Tag Archives: Brooklyn

Updated 06-22-2021 Earlier reports noted that Def Jam shelled out more than $35K for DMX‘s star-studded memorial service, however sources close to the situation revealed the late rapper’s record label actually dished out much more. In addition to funeral home expenses, the label covered renting out Barclays Center, plus production …

Brooklyn residents got the surprise of their lives after a drug dealer dumped a bag of weed over a rooftop. According to the New York Post, a 29-year-old man was scheduled to meet up with several people on Tuesday on the rooftop of a Sunset Park building around 11:15 p.m. …

A mother in New York City is accused of throwing her two young children out of an apartment building window before later jumping out herself. According to People, the 24-year-old woman, who has not been identified, reportedly threw her 1-month-old baby girl and her 2-year-old son out of the second-floor …

Eight Brooklyn residents face charges connected with a year-long scheme they ran that defrauded the unemployment system of approximately $2 million.  According to a Department of Justice press release, Bryan Abraham, 18; Carlos Vazquez, 20; Angel Cabrera, 18; Armani Miller, 24; Johan Santos, 19; Gianni Stewart, 19; Andre Ruddock, 25; and Seth Golding, 18, were charged with conspiracy to …

The New York City Police Department is investigating the death of a 12-year-old Brooklyn boy. Romy Vilsaint’s death is considered suspicious by investigators, who believe he was being bullied and beat up at school. According to his family, he had been attacked twice in two days at his school, PS …

A Brooklyn, New York district attorney is trying to get 90 convictions dismissed from a former New York City Police Department detective’s record. On Wednesday, District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said he plans on asking the court to remove 27 felonies and 63 convictions misdemeanor convictions from the record of former …

The Houston Rockets have traded James Harden to the Brooklyn Nets in a huge four-team deal.  The Pacers, Cavaliers, Nets, and the Rockets have come together in a four-part deal that has sent Harden to the Nets and Nets small forward Caris LeVert to the Indiana Pacers. Sources told ESPN’s …

On Wednesday, the NYPD and Brooklyn District Attorney announced the arrests of more than a dozen gangbangers for their roles in a rash of shootings and killings in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. According to the New York Daily News, the group of 15 young men and teenage boys reportedly a …

On Monday, a Brooklyn man was arrested for defrauding the federal Paycheck Protection Program of almost $2 million.  NBC News 4 Washington reports that Leon Miles, 51, is accused of applying for $1,904,593 in May on behalf of his limited liability company. According to court papers, he claimed the company had …

A New York woman’s afro has officially been certified the biggest in the world by the Guinness World Records. Simone Williams’ of Brooklyn dethroned New Orleans social worker Aevin Dugas of the title after she held onto it for eight years. Dugas naturally-grown fro measures  4-foot-4-inches in circumference. Williams’ hair …

A Brooklyn Hasidic synagogue in Brooklyn held a wedding for a chief rabbi’s grandson. Over a thousand people attended in complete secrecy and without masks, creating what may be the latest superspreader event.  New York City has nearly 25,000 Covid-19-related deaths. That didn’t stop organizers of Yoel Teitelbaum’s, grandson of …

Jessica Hyatt, a sophomore at Success Academy in Brooklyn, New York, was awarded the Daniel Feinberg Success in Chess Award, which includes a $40,000 college scholarship.  She is one of the Top 10 Black female chess players, with the dream of becoming the first black female chess master. “I play whenever …

A 1-year-old boy was shot and killed on Sunday night after two men opened fire on a Brooklyn cookout. According to the New York Times, the incident occurred in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood around 11:30 pm. Baby Davell Gardner was in his stroller near the Raymond Bush Playground when two men …

According to CBS News New York, the NYPD stated that an officer was stabbed in the neck while two others were shot in Brooklyn on Wednesday night. All three are expected to have a full recovery. The suspect is currently in critical condition. Police say that two officers were put …

Written [email protected] Even Though New York was labeled the epicenter of COVID19, it did not stop 60 people from attending an underground party,  hosted in a Brooklyn barbershop. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered the closure of all barbershops, beauty parlors, and nail salons on March 21, amid the growing …