The Brooklyn Ink

Cop Praised for Heroism – and Marksmanship

By Amaris Castillo Feris Jones seemed surprised to see photographers waiting for her when she arrived at the Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza in downtown Brooklyn on Thursday morning.  The NYPD Detective smiled shyly for the [...]

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.

NYPD investigating officers’ crime statistics manipulation

A New York City Police Department commander and three officers are facing internal charges after being accused of manipulating crime stats, NY1 reports. The former commander of Brooklyn’s 81st Precinct, Deputy Inspector Steven Mauriello, is [...]

Police Investigating Murder of Brooklyn Man

Police are seeking a man for questioning in the death of James Williams, 30, who was found with a gunshot wound to the back of the head in front of 357 W118th St. in Manhattan [...]

Hit and Run in Greenpoint

Neil Chamberlain, a 28-year-old web designer is in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital after he was hit by a speeding car on Calyer Street between McGuiness Boulevard and Newel Street Sunday morning. One resident told [...]

Suspicious Package in East New York

Suspicious Package at 270 Wortman Ave in East New York Brooklyn. The Police are, apparently, still checking it out. More soon. From the Gothamist newsmap