Crime

New York City Police officers stand in front of a Home Depot in Manhattan on Sunday. Police said an employee at the store argued with a co-worker before fatally shooting him and then killing himself. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Police ID 2 co-workers killed in NYC Home Depot shooting

New York City police have identified the two co-workers killed in a shooting at a Home Depot store in Manhattan. … Full Article

Eastern District Attorney Loretta Lynch. Eagle file photo

Two Yemeni nationals charged with conspiring to murder U.S. nationals abroad

In this photo from a surveillance video provided by the NYPD, an alleged suspect orders food at a Chinese restaurant in the Bronx on Monday. Two New York City police officers responding to a robbery in the Bronx were shot and wounded Monday night, and a manhunt was still underway hours later for a pair of suspects, authorities said. AP Photo/NYPD

3 suspects questioned in wounding of 2 NYPD officers

Rapper Joey Bada$$ is from Brooklyn. Photo by Scott Gries/Invision for MTV/AP Images

Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ charged in Australia with concert assault

CRIME

Calvin Preston, who has an office in Brooklyn at 192 Pulaski Street, was one of three Brooklynites who had their tax licenses suspended for not filing their own personal returns

Three Brooklyn tax preparers suspended for not filing THEIR OWN RETURNS

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the results of an initial crackdown on tax preparers, a service which over seven million New Yorkers use, with the suspension of 40 tax preparers who failed to file their own personal income tax returns for 2011 and 2012. … Full Article

The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks to the media outside the Brooklyn funeral service of Eric Garner, the 43-year-old New York City man whose death while in police custody has led to accusations of police misconduct

Family seeks federal probe of NYPD custody death

Family members of a man who died in police custody have met with federal prosecutors in New York City to press for an investigation into the death. … Full Article

Emerald Garner, right, stands next to the coffin of her father, Eric Garner, during his funeral at Bethel Baptist Church in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Garner died in police custody after an officer placed him in an apparent chokehold

Brooklyn funeral held for man who died in NYPD custody

An overflow crowd packed a church and sang songs on Wednesday at the funeral of a man who died in police custody after an officer placed him in an apparent chokehold. … Full Article

Demonstrators chant as they march towards the 120th Precinct following a vigil demanding justice for Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who died while being arrested by New York City police.

NYPD custody death tests 'Broken Windows' tactic

Eric Garner, who died in police custody last week after he was put in an apparent chokehold, was suspected of committing the relatively minor crime of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes on the street. … Full Article

A white flag flies high atop the Brooklyn Bridge instead of American flags. Eagle photo by Mary Frost

The NYPD has no idea why two white flags are atop the Brooklyn Bridge

Someone has replaced two American flags on the Brooklyn Bridge with mysterious white flags. The white flags — international symbols of surrender — fluttered Tuesday from poles on the stone supports that hold cables above the bridge. … Full Article

Police conducted a checkpoint for tinted windows Monday on Franklin Avenue

Tinted window checkpoints in Crown Heights: Racial profiling or good policing?

A crackdown on tinted windows in Crown Heights was received with a mix of skepticism, helplessness and begrudging understanding. … Full Article

A memorial for Eric Garner rests on the pavement near the site of his death in Staten Island

More studies needed in apparent NYPD chokehold death

The medical examiner's office has not yet determined what caused the death of a New York City man who appeared to be held in a chokehold as police attempted to arrest him. … Full Article

Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson arrested five teens for illegal gun sales at a housing project

Teens charged with firearms trafficking at Lafayette Gardens

Kings County District Attorney Kenneth P. Thompson, together with New York City Police Commissioner William J. … Full Article

Cuomo's task force seized over 2.5 million cigarettes

Cuomo puts cigarette smugglers to rest, $1.7 million seized

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced Monday that the new Cigarette Strike Force targeting illegal tobacco trafficking and sales has already seized nearly $1.7 million in cash and contraband that includes 2.7 million cigarettes and cigars in its first six months. … Full Article

Scam artists posing as IRS agents are looking to steal money from residents, lawmakers warned

IRS scam hits Borough Park

It’s one of the Internal Revenue Service’s “dirty dozen” scams being perpetrated by crooks around the country and now it has come to Borough Park. … Full Article