Day: August 22, 2024

DUMBO — Professional and amateur boxers, trainers, officials and fans crowded the sidewalk in DUMBO on Wednesday as the oldest — and most famous — boxing gym in the continental U.S. was honored with a street co-naming.  A street sign reading “Gleason’s Gym Way,” now stands at the corner of Water and Adams streets.  Gleason’s […]

The post Brooklyn’s famous Gleason’s Gym celebrates street co-naming appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle.

A 23-year-old Queens man was indicted on charges of murder as a hate crime in connection with the fatal shooting of a Venezuelan migrant who was living in a Bed-Stuy playground on Wednesday.  The suspect, Elijah Mitchell, allegedly shot the victim, Arturo Jose Rodriguez Marcano, following a dispute three days earlier in the same park […]

The post Parks employee accused of murdering migrant in Brooklyn playground appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle.

An Oregon man was charged with orchestrating a series of bomb threats and swatting incidents that targeted Jewish hospitals and care centers in New York City and Long Island, according to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court. Domagoj Patkovic, 31, was arrested at his home in Portland and is accused of making […]

The post Oregon man charged in bomb threat scheme targeting Jewish hospitals in New York appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle.

Javier Aguilar, a former energy trader for Vitol Inc., pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to his involvement in a bribery scheme that facilitated the payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars to officials in Mexico and Ecuador.  The guilty plea, entered in Brooklyn, details Aguilar’s role in securing contracts for Vitol by paying […]

The post Ex-Vitol energy trader pleads guilty to international bribery scheme appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle.

In a recent article for The National Jurist, Nick Allard, former dean of Brooklyn Law School, urged future lawyers and legal educators to play a critical role in preserving the rule of law during tumultuous times. Drawing on the example of Sir Thomas More, Allard highlighted the importance of steadfastly upholding legal principles, even when […]

The post Former Brooklyn law school dean discusses lawyers’ role in upholding rule of law appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle.

CROWN HEIGHTS — BROOKLYN D.A. ERIC Gonzalez last week announced that rapper and alleged gang member Jared “Jah Woo” McCauley, age 21, of Brooklyn, has been arraigned and charged with second-degree murder and 12 other offenses in the February shooting in Crown Heights of 13-year-old Troy Gill. Co-defendant, Sheik Koureichi, 21, a longtime friend and […]

The post Second rapper indicted in shooting of 13-year-old Troy Gill appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle.

BED-STUY —  Police on Monday released new surveillance footage of a person of interest in a 13-year-old cold case homicide, in an ongoing attempt to find the killer of Jamal Singleton, age 22; Singleton was killed with a single shot to the back on the night of Sept. 19, 2011, by an unknown gunman, in […]

The post Police release footage of suspect in Bed-Stuy cold case appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle.

DUMBO — DUMBO’S POWERHOUSE BOOKS faced sharp criticism on Wednesday after a discussion group on the book “Tablets Shattered,” which focuses on Jewish identity, was expelled from the store on Tuesday over a dispute about Israel, reports Politico. In recordings of an exchange with a store employee — who Forward reports has since left the […]

The post PowerHouse Books expels authors, guests over ‘Zionism’ appeared first on Brooklyn Eagle.