Brooklyn convenience store produces lottery winner
Winning Take 5 ticket sold at Brooklyn convenience store BROOKLYN, NY – A Brooklyn player struck it lucky in the August 18 Take 5 Midday drawing after purchasing a top-prize ticket at…
New Yorkers hit top prizes in Bay Shore Brooklyn and Manhattan
Three Take 5 winners hit $10K each in Bay Shore Brooklyn and Manhattan NEW YORK, NY – Three lucky New York Lottery players each won $10,280 in the August 18 Take 5…
Katrell Dixon stabbed and killed after confrontation in Brooklyn
Bronx man fatally stabbed in late-night attack outside Third Avenue building Bronx, NY — A 31-year-old man was fatally stabbed late Monday night during a violent confrontation outside a residential building in…
A Jeep Playground is Coming to Brooklyn this Weekend
Jeep brings ‘4×4 City Camp’ to Brooklyn for two-day Cherokee celebration at Domino Square Brooklyn, NY — This weekend, Domino Square will shift gears into an interactive automotive playground as Jeep rolls…
Brooklyn deli and Buffalo shop sell jackpot tickets
Two $17K Take 5 winning tickets sold in Brooklyn and Buffalo NEW YORK, NY – Two lucky lottery players in different parts of the state each claimed a top prize of $17,380.50…
Brooklyn subway rider pepper-sprayed in face after Halsey Street train altercation
Brooklyn, NY – A verbal dispute turned violent aboard a northbound L train when a woman sprayed a 68-year-old man in the face with pepper spray at the Halsey Street station, before…
Brooklyn subway rider flashes passengers before vanishing into Flatbush streets
BROOKLYN, NY – Friday night commuters on a southbound 2 train were jolted into chaos when a man exposed himself near Nostrand Avenue and Church Avenue, then slipped away before anyone could…
Maniac driver plows into woman slams MTA bus in Brooklyn rampage
BROOKLYN, NY – A Long Island man who used his car to strike a woman on a Brooklyn sidewalk before ramming an MTA bus in a violent daytime rampage was sentenced Friday…
Florida man convicted in Brooklyn federal court for trafficking women and exploiting minor
Brooklyn, NY – A Kissimmee, Florida man was convicted Thursday of trafficking women for commercial sex in Brooklyn and transporting a minor across state lines for illegal conduct. Joel David Forney, 42,…
Teen shot in broad daylight on Brooklyn street as NYPD hunts gunman
Brooklyn, NY – A 17-year-old boy was shot in the arm on a Sunset Park street in broad daylight Saturday, sparking a manhunt for the suspect who fled the scene. The shooting…
Off-duty FDNY firefighter busted for lewdness and DWI in Brooklyn
Brooklyn, NY – An off-duty New York City firefighter was arrested Wednesday morning in Greenpoint after allegedly engaging in lewd behavior and driving while intoxicated, according to police. Edgar Bravo, 36, was…
Brooklyn man admits to smuggling $1.4M worth of live turtles disguised as toys to Hong Kong
BUFFALO, NY – A Brooklyn resident pleaded guilty Monday to smuggling hundreds of protected U.S. turtles overseas by labeling them as plastic toys and shipping them to Hong Kong in parcels stuffed…
Brooklyn man shot dead on Pine Street early Sunday no arrests made
Brooklyn, NY – In the early morning hours Sunday, gunfire erupted on Pine Street in East New York, leaving a 23-year-old man dead and police searching for the shooter. At about 2:28…
Brooklyn man shot dead on 57th Street Florida suspect charged with murder
Brooklyn, NY – On Saturday night, a fatal shooting in Sunset Park left a 45-year-old man dead and a Florida man facing murder charges. At around 9:11 p.m., police responded to a…
A 23-year-old man was gunned down on a Brooklyn street early Sunday morning
Brooklyn, NY – In the quiet early hours of Sunday, a burst of gunfire shattered the stillness near 24 Pine Street, leaving a 23-year-old man mortally wounded. It happened at around 2:28…
Police Seek Suspect in Brooklyn Subway Shooting That Injured Teen
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The NYPD is searching for a gunman who shot an 18-year-old man inside a Brooklyn subway station early Sunday morning before fleeing the scene. According to police, the incident…
Man shot dead on Brooklyn street after Saturday night gunfire
Brooklyn, NY – It was Saturday night when gunfire erupted near 57th Street and 4th Avenue, leaving a 45-year-old man mortally wounded on the sidewalk. Witnesses called 911 at around 9:11 p.m.,…
Early-morning shooting rattls Brooklyn block when a suspect opened fire and vanished into the night
Brooklyn, NY – Police are searching for a man who discharged a firearm during an early morning incident in Sunset Park over the weekend. It happened Saturday, August 2, at about 3:50…
Man sought after forcible touching incident near Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, NY — A 34-year-old woman was walking near Flatbush Avenue and Sterling Place on the afternoon of July 8 when a man approached her from behind and grabbed her buttocks before…
$50K Powerball ticket sold at Brooklyn gas station
Brooklyn, NY – A third-prize-winning Powerball ticket worth $50,000 was sold in Brooklyn for the August 6 drawing, according to the New York Lottery. The winning ticket was purchased at Flat Gas…
Feds bust $68 million Medicaid con linked to Brooklyn day cares
BROOKLYN, NY – A 54-year-old Brooklyn woman has pleaded guilty to leading a massive fraud scheme that siphoned more than $68 million from Medicaid through her adult day care businesses. Zakia Khan,…
A Brooklyn teen left home with her infant son and never returned, police report
BROOKLYN, NY — It happened Saturday night when a 17-year-old girl left her Brooklyn apartment with a baby and never came back. Michaela Lewis Paul, 17, and 10-month-old Malcolm Rose-Lewis were last…
Jealous Brooklyn man jailed for brutal stabbing of romantic rival
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A Crown Heights man was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison for breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment and stabbing her new partner in a near-fatal attack, prosecutors…
Brooklyn man indicted for drunk driving crash that injured two NYPD officers and ejected passenger
A 24-year-old Brooklyn man was indicted Monday in connection with a high-speed drunk driving crash in Gravesend that seriously injured two NYPD officers and left a passenger critically hurt after being ejected…
Brooklyn winner to get $1K weekly for life
BROOKLYN, NY – A CASH4LIFE player in Brooklyn is now set to receive $1,000 a week for life after purchasing a second-prize-winning ticket for the Aug. 2 drawing. The winning ticket, worth…
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