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Violent crimes often spike in the summertime, and as the mercury rose in Brooklyn last month, so too did the crime rate in some parts of the borough,
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The popularity of Kensington has grown in recent years as people were priced out of Park Slope.
The suspected robber barricaded himself in the store after ripping it off, but cops were able to smoke him out.
Officers responding to a call of a man with a gun at the Indoor Dispensary on Newkirk Avenue in Ditmas Park around 9:15 p.m. Friday (4/19), encountered an individual who refused to exit the joint, cops said.