Waitress Accused Of Scamming Elderly Woman Out Of Nearly $500,000
A waitress who befriended a widow has gone from server to suspect – now standing accused of heartlessly taking the elderly woman for pretty much every penny she had.
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A waitress who befriended a widow has gone from server to suspect – now standing accused of heartlessly taking the elderly woman for pretty much every penny she had.
Police said four thieves tied up 91-year-old Waldiman Thompson and his 100-year-old wife, Ethlin, in their Bedford-Stuyvesant home last week.
Police on Tuesday were searching for a suspect in the rape of a woman in her apartment in Bushwick, Brooklyn this past weekend.
There was a high-speed cow chase in Brooklyn.
The workers were putting up cinderblocks on the roof when it collapsed to the basement, the NYPD said.
Police say four thieves tied up 91-year-old Waldiman Thompson and his 100-year-old wife, Ethlin in their home in Bed-Stuy last week.
A pedestrian was struck and killed in Canarsie, Brooklyn Monday, police said.
The first dispute broke out at 11:30 Sunday night, on the corner of 5th Ave and 86th Street, when things got physical between two men.
It broke out around 4:20 a.m. Monday in a four-story, multi-unit building at 1225 49th St. at 12th Avenue in Borough Park.
A scene practically out of an action movie transpired recently in the middle of a bustling Brooklyn neighborhood.
Burglars have targeted at least 10 homes in Brooklyn over the past several weeks.
Nine people, including several kids, were hurt in a hit-and-run on the Belt Parkway in East New York, Brooklyn early Sunday, involving a car that police said was stolen.
Jordan Reeves says the NYPD signed off on his plan to post the signs ahead of a block party this weekend, but the department says that isn't the case.
Police said 23-year-old Saeed Ahmad was speeding, lost control and hit a barrier. He then allegedly left his passenger in the burning car.
A Brooklyn neighborhood traumatized by a deadly home invasion wants the violence to end now.
It happened around 10 p.m. Thursday on Church Avenue near 34th Street in East Flatbush.
It happened around 10:45 a.m. Monday at the Carroll Street G line station.
The search is on for a pack of thieves who police say tied up an elderly couple and ransacked their apartment in a violent home invasion robbery that left a 91-year-old man dead and his 100-year-old wife in the hospital.
A 93-year-old driver ran over a police officer's foot in East New York, Brooklyn Thursday evening, police said.
Police said they responded to a call about an assault with a knife in a building on Surf Avenue in Coney Island just after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Authorities say the man and his 99-year-old wife were tied up when a four men broke into their home at 160 Decatur St. around 3:30 p.m.
A man accused of sexually assaulting two women and attempting to assault a third all within a few hours of each other in Brooklyn Tuesday is under arrest.
Police are questioning a person of interest in connection with three sexual assaults that occurred within two hours Tuesday morning in Brooklyn.
A clothing store in Brooklyn has become the latest business to receive a hateful letter in the mail.
A study by Columbia University has found potentially harmful high levels of lead in the soil of some Brooklyn neighborhoods, causing a higher risk of children there having elevated lead levels in their blood.
