The Nostrand Avenue building where Sergeny Mamontov chopped up his roommate, Aleksandr Zilbergleyt. Source: Google Maps
Sergey Mamontov, the 50-year-old lunatic who brutally butchered his 55-year-old roommate Aleksandr Zilbergleyt received a 25 years to life sentence on Monday.
The New York Daily News reported that Mamontov’s case horrified jurors and the prosecution, especially when he took the stand and explained in graphic detail how he disposed of Zilbergleyt’s body by cutting it up into thousands of pieces, throwing his fingers into Sheepshead Bay and running his brain through a meat grinder.
Melissa Carvajal, a prosecutor in the case described the crime as so “horrendous, horrific, gruesome” that Zilbergleyt’s family “couldn’t attend the trial because they simply couldn’t hear the details.”
The plaque, dedicated to the memory of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, before it was ripped out of the stone. Source: Alyssa Katz (@alykatzz) via Twitter
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Source: Wikipedia
Residents near the intersection of Avenue I and East 16th Street in Midwood were distressed to discover that a 67-year-old plaque honoring former President Franklin D. Roosevelt was ripped from its foundation.
News 12 is reporting that the memorial, which was erected in 1946 by the Terrace Gardens Men’s Club, was stolen sometime before April 19, the date when it was first noticed to be missing. The theft of the plaque, commemorating the 32nd president, fell one week after the 68th anniversary of the death of Roosevelt, who died April 12, 1945.
Residents have filed a police report and consider the return of the monument the top priority.
“Just return it, no questions asked,” one local resident told News 12. ”Turn it into the 70th Precinct and lets move on,” she said, citing the memorial as a source of immense community pride.
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CompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
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A homeless man was shot to death in a Coney Island housing project yesterday, according to a report by DNA Info.
The man, 27, was identified as Julian Salley. He was shot in the torso on the first floor hallway of the Surfside Gardens housing projects located at 2839 West 33rd Street. Police pronounced Salley dead at the scene.
No arrests were made and an investigation is ongoing.
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CompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
NYPD Firearms and Tactics Section (Source: nyc.gov)
Ever wonder what it’s like to be an NYPD officer in the line of fire? The Be Proud Foundation and the NYPD are hosting a special firearms simulator presentation that allows citizens to experience what it is like to be a cop under the most dangerous conditions, according to a press release.
The presentation is being given by the NYPD Firearms and Tactics Section, the unit charged with training all officers in firearms and safety tactics. This unit, known as “The Range,” is using large video screens and computerized equipment designed to give community members a better understanding of what an officer on patrol goes through when faced with various criminal scenarios.
The press release explained exactly what participants are in for:
Participants will be stationed in front of a table that has a firearm and a simulated mace canister. The Range instructor will control the movements in the video scenario and the participant will react to what he/she is viewing on the screen. The scenarios are usually crime scenes, motor vehicle accidents, domestic violence cases etc. The usual day to day incidents that police officers respond to each day. The only difference being that the participant will be the actual police officer and will control what the results of the incident will be.
Sounds interesting. Those interested in attending should meet at 6:30 p.m. at the National Restaurant, 273 Brighton Beach Avenue on the first floor tomorrow, April 18. Participants must be 18 and over and speak English fluently. Space is limited, and participants must RSVP by calling Raisa Chernina of the Be Proud Foundation at (347) 613-5332.
Source: NYC Fire Wire via Facebook
A construction barge floating off the coast of Coney Island partially sank over the weekend, according to a report by the New York Post.
The sinking barge was spotted by the U.S. Coast Guard at 1:00 a.m. this past Saturday. The barge was carrying a large Vergona crawler crane that was going to be used to fix damage Superstorm Sandy damage done to Steeplechase Pier.
The Post described how NYPD and FDNY responders were handling the situation:
Workers surrounded the crane with booms in case the 500 gallons of diesel fuel that power the crane leak into the water.
“They are encasing the area as a precaution,” explained Fire Department Battalion Chief Brian Duffy.
As for the barge itself, the owners, Triton Construction, are now responsible for salvaging it.
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CompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
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The family of a Brighton Beach woman say their 29-year-old daughter went to pay a visit to a salon yesterday, but never returned home.
From the New York Post:
Elizabeth Tuul, 29, was last seen at a salon on the corner of Brighton 5th Street and Brighton Beach Avenue about 4:30 p.m. yesterday, cops said. She did not go back to her home nearby on 5th Street near West Avenue.
Cops say Tuul is 5-foot-9, and about 150 pounds. She was wearing blue sneakers and a pink sweater when she disappeared.
According to Tuul’s Facebook page, she previously attended local schools including Leon M. Goldstein High School in Manhattan Beach and Brooklyn College.
Police note that Tuul has gone missing several times before.
Anyone with information regarding these crimes is urged to contact Crime Stoppers. All callers to Crime Stoppers remain anonymous. Crime Stoppers can be reached at 1-800-577-TIPS, via the website, or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577.
The Nostrand Avenue building where Sergeny Mamontov chopped up his roommate, Aleksandr Zilbergleyt. Source: Google Maps
A Brooklyn jury took only 15 minutes to convict Sergey Mamontov of brutally murdering his Sheepshead Bay roommate, Aleksandr Zilbergleyt, according to a report by the New York Daily News. The two shared an apartment at 3395 Nostrand Avenue between Avenue T and Avenue U.
The actions of Mamontov, explained in graphic detail to a jury last week, were so horrible that one juror admitted to needing psychiatric assistance after being subjected to the evidence.
“I’m going to see a shrink right now,” a shaken 62-year-old juror told the Daily News after the panel found Sergey Mamonov guilty of murder.
“It was just torture,” the retired woman said of seeing the graphic and gruesome evidence at trial. “I didn’t sleep at all last night.”
While the 50-year-old Mamontov admitted that he and Zilbergleyt had problems, Mamontov claimed that Zilbergleyt died accidentally. Not trusting the police, Mamontov went about disposing the corpse himself by cutting Zilbergleyt’s body into thousands of pieces, storing them in bleach bottles and putting the brain through a meat grinder.
Mamontov would have been successful in getting away with his crimes if he hadn’t confessed them to a friend.
Jurors refused to buy Mamontov’s defense that his actions resulted because of an accident.
“He had no remorse for anything. He didn’t even say sorry,” a 56-year-old male juror told the Daily News. “It brings you to understand how cruel a human can be.”
