Crime

Kenia Valdez Alvarez pleaded guilty to international drug dealing charges at Brooklyn Federal Court. Eagle file photo by Paul Frangipane.
22-year-old woman pleads guilty to international drug dealing charges
A 22-year-old woman pleaded guilty on Friday to conspiring to internationally distribute large amounts of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana throughout the U.S. … Full Article

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Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez called disbarred attorney Domenick Crispino a "financial predator" after Crispino was sentenced to 11-22 years for stealing more than $1 million in a real estate scheme. Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese.

Disbarred lawyer gets 11-22 years for $1 million Brooklyn real estate scam

A disbarred lawyer convicted of stealing over $1 million through fraudulent real estate deals in the Bath Beach and Gravesend sections of Brooklyn has been sentenced to 11 to 22 years in prison. … Full Article
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District Bridget Rohde. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

Eight members of Mexican sex trafficking enterprise plead guilty to racketeering, sex trafficking, related crimes

Eight members of an international criminal organization, known as the Rendon-Reyes Trafficking Organization, entered guilty pleas in federal district court in Brooklyn, New York, this month to Racketeering and other federal charges arising from their scheme to force young women and girls fr … Full Article
Councilmember David G. Greenfield calls the synagogue robbery “especially disturbing” given that the crime took place during Passover. Eagle photo by Arthur De Gaeta

Greenfield offers $1,000 reward to catch synagogue suspects

Shocked and saddened by the robbery and assault of a caretaker in a Midwood synagogue on Sunday, Councilmember David G. Greenfield announced that same day that he is posting a $1,000 reward to anyone who offers information to police leading to the arrest of the violent suspects. … Full Article
Alec Brook-Krasny’s indictment on health care fraud and conspiracy charges shocked many of his former constituents. Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas

Inside Alec Brook-Krasny’s stunning fall from grace

The indictment handed up against former New York state Assemblymember Alec Brook-Krasny charging him with taking part of an elaborate scheme to illegally prescribe opioids to patients marked a dramatic fall from grace for the one-time popular politician. … Full Article
Brooklyn Federal Judge Dora Irizarry has been assigned the “Bonanno Family” case. Eagle photo by Mario Belluomo

Ten members, associates of the Bonanno crime family indicted for racketeering, related charges

On Tuesday, a 37-count indictment was unsealed in U.S. … Full Article
Gov. Andrew Cuomo met with Jewish Children’s Museum founder Devorah Halberstam, Jewish leaders and law enforcement officials on Thursday following an emailed bomb threat. Photo by Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo

Cuomo warns perp behind Jewish Children’s Museum bomb threat: ‘We will find you’

The Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights was evacuated at 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning after the organization received an email saying several pipe bombs had been hidden in the building. … Full Article
Anthony Reyes, 29. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn DA’s Office

Boerum Hill drug dealer sentenced to 35 years for fatally shooting man during fistfight

Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on Tuesday announced that a 29-year-old gang member was sentenced to 35 years in state prison for shooting an unarmed man to death and wounding another man during a 2009 fistfight that erupted over marijuana sales in a Bushwick courtyard. … Full Article
These images of the murder suspect are included on a reward poster. Photos courtesy of NYPD

Owl’s Head Park killer still at large

Jennifer Cohen’s killer is still out there somewhere, to the great frustration of the police who have not been able to make an arrest several months after the slaying. … Full Article
A defendant allegedly sold 25 guns to undercover NYPD officers last December and eight more guns were recovered from the same defendant when police arrested him. Officials charge that the guns were mostly sold legally in North Carolina and then brought into Brooklyn by the defendant. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn DA’s Office

North Carolina man arrested for selling guns in Brooklyn

A 24-year-old man from North Carolina was arraigned on a 115-count indictment for allegedly trafficking 33 guns from North Carolina and selling them in Brooklyn, acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and NYPD Commissioner James P. O'Neill announced on Tuesday. … Full Article
Acting DA Eric Gonzalez. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

Three Brooklyn residents, South Carolina man indicted for interstate firearms trafficking

Brooklyn Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with New York City Police Commissioner James P. … Full Article

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