Category: Crime
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Premium ContentHow Brooklyn DA’s Virtual Currency Unit disrupts major cryptocurrency scam
JAY STREET — Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez has announced that his Virtual Currency Unit successfully disrupted a “pig butchering operation” that defrauded people from across the United States out of millions of dollars. Pig butchering refers to the practice of striking an online conversation with an unsuspecting person — through a random text message, a…
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Brooklyn residents’ losses in global cryptocurrency scam brought DA Gonzalez into action
JAY STREET — Working with elaborate detail and website analysis, an investigative unit specializing in virtual currency in the Brooklyn DA’s office successfully disrupted a “pig butchering operation” that defrauded people from across the United States out of millions of dollars. Pig butchering refers to the practice of striking an online conversation with an unsuspecting…
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Combating elder abuse and scams against seniors
BRIGHTON BEACH — Elder abuse — an intentional act or failure to act that causes or creates a risk of harm to an adult 60 years of age and older — is on the rise, and is extremely prevalent in today’s society. Many seniors are, of course, privy to physical and psychological elder abuse. However,…
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A passenger hid bullets in a baby diaper at LaGuardia Airport. TSA officers caught him
This combination of photos provided by the Transportation Security Administration shows 17 bullets security officers found concealed inside a disposable baby diaper on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Transportation Security Administration via AP It was a loaded diaper, but not like you would think. Security officers found 17 bullets concealed…
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This quiet Brooklyn block has become overrun with druggies and dealers
This shady, tree-lined block on State Street has suddenly become plagued with drug users and dealers, residents say. Shown here: A LEED-certified building. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle BOERUM HILL — Residents of State Street between Hoyt and Bond streets in Boerum Hill say their tree-lined block has recently become a hangout for drug users…
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Robbery suspect’s colorful underwear helped police arrest him, authorities say
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, more informally known as Brooklyn Federal Court, in Downtown Brooklyn. Photo: Rob Abruzzese A pair of multicolored briefs peeking out above a robbery suspect’s low-slung trousers helped police arrest him more than a year later, federal authorities in New York said Wednesday. The robbery…
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New York will automatically seal old criminal records under new law
Gov. Kathy Hochul. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/AP PROSPECT HEIGHTS — New Yorkers who complete their sentences and stay out of trouble for a certain period of time will have their criminal records automatically sealed under a long awaited bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday. New York now joins a slew of other…
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Midnight tree killer in Brooklyn Heights mystifies, alarms neighbors
This stump is all that’s left of the tree chopped down in the middle of the night on Clark Street. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — It happened in the middle of the night. Someone chopped down a perfectly good honey locust tree in front of 64 Clark St. near Henry Street after…
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Police Drop Charges After Dr. Richey’s Coverage on Indisputable
On August 24, 2023, the renowned advocate for civil and humanitarian rights, Dr. Rashad Richey, fearlessly reported on his nationally syndicated program Indisputable with Dr. Rashad Richey through the TYT Network and recently ranked the “Fastest Growing TV News Show in America”, by H.E.G. Evaluation Group, with over 3 million viewers daily, an incident of…
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Police looking for man who shoved and injured woman, 89, in Brooklyn Heights
Police are seeking information about this man, who allegedly shoved an 89-year-old woman to the ground on Montague Street, injuring her. Photos: NYPD BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — A stranger shoved an 89-year-old woman to the sidewalk in Brooklyn Heights last month, sending her to the hospital, and now police have released a photo of the suspect.…