Hello, Crime Busters! It’s been awhile since we took down those perps and thugs—I hope you’re not out of practice. So rifle through that bag you left unguarded at Macy’s and make sure you still have your wallet and mace, it’s time for the blotter.
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Fatal Accident on BQE Linked to Alcohol
A 1999 Honda heading east on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway at a high rate of speed overturned after it hit the median just before midnight. The driver, 25-year-old Jesse Astor of Sunset Park, was seriously injured, and his 21-year-old passenger was pronounced dead a short time later at Long Island College Hospital. Police determined that Astor […]
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84th Precinct Police Blotter – 9/14/10
45 Main Street is the target of two robberies in the same day, and a man is shot at the Farragut Houses. It’s this week’s police blotter.
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 9/7/10
A man gets an MRI and swipes a wallet in the process; an elderly woman is told she won $5.5 million and pays the price; and this time it’s a Macy’s employee who steals a credit card. It’s this week’s police blotter.
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 8/24/10
A $2,500 diamond necklace is stolen; a $10,000 antique box of silverware is stolen; and vehicles of various Blue Book values are driven away into oblivion. It’s this week’s crime blotter.
Pisces Purloined!
As reported by McBrooklyn, the raised wrought iron symbol for Pisces (your correspondent’s astrological sign, not that he believes in such nonsense) has been taken from the armillary globe that sits in the center of the circle at the north end of the Promenade, leaving only a bare metal ghost of its former presence.
84th Precinct Police Blotter 8/18/10
Heather had to rearrange her sock drawer this week, so we’ll have to be content with this crime roundup of stories from our pals at the Brooklyn Eagle and the Brooklyn Paper as interpreted by your publisher.
No Snitching for 101 Clark Street Shooting Victim
The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the 28 year old shooting victim attacked August 1 in front of 101 Clark Street is not cooperating with police. The paper says that despite extensive injuries –including two bullets still lodged in his spinal-cord region — the victim, whose name has not been released, is refusing to tell cops […]
BHB Scribe’s Ride Ripped Off!
Our newest contributor, Caitlin Heikkila, had her prized bicycle stolen the other day near Cranberry Street. She writes: Becoming Brooklyn: Yes, that’s right. The bike I’ve been raving to you about was snatched from outside of my apartment last night. Despite my massive, weighs-more-than-I-do chain lock, the thief prevailed, cleanly breaking it without leaving […]
84th Precinct Police Blotter – 8/10/10
A man is attacked by a cabbie after trying to pay by credit card; the Clark St. shooting finally makes the report; and on my way to the precinct, I get sprayed with cement. It’s this week’s police blotter.
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