77th Precinct covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights Burglar hits apartment A sneaky burglar entered an apartment, o March 28 and got away with over $6,000 in goods, police said. The 47-year-old victim discovered the burglary when she arrived at her 848 Prospect Place apartment around noon. Police reports indicated the burglar did not...
77th Precinct covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights Man gunned down A 20-year-old man was shot and killed on March 13, police said. Police responded to sounds of gunfire at about 7:50 pm and found the victim shot once in the chest. He was taken to Kings County Hospital and declared dead on arrival....
Pot sales bust More drug arrests Two 48-year-old men were arrested – one for marijuana possession and one for heroin possession on March 5, Police said.The two were standing on the southeast corner of Bergen Street and Franklin Avenue at about 1 pm when police members of the Street Narcotics Enforcement Unit (SNEU) moved...
77th Precinct covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights Possible robbery pattern Police sources said a possible crime pattern is emerging after two similar knifepoint robberies have led to money being taken from ATMs. In the first incident, a 24-year-old man was walking on the southeast corner of Saint Marks and Nostrand Avenues at about...
Murder, Rape up in Central Brooklyn Felony crime on course to rise more than 10 percent in 2010 The two most violent crimes – murder and rape – are up sharply in the Central Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. So far this year there have been 56 reported...