Day: January 7, 2025

A 64-YEAR-OLD MAN was killed on New Year’s Eve after having been dragged about half a mile, according to the NYPD.

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SOME RESIDENTS OF BAY RIDGE said they were blindsided by this past weekend’s planned R train service cuts.

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The illegal immigrant charged with the horrific torching death of a New Jersey woman on a Brooklyn subway train told cops he was so inebriated after a night of drinking that he blacked out before the sick attack, newly released court records reveal. Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, wore an orange jumpsuit and orange jacket as he was arraigned…

Asif Merchant, 46, has been holed up in solitary confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park ever since he was nabbed last July over the alleged murder-for-hire plot to take out current and former government officials.

The alleged killer of a Canarsie teen has been extradited to Brooklyn from Trinidad and Tobago to face prosecution for the 2021 murder, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Monday.

Anthony Regis-Ash, 24, formerly of Brooklyn, was arraigned on Jan. 6 before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Donald Leo, charged with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree attempted robbery, and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

The DA’s office alleges Regis-Ash fled to Trinidad and Tobago after fatally shooting 18-year-old Sharif Richards on Sept. 29, 2021. Charges are also pending against Regis-Ash’s girlfriend, who was arrested in 2022.

Gonzalez said Richards’ killing was a “heinous act of violence” that devastated a family.

“By extraditing the alleged perpetrator from Trinidad and Tobago, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to ensuring that this kind of callous disregard for human life is met with the full force of justice,” he said in a statement.

According to the investigation, on the night of Sept. 29, 2021, police responded to 911 calls reporting a shooting near Foster Avenue and East 80th Street in Canarsie. Officers found Richards, 18, with a gunshot wound to the chest near his crashed car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Prosecutors say they conducted a video canvass of the area on the night in question, tracking Richards’ movements and locating Regis-Ash’s 2015 Nissan parked nearby. Surveillance footage allegedly showed a woman, later identified as 24-year-old Amari Harvey, exiting the Nissan and approaching Richards in his vehicle.

Moments later, Regis-Ash, wearing a hoodie and mask, is seen allegedly leaning into Richards’ car in an attempted robbery before shooting him. Richards drove off and crashed a few blocks away. The footage also allegedly shows Harvey leaving the scene with Regis-Ash, prosecutors said.

Phone records and text messages reviewed during the investigation revealed prior communication between Richards, Harvey, and Regis-Ash, according to the District Attorney’s office.

Harvey, of Brooklyn, was arrested at John F. Kennedy Airport on Jan. 5, 2022, while attempting to board a flight to Trinidad and Tobago. She is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree attempted robbery, and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. She is being held on $1 million cash bail or $2 million bond.

Regis-Ash was ordered held without bail and is scheduled to return to court on Feb. 7. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years to life in prison.

A roundup of Brooklyn’s cultural offerings this week, from comedy to theater to music to art, and what critics are saying about them.

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