About weegee

Marc Hermann is a Brooklyn Heights native who works as a photographer and photo editor for the New York Daily News. Starting out as a teenager who would chase the local fire companies to emergency scenes, Marc's first news photos appeared in the Packer Collegiate Institute's school paper, before he made the jump to the Brooklyn Paper, Brooklyn Eagle, and, finally, the Daily News. "weegee" is a tribute to the moniker of legendary New York press photographer Arthur Fellig,
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Stabbing At Brooklyn Heights Library

Stabbing At Brooklyn Heights Library

EMS has transported a 52-year-old man to Bellevue Hospital after an apparent stabbing that occurred at the Brooklyn Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library on Cadman Plaza West Tuesday evening. The victim was reportedly stabbed in the neck and abdomen, but the injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. A suspect was taken into custody at the scene.  Continue Reading →

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BREAKING: Verdict In Death of 84th Precinct Officer

BREAKING: Verdict In Death of 84th Precinct Officer

A Brooklyn jury has just returned a verdict of not guilty against George Villanueva on a charge that he murdered 84th Precinct Officer Alain Schaberger last year. Villanueva was, however, convicted on a charge of aggravated manslaughter, and his status as a repeat felony offender may result in a life sentence.

Officer Schaberger fell over the railing at 45 St. Marks Place while assisting in Villanueva’s arrest. At issue was whether Schaberger was deliberately pushed or accidentally fell during a struggle.

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Enterprise Over The Heights

Enterprise Over The Heights

The Space Shuttle Enterprise, aboard a NASA 747, appears over the Brooklyn Heights skyline this morning on its way to JFK Aiport, and eventually the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. (Photo: M. Hermann/BHB) Continue Reading →

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Ceiling Burglar Sought

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Police are looking for a man who, they say, broke into an office at 68 Jay Street this week and stole a laptop computer. The suspect, pictured here, apparently got into the office through a hole in the sheetrock ceiling at approximately 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, where surveillance video shows him removing a computer. His getaway was less dramatic: He used the door. Continue Reading →

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High Street iRobber Foiled

High Street iRobber Foiled

A tech-savvy police officer from the 84th Precinct helped catch a thief this afternoon. According to cops, a 32-year-old woman fell prey to an armed robber at the High Street station just before 1:20 P.M. The suspect fled with the victim’s pocketbook and iPhone. The victim quickly found an officer stationed on Pearl Street and reported the incident. Officer Benito Ocasio, honored as a Cop of the Month in 2009, suggested that he might be able to track the phone using the victim’s iTunes account. In doing so, they saw that the phone was then in the vicinity of 111 Bridge St. in the Farragut Houses. Responding there, police found the suspect exiting the building…with a ringing phone. He was stopped, positively identified by the victim, and taken into custody. The victim’s property, including credit cards and state ID, was recovered. Police have identified the suspect as Brian Mack, 55. He now faces charges of robbery, grand larceny, menacing, possession of a weapon, and criminal trespass.

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Tragedy at St. George Tower

Police are currently investigating the death of an unidentified person who apparently fell or jumped from the St. George Tower at 111 Hicks St., landing at the adjacent 60 Pineapple St.

UPDATE: TUESDAY MORNING: The New York Daily News reports: A young man jumped to his death from a Brooklyn luxury high-rise and crashed through a skylight in an adjacent building while the occupants of the apartment were home, police said. The 18-year-old, whose name was not released by police Monday, leaped from the roof of the St. George Tower co-op building on Hicks St. in Brooklyn Heights about 7:30 p.m., cops said. He fell through the glass skylight of an apartment on Pineapple St. with such force that the original 911 call was for an explosion, police sources said. No one in that apartment was injured. Continue Reading →

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Sunday Stabbing At reBar in DUMBO

Sunday Stabbing At reBar in DUMBO

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A man was assaulted with a knife and his assailant taken into custody shortly after 1:00 this morning at reBar, 147 Front Street, near Jay Streeet in DUMBO. The 25-year-old victim, whose left foot was bandaged, reportedly called 911 to report that he had been stabbed, while others held the perpetrator until police arrived. Detectives from the 84th Precinct took the suspect into custody. The victim was transported to Kings County Hospital in stable condition. Continue Reading →

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Fatality at Boro Hall Station

Police are on scene at the Borough Hall Station at Court St. & Joralemon St. where a person was struck and killed by a train shortly before 5:30 p.m.

Preliminary reports indicate that the person was not the victim of a crime.

Traffic on the 4/5 lines is stopped on the southbound side, and northbound trains are bypassing the station until further notice.

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Daily News Reports on Search for BeeBop

The Daily News picks up on the search for BeeBop the Cat today:

NY Daily News:“Losing your cat is a new level of pain,” Sheehan said sobbing. “I want him back. I won’t give up.”

Sheehan last saw 2-year-old BeeBop on June 28 when she was moving out of her old apartment at 38 Columbia Place. BeeBop jumped out of a back window before she could stop him.

“Everyone was looking for him,” said Sheehan, who now lives in Maine caring for her ailing 88-year-old dad.

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DEVELOPING: Shooting Victim on Willow Street

NYPD is operating on Willow St. near Clark St., where a vehicle has crashed on the sidewalk. An occupant of the vehicle was found to have been shot, with a suspect fleeing toward the Promenade. Officers have a suspect in custody on Columbia Heights.

UPDATE: The victim was shot once to the neck, and is being transported to Lutheran Medical Center.

1/1/12 UPDATE: The victim, 43, is listed in stable condition at LMC. The suspect, 19, is in custody with charges pending.

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Brooklyn Bridge Sandblasting Wreaks Havoc

Photo by M. Hermann for BHB

Motorists heading across the Brooklyn Bridge this afternoon were taken by surprise when their rear windows suddenly shattered. Eight cars on the Brooklyn-bound side of the bridge in the left-hand lane were passing an area where construction is ongoing, and sandblasting was in progress, when some sort of debris started hitting them. At least two cars collided during the hard brake that resulted, sending two people to the hospital. No other injuries were reported.

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Cops Credited with Bridge Grab

Our gang over at the 84th Precinct made a good grab this afternoon on the Manhattan Bridge, when they responded to a report of an emotionally disturbed person standing on the span’s outer edge. P.O. Anthony Brooks, an 18-year veteran of the department, engaged the person, a 38-year-old male, in conversation. Shortly after seeing the officers, the man turned and began to quickly walk away from them. Officer Brooks, with the assistance of P.O. William Cooper and P.O. Daniel Sandberg, followed and managed to grab him by the waist and pull him over the fence to their side. EMS responded and transported the subject to Bellevue Hospital.

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Why Your Lights Just Dimmed

The FDNY reports a generator at the outdoor ConEd substation on Water St. caught fire, but has been put out by the automatic extinguisher system.

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Stabbing at Fulton Mall

Police are at 374 Fulton Street, near Smith Street, where a person has reportedly been stabbed. A suspect is in custody, and units are searching the storm drains for a possible weapon. No word on the victim’s condition.

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Motorcyclist Thrown from BQE

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Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an accident that occurred around 1:00 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Initial reports indicate that a motorcyclist was going at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the bike near the curve after the Columbia Heights overpass and was thrown over the guardrail to Furman St. below. Police and Fire Department units responded to the scene to treat the injured person who was transported to Lutheran Medical Center in serious condition. The NYPD Accident Investigation Squad was interviewing witnesses, including other motorcyclists, on the expressway.

UPDATE: The victim, identified as Nelson Perez, 48, was pronounced dead at Lutheran Medical Center.

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