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84th Precinct Community Council Meets Tuesday Evening

By Claude Scales on January 14, 2012 5:27 pm in crime, Government

There will be a meeting of the 84th Precinct community Council this Tuesday evening, January 17, starting at 7:00, at Borough Hall, entrance at 209 Joralemon Street (between Court and Adams streets). All are invited, and refreshments will be served. The agenda includes a presentation by the New York Peace Institute on mediation, the Cop of the Year award, a precinct crime report, a transit police report, and time for questions and answers.

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Willow Street Shooting [Video]

By Homer Fink on January 1, 2012 9:32 am in crime, Video

Karl Junkersfeld surveys the scene of last night’s shooting on Willow Street. Watch after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Willow Street Car Crash Shooting Photos

By Matthew Parker on January 1, 2012 3:38 am in Brooklyn Heights, crime

Returning from the airport tonight at around 2am, I snapped a few photos of the scene of the New Year’s Eve shooting on Willow and Clark Street. Police were on hand gathering evidence. Continue Reading →

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DEVELOPING: Shooting Victim on Willow Street

By weegee on December 31, 2011 10:45 pm in Brooklyn Heights, crime, News, Police Blotter

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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Montague Street Radio Shack Robbed

By Homer Fink on December 29, 2011 12:40 pm in crime

The Radio Shack at 110 Montague Street was robbed of $7K in electronics on December 22. The Brooklyn Paper reports that 3 armed thugs – two with guns another brandishing a knife – burst into the store at 9:40 pm. The perps locked the store’s clerk in the basement and fled the scene.

Radio Shack, while the subject of ridicule seems to be a favorite target of thieves. Case in point – the Montague Street store was also held up last year.

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Trucks Troubling You? Come to 84th Precinct Community Council Meeting Tuesday

By Claude Scales on November 12, 2011 10:47 pm in crime, Events, Government, Traffic

D.I. Mark DiPaolo, 84th Precinct Commander, sends us word that the 84th Precinct Community Council will meet this Tuesday evening, November 15, starting at 7:00, at the Baptist Temple, 360 Schermerhorn Street, between Third Avenue and Nevins Street. The featured event will be a report by the Truck Enforcement Unit. Also on the agenda are a Transit Police report, a precinct crime report, presentation of the Cop of the Month Award, and a question and answer period. All are welcome, and refreshments will be served.

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Wheel Thieves Strike Again

By Claude Scales on November 10, 2011 10:53 am in Brooklyn Heights, crime

A Range Rover sits forlornly, bereft of left wheels and propped up on a partially collapsed plastic milk crate, on Pierrepont Place, between Montague and Pierrepont Streets, this morning. We don’t know if this is the work of the same crooks who, over the weekend, took the wheels from a Honda CR-V parked on Henry Street between Joralemon and State streets, as reported in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, also in this week’s Brooklyn Heights Press (p.5), but it’s the same modus operandi, down to the lug nuts neatly clustered on the pavement.

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Thugs Creepin’ in Brooklyn Heights

By Homer Fink on November 2, 2011 4:04 pm in crime

As we search for our next Police Blotter reporter, this crazy crime news comes to us from the Brooklyn Paper:

A man fought off two knife-wielding thugs who tried to steal his iPhone on Hicks Street on Oct. 24.

The fearless would-be victim said that he was near Pineapple Street at 10 pm when one of the men held a knife to his throat and asked for his cellphone.

He responded by punching that thief in the face, prompting both men to run off.

And another (alleged) sub-human robbed another iPhone on Willow Place: Continue Reading →

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84th Precinct Community Council Meets Tuesday Evening; Focus on Domestic Violence

By Claude Scales on October 16, 2011 9:36 pm in crime

Deputy Inspector Mark DiPaolo has announced that the next meeting of the 84th Precinct Community Council will be at St. James Pavilion in Concord Village, 240 Jay Street (between Cathedral Place and Chapel Street), starting at 7:00 p.m. this coming Tuesday, October 18. The special guest at this meeting will be the precinct’s domestic violence officer. Also on the agenda are the Cop of the Month award, a transit police report, the precinct crime report, and a question-and-answer session in which all may participate. All are invited, and refreshments will be served.

If you would like to receive the 84th’s Community Alert e-mails, please call P.O. John Kenny at (718) 875-6363 and give him your e-mail address.

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Wild in the (Brooklyn Heights) Streets

By Homer Fink on October 9, 2011 8:08 am in crime

Yes, folks it’s not shocking that there are freaks, misfits and malcontents out on the streets of New York City. One BHB reader writes us to warn of those lurking right here in Brooklyn Heights:

I live on Columbia Pl. On the way home [Friday] evening (morning) about 2:15am my friend and I were assaulted on State St between Henry and Hicks. We successfully fought him off. White Male 18-25yrs 5′ 8-10″. He kept shouting “you think you’re funny” until we got the upper hand when he started repeating “we’re friends! we’re friends!” he ran away north on Hicks. We did not call the police as we were unharmed.

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NYPD Accidentally Shoots into Atlantic Avenue Apartment

By Homer Fink on September 21, 2011 9:11 am in crime

Photo: WABC-TV

The NY Daily News reports on yesterday’s NYPD shooting on Atlantic Avenue. Cops were in pursuit of skell-in-waiting driving a stolen vehicle which became wedged between an ice truck and a vehicle being used by the TV show Pan Am which is shooting near Urban Outfitters at at 166 Atlantic.

An NYPD officer fired off a shot, the paper says, when he “pounded its butt on the roof of the stolen car as the driver put it in reverse and tried to mow him down.” The errant bullet entered a nearby apartment, nearly striking a mother and child. Continue Reading →

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Stabbing at Fulton Mall

By weegee on September 13, 2011 12:22 pm in crime, Downtown Brooklyn, News

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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84th Precinct Police Blotter – 9/7/11

By Heather Quinlan on September 7, 2011 11:09 am in crime, Police Blotter

Dean St. was hit bad; Conway’s was, too; and Planet Fitness. It’s this week’s police blotter.

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D.I. DiPaolo’s Wise Advice for Gym Patrons

By Claude Scales on September 3, 2011 11:00 pm in crime, Government

You’ve seen the steady stream of reports of thefts from health club lockers, especially at Planet Fitness, in Heather Quinlan’s weekly 84th Precinct Police Blotter. Deputy Inspector Mark DiPaolo, Commander of the 84th, has taken note of the problem, and offers this sage advice:

As part of our community alert Email System , the 84th precinct likes to keep our community aware of the types of crimes that are prevalent in our community as well as the New York City as a whole. Unfortunately some of the criminals in our city seem to like utilize the privacy(no video cameras) of gym/spa locker rooms to their advantage.

There have been scenerios where combination locks have been cut and removed or hacked open with no damage to combination lock.Sometimes all property removed and others maybe just a credit card removed giving the thief time to utilize the card until its discovery. As technology advances so does information via the internet making these crimes easy enough for common criminals.So in an effort to educate Our community to become more proactive against these crimes below are some listed preventive tips; Continue Reading →

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