’s 77th Precinct.
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By Harry Cheadle
Crime: A car and a motorcycle were stolen within hours of each other on Jan. 9. Plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, Downtown and DUMBO’s 84th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A housecleaner has been blamed for stealing jewelry from a Sterling Place apartment on Dec. 18. Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Harry Cheadle
Crime: A perp posing as a UPS deliveryman gained entrance to a man’s Washington Avenue apartment on Jan. 7 and attempted to force the man to empty his bank account, but the resourceful victim managed to escape after losing only $4. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct.
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By Michael Giardina
Crime: Yet another Chinese food deliveryman was robbed, this time at knifepoint in a Bay 17th Street building on Jan. 9. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct.
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By Adam F. Hutton
Crime: A woman was partying too hard at a Bedford Avenue nightclub on Jan. 10 — and someone swiped her handbag, cops said. Plus all the crime news from Greenpoint’s 94th Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: It was a bad week for old folks in Williamsburg. Plus all the crime news from the 90th Precinct.
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By Joe Jordan
Crime: A 64-year-old Bay Ridge man is the latest victim of a widespread Canadian-based sweepstakes scam. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’ 68th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Two gun-toting bandits raked in $9,600 from a heist in a Seabring Street warehouse on Jan. 5.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: A heroic city employee protected 50 people, most of them tykes, in a Prospect Heights playground after two shots were fired in their direction on Jan. 9. He told the harrowing story exclusively to The Brooklyn Paper.
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By Harry Cheadle
Crime: A fight between two men ended up with one man’s car stolen and another beaten.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: New Year’s Eve is a popular time for partiers to practice their hedonistic art, but it also proved to be a good time for criminals to get to work in Park Slope. At least five crimes — including an assault, two break-ins, a purse-snatching, and a car theft — all occurred in the hours just before or just after the ball dropped in Times Square. Plus other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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By Chris Cascarano
Crime: A thief made off with $2,700 in valuables from a Prospect Place apartment on Jan. 2. Plus all the other crime news from our newest precinct, the 77th in Prospect Heights.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Crime: Ninth Street was locked down late on Jan. 6 and early into the next morning after an emotionally disturbed — and possibly drugged out — man fired a shotgun inside his house.
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By Joe Jordan
Crime: A Fort Hamilton HS student assaulted a school security officer on Jan. 4. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: It was a bad week for 12-year-old boys in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. In two separate incidents on Jan. 3, two 12-year-old boys were robbed at gunpoint. Plus all the other crime news from Clinton Hill and Fort Greene’s 88th Precinct.
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By Adam F. Hutton
Crime: A woman was slashed with a razor after an argument at the criminal courthouse on Jay Street on Jan. 3. Plus all the crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown’s 84th Precinct.
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By Adam F. Hutton
Crime: All the crime news from Williamsburg’s 90th Precinct.
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By Adam F. Hutton
Crime: A jeweler was kidnapped at gunpoint in the Hasidic section of Williamsburg on Dec. 31 and forced to drive to his warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where his captors stole more than $1 million worth of gold and jewels.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: Park Slope’s top cop dismissed rumors that the neighborhood has been plagued by a recent spate of muggings targeting women walking by themselves.
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By Michael Giardina
Crime: A trespassing thief shot a man inside his 70th Street apartment while the victim was watching television on Jan. 5. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A gun-toting robber tried to stick up an eatery on Dwight Street, but left empty-handed. Plus all the other news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct.
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By Joe Jordan
Crime: Here is the man whom police say robbed the Commerce Bank on Fifth Avenue on Dec. 23.
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By Adam F. Hutton
Crime: Police are looking for three men who stole more than $1,600 worth of lotion, cough medicine and eye drops from a drug store on Court Street on Dec. 29. Plus all the other crime news from Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown’s 84th Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: A repeated robber of 24-hour delis on Court Street got caught because he struck too frequently —Â plus all the other crime news from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill and Cobble Hill’s 76th Precinct
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By Joe Jordan
Crime: A 39-year-old man was fatally stabbed by his 29-year-old roommate on Dec. 26 in their Fifth Avenue apartment building, cops said. Plus all the other crime news from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights’ 68th Precinct.
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By Dana Rubinstein
Crime: Three thugs punched and knocked down a 28-year-old Grand Street resident, and then, as the coup de grace, kicked him while he was down on Dec. 30. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct
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By Michael Giardina
Crime: An elderly couple had their Cropsey Avenue apartment robbed of cash and jewelry while they were away on Dec. 28. Plus all the other crime news from Bensonhurst’s 62nd Precinct.
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By Mike McLaughlin
Crime: Someone broke into the Comfort Inn — and stole water! Plus all the other crime news from Park Slope’s 78th Precinct.
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