Three Arrested in Fatal Subway stabbings
A 19-year-old Brooklyn man and two of his pals were hit with double-murder raps on Thursday night for fatally knifing two men on a downtown No. 2 train, police said late yesterday. This is according to the Daily News, which has more on the story. Brenddy Garcia confessed to being the knife-wielding butcher in the horrific subway slaughter early Sunday morning, police said. “He’s the one who did the cutting,” a police source said. But after a lengthy grilling at the NYPD’s 6th Precinct stationhouse on Thursday night, police also charged Franklin Varella, 21, of Manhattan, and Diogenes Hernandez, 21, of Queens, with two counts of murder.
Disturbed Man Scares Cops with Terrorist Impression
An emotionally disturbed man gave police at a Brooklyn precinct the scare of their lives, repeatedly yelling, “Allah!” after showing up with a wire wrapped around his waist, the Daily News reports. The incident last week sent civilians and cops running from the 61st Precinct stationhouse while other officers subdued the suspect, Marwan Mohemed, 22. The wire turned out to be an extension cord used as a belt, and Mohemed was admitted to Coney Island Hospital for psychiatric observation. Read more here.
Brooklyn Still Worst Census Borough
With a measly 34% participation rate, Brooklyn is still the borough with the lowest numbers in New York, followed by Queens (38%) and the Bronx (40%). This is not making Borough President Markowitz happy. He said recently that “Everybody wants more, more, more. The only way you’re going to have a chance to get more, more, more is to fill out those census forms.” People who don’t return the forms by the third week in April will receive a visit from census workers, costing the feds roughly $60 per visit. Read more here at the Daily News.
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