Colin Mixson
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Watch it: Bodega bandit shoots grocer in the eyebrow amid two-bit heist
A gunman fired at a hapless grocer amid a robbery in Brownsville on Jan. 10, grazing his eyebrow before nabbing his cash. → Read More
Dog stolen outside Red Hook Ikea reunited with owner
A woman whose pleas for help went viral after her pooch was dognapped outside the Red Hook Ikea has been reunited with her beloved hound. → Read More
Watch it: Park Slope thief robs deliveryman in brazen daytime heist
Cops are hunting the package pirate who ripped a parcel from the hands of a deliveryman in Park Slope on Jan. 30. → Read More
Cops seek thief in Sheepshead Bay credit card heist
Cops are hunting the thief who racked up $1,000 worth of illicit charges on a woman’s credit card that went missing in Sheepshead Bay on Jan. 10. → Read More
Bushwick councilman resigns seat in move to Freelancers Union
Bushwick Councilman Rafael Espinal will resign from elected office to take a job with the Freelancers Union → Read More
Coney Island welcomes city's first baby of the decade!
New York’s City’s first baby of the new decade was born in Coney Island at the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1! → Read More
Police confirm one arrest following MetroTech Center shooting in Downtown Brooklyn
Cops arrested one man following a shooting at the MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn Thursday, according to police. → Read More
Cyclist injured in Downtown crash
A cyclist was injured after a driver pulled a sudden U-turn in Downtown Brooklyn on Wednesday, before nearly backing into a second cyclist a few minutes later, according to the victims. → Read More
Cops hunt three thieves wanted in Bushwick robberies
Cops are hunting three crooks wanted in connection with a string of Bushwick robberies beginning Aug. 8. → Read More
Uber Eats delivery cyclist suffers serious injuries in Prospect Heights collision
A bike-borne delivery guy suffered non-life-threatening injuries after colliding with a sedan in Prospect Heights on Thursday. → Read More
Girl crushed in tragic Bushwick collapse
A stone fence crushed a 5-year-old Bushwick girl to death on Thursday. → Read More
Advocates spread awareness of ovarian cancer in Park Slope and Clinton Hill
It was a teal-good event! → Read More
Police charge Queens driver in Midwood crash that killed Park Slope cyclist
Police arrested a Queens teenager on Wednesday on a laundry list of charges nearly two weeks after he blew through a red light in Midwood and killed a Park Slope cyclist. → Read More
Contractor scammed Midwood couple out of $700,000: DA
A Kings County contractor faces up to 15 years in prison for allegedly scamming a Midwood couple out of a whopping $700,000 he used to fund a lavish lifestyle of designer clothes and high-class restaurants. → Read More
Busking bard: Author sells custom poetry on the streets of Park Slope
A Kings County author is offering Park Slope residents custom-made poetry covering any topic and written right before their eyes in an act that marries prose — and performance. → Read More
Cops hunt gunmen wanted in Bed-Stuy shooting
Cops are hunting the gunmen who they say shot a man heading home from a Bedford-Stuyvesant nightclub on Aug. 4. → Read More
Cops ID man suspected of shooting teen girl in Bed-Stuy
Police have identified a man suspected of shooting a teenage girl at a Bedford-Stuyvesant Playground last month. → Read More
Dog survives impaling in Flatbush
A dog survived being impaled on a fence after falling from a third-story window in Flatbush on Thursday. → Read More
Marine Park is mosquito breeding ground amid West Nile scare
As city health inspectors uncover evidence of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus in Brooklyn, locals claim that Parks Department officials have allowed the borough’s biggest green space to devolve into a breeding ground for the noxious pests, which spawn in standing pools of water that agency honchos claim are too expensive to fix. → Read More
Sunset Park masturbator on the loose: NYPD
Cops are hunting the pervert who masturbated inside a Sunset Park subway station on July 1. → Read More