An early morning shooting in Crown Heights left a 27-year-old African-American man dead. The incident occurred near the ‘Albany Houses,’ notorious for being hotbeds of crime and gang activity.
A rash of minivan break-ins has been plaguing an area in Crown Heights over the past couple of weeks.
Police are investigating an unprovoked assault on an Orthodox-Jewish student of Medgar Evers college in Crown Heights as a possible hate crime.
A woman’s midnight quest for marijuana turned into a nightmare, as she was raped in a deserted alleyway by the person she agreed to meet up with.
Police are investigating the brutal beating and robbery of a 50-year-old Jewish man, which took place in the heart of the Flatbush Jewish community early Monday morning.
Yesterday evening, a Jewish teenager in Crown Heights called 911 and reported that he had been the victim of a hate crime. Police responded by swiftly arresting and charging the suspected perpetrator, but later discovered to their chagrin that the whole thing had been made up.
A black Honda belonging to a Jewish resident of Crown Heights, which was parked on New York Ave. near the corner of President Street, was the latest victim of the mysterious wheel thieves who have been operating with impunity and devastating vehicle owners all over the neighborhood over the last couple of years.
A suspected drunk driver slammed into a Mitzvah Tank and a parked police car late Wednesday evening after coming off the Manhattan Bridge in Chinatown.
Miami-Dade police have arrested a 15-year-old teenager in connection with the Shabbos morning murder of R’ Yosef Raksin HYD in August of 2014.
A bomb threat targeting 770 was called into 911 and forced a complete evacuation of the buildings. Taking no chances, the NYPD enlisted the help of the neighborhoods volunteer patrol Shomrim to assist with the evacuation.
Representatives from many of the Crown Heights Jewish schools met this afternoon with members of the NYPD’s counter-terrorism division in order to discuss safety and security matters.
A Menorah that was vandalized twice in Manhattan’s Carl Shurz Park, which is the backyard of Gracie Mansion – the official residence of the New York City Mayor – was rededicated Monday night and was lit with Mayor Bill DeBlasio in attendance.
An NYPD deputy inspector marked the occasion of his pending retirement by inviting his police officer son to patrol with him Saturday and the pair subsequently disarmed and arrested two robbery suspects.
An African-American man, along with a few bystanders, helped apprehend a shoplifter who stole a toy from a Kingston Avenue store.
Cooperation between Williamsburg Shomrim and the NYPD led to the recovery of a vehicle in Bedford-Stuyvesant that was stolen in Crown Heights, along with the arrest of four people who were in the car.
A 35-year-old man is recovering from serious injuries after muggers nearly killed him in Crown Heights on Friday night.
Police arrested Aaron Akaberi again last week after discovering that he was in possession of a substantial quantity of drugs. He was charged with possession with intent to distribute and other charges.
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