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Pols demand more NYPD patrols on Jewish Sabbath
In the wake of another suspected “knockout” attack on Saturday - this time in Midwood - two lawmakers and a soon-to-be councilman are demanding that the NYPD put more cops on the streets in O … Full Article

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Missing Brooklyn boy found in North Carolina

East New York
Police say a 12-year-old boy who disappeared from East New York, Brooklyn on the Fourth of July has been found in good condition in North Carolina. … Full Article

BONANNO SPLIT: Crime crew indicted in NYC mob crackdown

Nine reputed members of the Bonanno crime family were charged in an indictment unsealed Tuesday with what prosecutors called old-school mob activity: gambling, loan sharking, extortion and drugs. … Full Article

Brooklyn tortilla factory sentenced for labor law violations

Williamsburg
New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on Monday announced the conviction and sentencing of Erasmo Ponce, the owner of Tortilleria Chinantla Inc., a corn tortilla factory in Brooklyn.  … Full Article

12-year-old Brooklyn boy missing, disappeared on the 4th of July

East New York
Shawn Martinez, age 12, disappeared on the Fourth of July in East New York, Brooklyn, and hasn’t been seen since. He was last seen on Wortman Avenue, according to the 75th Precinct. … Full Article

Mastromarino, at center of ghoulish `body parts’ scandal, dies

Bensonhurst
When Dr. Michael Mastromarino, the lead defendant in the infamous Brooklyn “body parts” trial, died on Sunday of bone cancer, some saw poetic justice. … Full Article

Vandal writes anti-Semitic message on community board office door

Borough Park
Police are looking for a vandal who wrote anti-Semitic graffiti on a Borough Park building that houses the offices of Community Board 12 over the weekend. … Full Article

Cops want crime watchers on 34 Bushwick blocks

Bushwick
As he washed his minivan before a Saturday shift as a delivery driver at a Bushwick pizza joint, Jermaine Bishop said crime remains a problem in his neighborhood. … Full Article

Leader’s illness puts brakes on Brooklyn Bike Patrol

Sunset Park
The Brooklyn Bike Patrol, which has been active in Sunset Park, Park Slope and nearby areas since September 2011, is now on hiatus because Jay “Rocket” Ruiz, the former bicycle messenger and Army veteran who founded the escort service for women, has been hospitalized with a heart attack. … Full Article

Brooklyn Teacher in sex scandal case pleads guilty

Erin Sayar, former teacher at James Madison High School in Marine Park, Brooklyn, has plead guilty to sexually assault charges steaming from accusations that she engaged in a sexual relationship with her student Kevin Eng. … Full Article

Crime up slightly in Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook

Cobble Hill
Capt. Jeffrey Schiff didn't want to jinx the situation, but it’s not often that a police captain from the 76th Precinct gets to say this -- there has been no gun violence in Red Hook since Nov. 17, 2012. … Full Article
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