Brooklyn Paper News Headlines Archive for December 27, 2017

This is an image of a man in a mask, symbolizing a robber.

Bruiser strikes woman with a hammer

By Julianne Cuba

This is an image of a man in a mask, symbolizing a robber.

Brutes beat up teen and grab his phone

By Julianne Cuba

Thief creeps in through bathroom window, makes off with $700 in cash

By Julianne McShane

This is a cartoon version of pigeons on a wire.

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Thief cuts through a construction site fence, pulls off a weekend heist

By Adam Lucente

Gone but not forgotten: Do-gooders host winter-solstice vigil at Fort Greene university for city’s deceased homeless

Gone but not forgotten: Do-gooders host winter-solstice vigil at Fort Greene university for city’s deceased homeless

By Julianne Cuba

Brute socks drunk man in the face

By Colin Mixson

A Grinch snatched a Christmas gift left in an unlocked car overnight

By Adam Lucente

This is an image of a man in a mask, symbolizing a robber.

Chisel-wielding thief takes jewelry from 78th Street home

By Julianne McShane

Coney may get its first homeless shelter

Why here? Locals ask why city picked flood zone for Coney Island shelter

By Julianne McShane

Scrooged! Angel Guardian home dumps unopened toys, witnesses say

Scrooged! Angel Guardian home dumps unopened toys, witnesses say

By Julianne McShane

Police: Brute batters man with hammer in Boerum Hill

Brooklyn Heights

Police: Brute batters man with hammer in Boerum Hill

By Colin Mixson

This is an image of a man in a mask, symbolizing a robber.

Bookkeeper accused of stealing $300,000 from grocer

By Adam Lucente

Grey garden: Brooklyn Botanic offers free admission all winter

Prospect Heights

Grey garden: Brooklyn Botanic offers free admission all winter

By Adam Lucente

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Dancers dressed in red holding a traditional lion for the Lunar New Year Lion Dance.

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NYPD Police car

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