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Park Slope

Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008

CAUGHT! Mugger is collared after Prospect Park West purse snatch

By Mike McLaughlin
Park Slope: 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.

Stinky fish

By Christopher Cascarano
Park Slope: 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. Comment.

Cleaner blamed for cleaning out

By Mike McLaughlin
Park Slope: 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. Comment.

SAVED! Park worker was the hero when shots were fired

By Dana Rubinstein
Park Slope: 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. Comment.
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