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‘Bling Bishop’ jailed for violating bond while awaiting sentencing in fraud case
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. Convicted fraudster Lamor Whitehead, better known as the “Bling Bishop” of Brooklyn, was ordered to jail on Monday for violating the terms of his pre-sentencing bond. Whitehead, whose...
Caught on video: Queens fatal hit-run suspect returns to remove something from car after crash
NEW YORK -- Police are searching for the driver in a hit-and-run that left two people dead in Queens.The shocking aftermath of the crash was caught on video. The suspect can be seen getting out of the car and running. Moments later, he is seen returning to retrieve something from his vehicle, and then runs off again.Tragic incident caught on videoSurveillance video shows two people on a scooter driving down 57th Avenue. Seconds later, police say they were hit by a silver Volkswagen hatchback head-on, adding that vehicle then smashed into two parked cars, causing a fire.Smashed pieces of the...
Queens man dead after flipping his Mercedes in Grand Central Parkway crash
A Queens man was killed when he flipped his Mercedes in a crash on the Grand Central Parkway, police said Monday. Manuel Torres, 22, was zipping east on the parkway when he slammed into two cars heading in the same direction near Parsons Blvd. in Briarwood at about 6:45 a.m. Sunday, cops said. The impact caused his Mercedes-Benz sedan to overturn, striking another vehicle before coming to a ...
Three dogs dead after Uniondale house fire
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - Three dogs are dead after a house fire in Uniondale. It happened Monday night around 7pm at a home near 100 west and 224. Firefighters say they could see black smoke as they approached the home. Officials believe the fire started in the kitchen and...
Video shows aftermath of partial building collapse in Brooklyn
NEW YORK -- Scaffolding toppled onto cars in Brooklyn as the roof of a vacant building partially collapsed on Sunday, launching a New York City Department of Buildings investigation. Surveillance video shows red dust filling the street in a matter of seconds as scaffolding at 143 Roebling Street in Williamsburg fell to the ground. "Loudest boom I've ever heard" Chase Winovich opened his door on Sunday evening to find Hope Street covered and the scaffolding across the street completely collapsed. "We hear the loudest boom I've ever heard in my life," said Winovich. "I see the scaffolding all over the place. If it's to...
Gunfight in East Flatbush leaves a woman injured after stray bullet strikes leg
It was a chaotic scene last night in East Flatbush, Brooklyn with innocent bystanders frantically sprinting for cover after gunfire exploded at the intersection of Church and Utica Avenue.
Cha-Ching! Winning Lotto Ticket Sold At This Hewlett Store
Time to check your tickets. A card shop in Hewlett sold a prize-winning Take 5 lottery ticket for the Saturday, May 18 drawing, New York Lottery officials announced. The ticket, worth $35,550.50, was purchased at Meet Cards & Gifts, located at 1753 Peninsula Boulevard. It was part of the Take 5 evening drawing.
FBI agents pay a visit to 55th Street in West New York, details remain scarce
FBI agents paid a visit to 55th Street in West New York today, though details of the law enforcement action remain scarce at this time. Eyewitnesses, who spoke under the conditions of anonymity, indicated that upwards of two dozen FBI agents were on the scene, at times going in and out of a two-unit building at 5500 55th St., which used to host the Variety Deli on the ground floor.
Brooklyn woman accused of leaving boy, 4, home alone
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A woman was arrested after authorities found a 4-year-old boy home alone while responding to a water leak in Coney Island early Monday, police said. The FDNY went to check on the leak at the home at 2945 West 23rd St. at around 2 a.m. but nobody answered the door, according […]
New literacy curriculum faces backlash from Brooklyn parents, educators and students over lack of depth
Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox!. When the doors opened for eight of Brooklyn’s school districts last September, parents and teachers walked into three new literacy curricula that the Department of Education unveiled in May 2023.
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