CONEY ISLAND, NY – A Coney Island amusement park worker has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempted murder after shooting his colleague in the chest during a dispute over game booth profits. Joseph Colon, 38, ambushed his rival on the night of September 10, 2021, at Luna Park’s Jumbo Prizes game booth. He fired at the victim when he arrived for his shift around 8 p.m., according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s …
A deli owner in Brooklyn fell victim to a brutal hate crime. He was attacked with a metal pipe, but has recently returned to work despite his lingering fears. Jamal Sawaid, a dedicated entrepreneur, was assaulted by a group of four men in his Coney Island store last week. In an interview with his wife, Marie Shahzada, she revealed that he remains worried that the attackers may come back for him, but the need to …
Three children found unresponsive near Coney Island in Brooklyn early Monday have died, and a woman suspected to be their mother is being questioned, the NYPD said. Chief of Department Kenneth Corey, in a news conference Monday, said the 30-year-old woman is being questioned at a local police precinct. She is believed to be the mother of the seven-year-old boy, four-year-old girl, and three-and-a-half-month-old girl. According to him, she has not been arrested, and the …