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Two beaten unconscious in Williamsburg after leaving gay bar in apparent hate crime

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The assault happened late on Saturday, around the corner from The Metropolitan, sending two young men to the hospital. More from Gothamist: The incident took place at 12:55 a.m., Sunday, September 23rd. According to the NYPD, the suspect approached the two men in front of 540 Metropolitan Avenue and “made anti-sexual orientation statements and assaulted […]

Man was killed by a hit-and-run driver this AM in Williamsburg

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UPDATE: Cops fatally shoot hit-and-run driver who killed man in Williamsburg crash Terribly sad news. The victim’s name has not been released. A driver hit and killed a man on Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg before dawn on Monday, then sped away, police said. The motorist behind the wheel of a Sport-Utility Vehicle, who cops have […]

Woman raped in Bushwick, NYPD releases video of suspect

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Have you seen this man? If so, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). (via) Police are searching for a man who entered a Bushwick apartment Saturday night and raped a 24-year-old woman who was asleep in her bed… which took place inside a residential building near the intersection of Halsey Street and Central Avenue around […]

Send some relief to the wife of the Greenpoint resident George Carroll who was brutally murdered on Friday

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You’ve probably already heard about the horrible stabbing that occurred on Friday by McGolrick Park. If not, here’s what happened: One of the last things that George Carroll saw near the end of his too-short life was a pair of strangers who seemed like trouble. They were. Seconds later, one of them, unprovoked, plunged a […]

Authorities release suspects in alleged Greenpoint rape due to “inconsistencies” in victim’s account

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We were horrified to hear about the alleged rape that occurred Monday in Greenpoint in broad daylight. Police initially detained two suspects, but have since released them: Police declined to charge two men detained for raping a woman in a portable restroom Monday afternoon because of “a lot inconsistencies” in the woman’s account, the NYPD […]