A 22-year-old from Brooklyn was sentenced to 21 years in prison on Tuesday for the fatal shooting of a teenager and the injury of another during a 2020 marijuana sale that turned violent in East Flatbush. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice John Hecht handed down the sentence to Nasir Perez, which includes five years of post-release […]
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday that he will move to vacate the conviction of Steven Carrington, 56, who was wrongfully convicted of participating in a botched robbery in East Flatbush in 1995, resulting in a fatal shooting. Carrington served over 23 years in prison and was released in 2018. The reinvestigation by the […]
The Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has opened an investigation into the death of Christian Emile, who died after an encounter with NYPD officers in Brooklyn on May 12, 2024. According to OSI, at 1:18 a.m., NYPD officers encountered Emile, armed with a gun, at 5211 Church Ave. Despite commands to drop the […]