Morning Roundup | Feb.4

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  • Welcome to the new and improved Brooklyn Ink! We are bigger and better than ever, and the Daily Roundup has been transformed into a round-the-clock center for everything that’s happening in New York’s best borough.

    Here’s the biggest news this morning:

  • The attorney for Daniel Ignacio, the man arrested for allegedly setting the fire that killed five people in Bensonhurst, says he was actually a hero who saved the life of a two-year-old baby. Police, though, say Ignacio confessed to the crime and told them demons in his head made him do it. The Ink will have a big report on the fire later today. [HuffPoNYP]
  • A baton taken from a police officer could contain the DNA of the man he is accused of sexually assaulting, a witness said at the trial against the officer and two of his colleagues. We’ll be following the trial today, so check back for our take. [NYT]
  • The NYPD is investigating an alleged attack by two dozen active and retired firefighters on four patrons of a Bay Ridge bar. At least one of the victims was left with broken bones all over his body. [NYP]
  • In non-horrible-crime news: Brooklyn has a new poet laureate, author and professor Tina Chang. [BW]
  • A Texas developer is going to renovate and reopen the borough’s fabled and faded movie palace, the Loew’s Kings Theatre (see pic below), turning into a venue for live entertainment. [Eagle]

    This theater's going from drab to fab! (Photo courtesy of Flickr)

    This theater’s going from drab to fab! (Photo courtesy of Flickr)

  • In corporate sponsorship news: the Brooklyn Cyclones, home to everyone’s favorite Mets farm team, will now be playing in Municipal Credit Union Park. We hope the money the team got was enough to wash down the horrible taste of that name. [YrNabe]

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