The Brooklyn Ink

“No one wins” in murder conviction

By Alex Gecan Bedlam erupted in a Kings County courtroom this afternoon, drowning out the last of three guilty verdicts against Jarelle Washington. Washington’s relatives and friends, some of them too hysterical to be understood, [...]

“No One Wins” in Murder Conviction

By Alex Gecan Bedlam erupted in a Kings County courtroom this afternoon, drowning out the last of three guilty verdicts against Jarelle Washington. Washington’s relatives and friends, some of them too hysterical to be understood, [...]

Brownsville Mother Mourns Son’s Slaying

By Alex Gecan Laura Gravenhise was returning home from the grocery store Monday evening when her son was shot right in front of her. Hakeem Gravenhise, 16, of 2069 Union Street, was shot multiple times [...]

Growing Up Ain’t Cheap

Throughout the Northeast, the average cost of raising a child to the age of 17 jumped from $149,700 to $191,490 (in two-parent households earning less than $56,000 per year) between 2005 and 2009. The good [...]

Corrections officer charges police mistreatment

A New York City corrections officer told The Brooklyn Ink yesterday that police had handcuffed and detained her and her 13-year-old son for six hours Sunday night, grilling them into the early morning about a shoot-out that occurred in the woman’s East New York apartment building, in which one officer was shot and injured.