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April 18, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Crime, Live Wire
Elderly Man Shoots Wife
A Brooklyn man was arrested today for the fatal shooting of his wife. Angelo Devito was charged with murder and criminal possession of a firearm. Police did not comment on what led to the shooting. Read more at: The Wall Street Journal
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April 5, 2012September 30, 2019Audio, Brooklyn Life, Crime
With Seven Cases of Sexual Abuse in City Schools So Far This Year, One Brooklyn Mom is on Alert
Sitting on bench near the entrance to P.S. 262 in Brooklyn on Thursday afternoon, Maddy Cruz patiently awaits for her daughters to come out of the doors. “I always tell my kids, ‘Don’t talk to any adult.’ I don’t care who it it is,” she says, shaking her head. Cruz’s warnings to her children could...
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April 5, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Crime
Sex Abuse: How to Spot the Signs
With seven recent cases of sexual abuse in our city’s schools, parents are on high alert. Ama Dwimoh is a former prosecutor for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and the creator of a bureau that exclusively handled the sexual, physical abuse and murders of children under the age of eleven. Dwimoh talked to The Brooklyn...
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March 30, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Crime
Brooklyn Watch Groups Under Scrutiny After Martin Killing
Neighborhood watch groups across the United States, including in Brooklyn, are facing increased scrutiny following the death of an unarmed black teenager shot by a member of a Florida group. “We’re not trying to apprehend, or chase, or follow. Crime is a police job,” said Terence Joseph, one of the founders of the Community Observation...
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March 18, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Business, Crime
Chester and the Chocolate Factory
It’s nearing the end of the day at Tumbador Chocolates, and most of the workers have gone home. Only a couple employees remain to wash up the chocolate covered pots and pans; the scent of chocolate wafts through the air as you walk up the four steep flights of stairs of 34, 34th Street...
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February 29, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Crime, Multimedia, Sports, Video
[VIDEO] Saving Youth, One Push-Up at a Time
Will Crandall is an ex-convict who runs a fitness program for young men and women in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
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February 26, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Crime
New Target for Thieves: Puppies. Yorkie Stolen in Brooklyn
Three long aisles at Puppy Paradise near Brooklyn College lead the customer past leashes and puppy toys to the grooming, and play areas in the back. Behind a closed door that says Do Not Enter, about 20 cages filled with romping puppies greet potential buyers – as well as entice thieves. Last Friday, a seven-week-old...
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February 18, 2012September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Crime
Boerum Hill Residents Worry More About Parking than New Jail
When the Brooklyn Detention Complex reopened last week, articles sprung up in many New York publications quoting residents expressing their fears of having men who broke the law housed so close to their doorstep. However, it seems that the biggest concern for many residents of Boerum Hill are not the men being housed at 275...
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Cop Fatally Shoots Would-Be Mugger
An off-duty officer fatally shot a man after the man struck him on the head with a cane and attempted to mug him in Bushwick just before midnight on Sunday, The Daily News reported. This marks the third fatal shooting by police in weeks and the second involving an off-duty officer in less than a week....