Ditmas Park Teacher Cleared of Sex Abuse
Editor’s note: This story first appeared at Bklyner.com in collaboration with Brooklyn News Service. By LISA FLAUGH A former teacher at a Ditmas Park elementary …[read more]
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As Seen in Bklyner: Teacher’s Sex Abuse Trial Begins
By PAUL FRANGIPANE A former teacher accused of groping five girls at a Ditmas Park public school agreed to a guilty plea on Monday – …[read more]
As Seen on Bklyner: Bail Revoked in Shooting
By PAUL FRANGIPANE A Brooklyn judge revoked the bail Thursday of a suspect arrested in a shooting last July on Avenue X in Sheepshead Bay …[read more]
Police: Fake News Story Led Gunman to D.C.
By ISAAC MONTEROSE Police arrested a 28-year-old North Carolina man in Washington on Sunday after he allegedly pointed a firearm at an employee of Comet …[read more]
An Angry Voice Speaks out for Rikers Officers
Violence is up in New York City’s Rikers Island jails even as the number of detainees has dropped below 10,000. Albert Craig, a trustee of …[read more]
City Jails Struggle to House Young Inmates
By SHANECE McGREGOR In December 2014, Punitive segregation, also referred to as solitary confinement, was abolished for adolescent inmates ages 16 to 17, in …[read more]
Feds, Apple battle in Brooklyn court
By ALEXANDRA SEMENOVA The legal battle between national security interests and personal privacy escalated last Monday after the Justice Department appealed a Brooklyn federal court …[read more]
Feds: keep the lid on Shkreli evidence
By ALEXANDRA SEMENOVA Federal prosecutors say that former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli is trying to use a civil suit the government filed against him to …[read more]
Council: Give Pell grants to inmates
By DAWN ELIGIO The City Council Committee on Higher Education voted Monday in favor of a measure to support President Barack Obama’s Second Chance Pell …[read more]
Canarsie clergy combat crime
By KECIAH BAILEY Following a brutal rape in Canarsie and several other reported rape attempts, the 69th Precinct Clergy Council announced stepped up efforts to …[read more]