About the Author

Jessica Parks
Hailing from the great state of Massachusetts, reporter Jessica Parks made her way to Brooklyn Paper after covering Nassau County politics and the Port Washington area for newspapers in western Long Island.
Police Blotter
- Bensonhurst: Cops cuff man for attempted hammer-wielding theft
- Carroll Gardens: Knife-wielding pirate hijacks woman’s car
- Coney Island: Gunman opens fire on row of parked cars
- Fort Greene: Fiend lobs bottle at delivery cyclist
- Downtown: Panhandler violently robs female straphanger
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