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Brooklyn man pleads not guilty in shooting that killed 7-month-old in stroller
12+ hour, 26+ min ago (442+ words) Published Apr 15, 2026 at 4: 39 p. m. ET The man accused of shooting and killing a 7-month-old baby in Brooklyn earlier this month pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder and other charges. Amuri Greene, 21, was arraigned in Brooklyn Supreme Court for the fatal shooting…...
2 men to face judge in fatal Brooklyn shooting of 7-month-old girl
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (468+ words) Published Apr 14, 2026 at 9: 52 a. m. ET The two men accused of shooting and killing a 7-month-old baby in Brooklyn earlier this month are set to go before a judge on Tuesday, prosecutors said " hours after the baby's coffin was drawn in a…...
Brooklyn prosecutors see exonerations dip amid NYC and nationwide decline, data show
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (1246+ words) Published Apr 14, 2026 at 6: 00 a. m. ET In March, Brooklyn prosecutors signed off on their first exoneration of the year, freeing Kenneth Windley after nearly 20 years in prison. Such exonerations have been a proud hallmark of the Brooklyn DA's office since its Conviction…...
Woman dies in custody on drug charge at Brooklyn Central Booking, police say
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (431+ words) Published Apr 13, 2026 Modified Apr 13, 2026 A 33-year-old woman arrested on drug charges died in a Brooklyn jail cell on Sunday after two trips to the hospital, NYPD officials said Monday. The woman, Zamiqua Miller, was being held at Brooklyn Central Booking,…...
Driver hits, critically wounds 3-year-old girl who ran into Brooklyn street, NYPD says
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (405+ words) Published Apr 9, 2026 at 8: 12 a. m. ET A three-year-old girl is in critical condition at a hospital after police said a driver hit her in Brooklyn overnight Wednesday into Thursday. NYPD officials said the girl was with her mother outside a home on…...
Parents say abuses at shuttered Brooklyn day care highlight oversight gaps
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (1407+ words) Published Apr 8, 2026 at 6: 01 a. m. ET A Brooklyn day care owner whose license had been revoked by the state was allowed to open another program a few months later " only to have the second facility shuttered amid allegations of child abuse. The…...
NYC's merger with Brooklyn's Maimonides Medical Center delayed
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (591+ words) Published Apr 1, 2026 at 3: 01 p. m. ET Modified Apr 1, 2026 at 4: 56 p. m. ET New York City won't meet its April 1 target to finalize a deal to fold Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn into the city's public hospital system, after the parties failed to get the…...
7-month-old girl in stroller fatally shot in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYPD says
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (432+ words) Published Apr 1, 2026 at 3: 30 p. m. ET Modified Apr 1, 2026 at 5: 36 p. m. ET A 7-month-old girl was fatally shot in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference that the shooting happened around 1: 21 p. m. as the girl's…...
Man sought in Brooklyn hate crime accused of smearing feces on building, police sources say
2+ week, 3+ day ago (208+ words) Published Mar 29, 2026 at 5: 46 p. m. ET Police are searching for a man accused of defacing a Brooklyn Heights mosque earlier this month in an incident being investigated as a hate crime, according to the NYPD. Police sources said a man wearing a…...
A Brooklyn murder case tests new anonymous jury law as online threats grow more common
3+ week, 3+ day ago (706+ words) Published Mar 22, 2026 at 10: 00 a. m. ET Prosecutors say a Brooklyn man's sentencing last week to 25 years in prison for murder stems from New York's first trial under new anonymous jury rules that allowed the court to keep the jurors' names from the…...