Category: Crime
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New York City high school student charged with hate-motivated murder in killing of gay dancer
People gather at a gas station during a vigil to memorialize O’Shae Sibley on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in Brooklyn. AP Photo/Tracie Van Auken MIDWOOD — Police have arrested a 17-year-old high school student on a hate-motivated murder charge in the fatal stabbing of a professional dancer during an altercation between two groups of friends at…
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Cops hunting for Brooklyn Heights Promenade slasher
Police string up yellow crime scene tape and investigators question youth near the scene of a brutal stabbing on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade on Tuesday afternoon. Photo courtesy of Jennifer, local resident BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Police are looking for an unknown person who brutally slashed a man who was sitting on a bench on the…
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A dancer is fatally stabbed after a confrontation in New York, prompting a tribute from Beyoncé
Blood stains the sidewalk at the gas station where O’Shae Sibley was stabbed to death, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. AP Photo/John Minchillo MIDWOOD — The fatal stabbing of a gay man after a confrontation between a group of friends who were dancing to a Beyoncé song and young…
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Police seek suspect in vicious Brooklyn Bridge Park stabbing
Police monitored Pier 2 in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Friday, after huge crowds caused chaos on Thursday, April 13. Eagle photo by Mary Frost BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK — Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a man wanted in connection with a vicious stabbing in Brooklyn Bridge Park at roughly 8:30 p.m. Tuesday…
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Gunman on scooter charged with murder, attempted murder, for series of New York City shootings
This photo provided by the New York City Police Department, Saturday, July 8, 2023, shows a motor scooter recovered at the scene of a shooting, in the Queens borough of New York. An 86-year-old New York City man was fatally shot and at least two others were seriously wounded by a man on a scooter…
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Cops arrest suspect in shocking Brooklyn Heights stabbing
Cops arrested Nicolas Giraldo, 25, early Friday morning. He is charged with robbing and stabbing a man in Brooklyn Heights and at least six other violent incidents. NYPD surveillance photo BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Cops arrested the suspect wanted in a violent crime wave, including the robbery and stabbing of a man on Joralemon Street in…
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Suspect in Brooklyn Heights stabbing tied to string of violent attacks
84th Precinct Police Officers Dabla (left) and Espinoza patrolled Pier 2 in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Wednesday, June 21. Eagle photo by Mary Frost BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — A suspect wanted for robbing and stabbing a man walking along Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights has been linked to at least six other violent incidents, all in…
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Dead body found in Cadman Plaza Park in Downtown Brooklyn
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Man robbed, stabbed on Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights
A man walking along Joralemon Street near Columbia Place in Brooklyn Heights was robbed and stabbed on Tuesday morning, June 13. Shown: The section of the block where the attack took place. Eagle photo by Mary Frost BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — A man walking along Joralemon Street in the shady Willowtown enclave of south Brooklyn Heights…
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New York lawmakers consider bill to automatically seal old criminal records
The lobby outside the New York state Senate Chamber is seen as lawmakers debate end of session legislative bills at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. AP Photo/Hans Pennink People in New York who have old criminal records could have them automatically sealed as long as they remain out of trouble…