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This .40 caliber was caught by TSA officers at a security checkpoint at JFK Thursday morning. Photo courtesy of TSA
TSA: 2 guns found in flyers' handbags in busy morning at JFK
Federal officials say two women with guns in their handbags have been stopped at checkpoints within 90 minutes at John F. Kennedy International Airport. … Full Article

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Surveilance footage showed the two suspects in a savage robbery and beating in Midwood. Both suspects have since been arrested

Both suspects caught in 'despicable' robbery and beating in Midwood

The second of two suspects who assaulted a young woman in an apartment building in the vicinity of Avenue M and East 18th Street in Midwood on Sunday were arrested early Friday morning. The other suspect was apprehended on Thursday. … Full Article
Police have intensified their search for the person or persons who dropped off anti-Muslim fliers at Shore Haven. The offensive fliers were discovered during the early morning hours of July 26

NYPD steps up probe of Bensonhurst anti-Muslim fliers

The Police Department’s Hate Crime Task Force has stepped up its investigation into the case of the anti-Muslim fliers found in a Bensonhurst apartment complex, according to sources. … Full Article
Security footage from the heinous Midwood attack. Photo courtesy of Councilmember Chaim Deutsch

One apprehended, one at large in vicious Midwood robbery and beating

One arrest has been made while another suspect remains at large in the case of two suspects who assaulted a young woman in an apartment building in the vicinity of Avenue M and East 18th Street in Midwood Sunday. … Full Article
The shocking fliers were discovered at Shore Haven, a complex of apartment buildings in Bensonhurst

Anti-Islamic fliers discovered in Bensonhurst apartment complex

The Police Department’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating yet another shocking anti-Muslim incident in Brooklyn. … Full Article
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

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