Today’s “street” guys lack scruples, a moral compass or even human decency. A Brooklyn father was shot and killed after retrieving the pricey cap some local toughs had stolen from his son.
Beef patties are delicious, but we wouldn’t say they’re worth getting arrested for. Nevertheless, back on July 23, a man got pinched for stealing a beef patty, and a soda, from a restaurant in…wait for it…Flatbush, Brooklyn.
K2, a controversial synthetic marijuana mostly sold at urban convenience stores, was responsible for the hospitalization of 33 residents in Brooklyn, N.Y. this week. The Bedford-Stuyvesant section of the borough is an apparent hotbed for K2 activity, and authorities are scrambling to get answers for the growing epidemic.
A man in Brooklyn turned a 4th of July celebratory barbecue into a night of terrors when he unloaded his gun on the party after being denied entry.
The Pop Out Boyz, a Brooklyn-based credit scanner gang and rap crew, had their criminal enterprise busted up by NYPD in April. As the case moves forward, details about the illegal operation have come forth and look to signals a disturbing trend in New York and abroad regarding scanners.
The NYPD is on the lookout for a Crown Heights man who pulled out a stun gun at a Kennedy Fried Chicken location last Friday. The man got into an argument with an employee of the fast food joint over change from a purchase and attempted to fire the gun at the worker.
Once again social media proves to be the downfall of would be career criminals. Three Crips were arrested in Brooklyn and charged with pulling a violent home invasion robbery earlier this month where they made off with cash, jewelry and a few pairs of some ridiculously expensive Balmain jeans.
Columbia University student Nayla Kidd went missing earlier this month, sparking a flurry of worry among her family in Kentucky and the school staff in New York. Kidd has been found safely and has since dropped out of Columbia to begin a new life in Brooklyn.
A group of Brooklyn rappers and a street gang called the Pop Out Boyz boasted about their credit card scammer ring and actually recorded songs about their crimes. After blowing up their own spot on wax, the group’s operation was busted up after a year-long investigation.
Lauryn Hill kicked off her very own music and art festival in collaboration with TIDAL. Diaspora Calling is a three-day event at Brooklyn’s historic Kings Theater, celebrating “rich tapestry of artists” from Africa, and the West Indies.
“Panda” rapper Desiigner, who has been accused of biting Future, just saw his hit song chart higher on Billboard than any song Future has ever made. How does this happen?
The NYPD is taking routine action after a video of a Brooklyn mailman’s arrest last, week went viral. Lt. Luis Machado who oversaw the arrest of Glenn Grays, a Black postal worker, has been stripped of his badge and gun and remanded to modified duty, reports the New York Daily News.
