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Crown Heights Locals: Warnings of zero tolerance for violence on J’Ouvert cut too deep
Law enforcement officials are strongly urging participants in this year’s J’Ouvert celebration not to “shoot anyone” or “stab anyone,” but their stern warning has already wounded some Crown H … Full Article

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Anthony Coward. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn DA’s Office

Brooklyn man sentenced to 12 years for robbing subway riders after attacking them with hammer

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson on Monday announced that a 30-year-old Brooklyn man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for two separate robberies of subway commuters. … Full Article
(Left to right) A member of Congregation B’nai Avraham, Borough President Eric Adams, Rabbi Aaron Raskin, Father John Lardas of the Cathedral of Sts. Constantine and Helen and attorney Sanford Rubenstein were among those who took part in Raskin’s march against violence in Brooklyn Heights on Friday. Photo by Mary Frost

Brooklyn Heights Rabbi Raskin leads rally after assault

The prominent rabbi who was attacked on a Brooklyn Heights street Jan. 31 was joined by community members, clergy -- and even members of Curtis Sliwa’s Guardian Angels -- at a rally and march Friday morning. … Full Article
Rabbi Aaron Raskin is pictured at an event that took place in 2014. Eagle Photo by Francesca N. Tate

Prominent Rabbi attacked in Brooklyn Heights

A prominent Orthodox rabbi was attacked on a Brooklyn Heights street this past Sunday evening, and community members say the incident fits into a pattern of crime on Joralemon Street. … Full Article
Charles Wright. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn DA’s Office

Bronx man pleads guilty to fatally choking Brooklyn woman, disposing of body

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced on Monday that a 35-year-old Bronx man has pleaded guilty to murder and grand larceny for choking a Brooklyn woman to death. … Full Article
Akbar Johns, 21. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn DA’s Office

Brooklyn gang member convicted of killing 13-year-old boy in Brownsville shooting

 Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced on Wednesday that a 21-year-old Brooklyn man has been convicted of second-degree murder for a fatal shooting in Brownsville that killed a 13-year-old boy in 2012. … Full Article

Insurance agent bilked clients out of $4.5 million

A Staten Island man who owned a Bay Ridge-based insurance company systematically bilked his elderly clients out of nearly $4.5 million over a period of time, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson. … Full Article
New York state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli on Wednesday released an audit that indicates that a Brooklyn preschool special education provider claimed nearly $3 million in ineligible expenses for reimbursement. Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

DiNapoli: Brooklyn Pre-K special education provider claimed nearly $3M in ineligible expenses

A Brooklyn preschool special education provider, Yeled v’Yalda Early Childhood Center, claimed nearly $3 million in ineligible expenses for reimbursement, according to an audit rele … Full Article
Caught On Camera: Jewish Man Beaten During Vicious Robbery in Brooklyn

Cops arrest two teens in vicious Midwood attack

Two robbers who viciously beat a 60-year-old man in a ruthless attack in Midwood last week were arrested on Thursday, police said. Baskim Huseinovic, 19, and Eldin Sabovic, 17, were hit with a slew of charges, including assault, robbery, menacing and harassment. … Full Article
In this Nov. 13, 2015 file photo, Darius McCollum is arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court in New York. The notorious transit impostor who first commandeered a train at age 15 has been arrested 30 times over the years for transit-related crimes, most recently in November when he was nabbed behind the wheel of a Greyhound bus. Jesse Ward/The Daily News via AP, Pool, File

30th Arrest: Transit impostor says he needs help, not prison

Darius McCollum's addiction isn't for booze and pills — it's for buses and trains. … Full Article
Brooklyn BP Eric Adams. Photo by Mary Frost

Brooklyn BP Adams slams Kelly’s NYPD crime stat accusations

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, a former NYPD officer, has jumped into the feud between former Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and current Commissioner William Bratton over the city’s crime rate. … Full Article

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