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Migrant drunkenly fanned flames after torching homeless woman on Brooklyn subway: D.A.
Sebastian Zapeta, a Guatemalan migrant living in a Brooklyn men’s shelter, made his first court appearance Tuesday to face murder charges.
Man accused of setting homeless woman on fire in Brooklyn subway car charged with murder
Sebastian Zapeta, a 33-year-old Guatemalan migrant who lives in Brooklyn, was charged with murder in the first and second degree and arson, officials said.
Man charged after woman lit on fire, killed on subway in Brooklyn
Police charged a man after a woman was lit on fire and burned to death on the subway in Brooklyn over the weekend. Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, was charged on Monday with murder in the first and second degree and arson,
NYPD arrests man suspected of lighting homeless woman on fire in Brooklyn subway car, killing her
Police arrested a man who allegedly lit a sleeping homeless woman on fire in a Brooklyn subway car Sunday morning, then watched calmly as she burned to death, NYPD officials said. Chilling video obtained by the Daily News shows the woman standing near the door of a stopped subway car at the Coney-Island-Stillwell Ave.
Alleged Brooklyn subway arsonist who burned woman alive tried to fan deadly flames throughout train: DA
The alleged Brooklyn subway arsonist who burned a woman alive on a train car Sunday was arraigned Tuesday on first-degree murder charges at a hearing when even more disturbing details of the homicide were revealed.

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This Santa rides a Harley and spreads Christmas cheer in Old Brooklyn
Before he made his rounds on Christmas Eve, Santa got some help spreading holiday cheer in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn ...
Weekend violence — including a sleeping woman burned to death on Brooklyn train — propels NYC subway murder tally to 25-year high: cops
A rash of killings on the NYC subway system this year — which stands at 10 murders as 2024 draws to a close — matches a ...
Shooting suspects jump on train after opening fire on 2 at Brooklyn subway platform
An afternoon shooting in Brooklyn sent two people to the hospital and shut down a subway stop as police investigated the ...
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Brooklyn Gained One Individual Landmark and One Historic District in 2024
With 2024 almost at an end, we look back at the Brooklyn buildings and neighborhoods preserved by the LPC during the year.
These were the year’s biggest leases in Brooklyn and Queens
Here are the top largest office leases in Queens and Brooklyn, according to data compiled by TRD, CBRE and Cushman & ...
Brooklyn man accused of beating pal, 68, to death over ATM card theft
The suspect was was caught on surveillance video dragging the victim naked into a stairwell and leaving him for dead, ...
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Drone Photos: Snowy Crown Heights From Above
COLlive photographer Mendy Krief used a drone to photograph the Crown Heights neighborhood on Tuesday as it was covered with ...
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What to know about the case of the man accused of lighting a woman on fire on the F train
Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was arrested Sunday after teens recognized him from footage of the incident, which took place on an F ...