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Press Clips: Crime Spikes in The Bronx

Bronx Police Statistics for Year Ending 2018 Show big increase over 2017 By Robert Press The year-end 2018 NYPD Comp Stat report shows a 25 percent increase in murder, and an 14+ percent increase in rape over 2017 in the […]

by · January 13, 2019 · Crime, News, Police Blotter, Press Clips
Speaker Heastie Acknowledges the Tragic Death of NYS Trooper Nicholas Clark

Speaker Heastie Acknowledges the Tragic Death of NYS Trooper Nicholas Clark

Speaker Heastie Statement on the Tragic Death of New York State Trooper Nicholas Clark “On behalf of the New York State Assembly, I would like to extend my deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Trooper Clark.” “Each […]

BOLO: NYPD Needs Your Assistance

BOLO: NYPD Needs Your Assistance

The New York City Police Department is asking the public’s assistance identifying the individual depicted in the above video in regards to an attempted rape that occurred within the confines of the 43 Precinct. The individual is a male, Black, […]

by · September 14, 2017 · Bulletin Board, News, Police Blotter
A police officer guards the scene where Margarita Franco, 26, was found shot to death along East 214 Street in Williamsbridge. Photo by David Greene

Murder Mayhem Comes to Morrisania and Other Bronx Nabes

Murder Mayhem Breaks Out in The Bronx by David Greene Traditionally police see an uptick in the murders as the warm weather arrives in late May, but this year the rash of killings seems to have arrived before the warm […]

by · April 7, 2017 · Bulletin Board, Crime, Police Blotter
Cops guard the scene as detectives investigate the death of a woman outside of Woodlawn Cemetery on Jerome Avenue. Photo by David Greene

Cold Case: Woman Found Dead in Snowbank Outside Woodlawn Cemetery

Coldest Case: Woman Found Dead in Snowbank Outside Woodlawn Cemetery by David Greene Police were called to a long and desolated stretch of Jerome Avenue, between Bainbridge Avenue and East 233 Street on the Woodlawn Heights – Norwood border, after […]

by · March 20, 2017 · Crime, News, Police Blotter
One of two bullets fired into a deli, striking a 28 year-old man in the chest.--Photo by David Greene

Chill In The Air: 3 People Shot, Two in Livery Cab on East 183rd Street

Chill In The Air: 3 Wounded in Fordham Heights Shooting by David Greene Three people were wounded, one critically as a still-unknown assailant shot three people in broad daylight along a bustling street in Fordham Heights. Police sources say that […]

by · March 19, 2017 · Crime, News, Police Blotter
The NYPD is looking for this suspect wanted for robbing a victim at East 207 Street and Bainbridge Avenue on January 20. Photo courtesy of the NYPD

Police Blotter: Two Suspects Sought in Separate robberies along Bainbridge Avenue

Two Suspects Sought in Separate robberies along Bainbridge Avenue by David Greene Police have released two wanted flyers with surveillance photos of suspects wanted in two separate robberies that took place along Bainbridge Avenue, in the Norwood section of the […]

Grandson Returns Home to Face the Music in Co-op City Killing

Grandson Returns Home to Face the Music in Co-op City Killing

by David Greene After seven long moths the NYPD has announced the arrest of a grandson wanted in connection with the brutal stabbing death of his elderly grandfather, murdered inside his Co-op City apartment. According to officials, Marcus Dobson, 37, […]

by · February 25, 2017 · Crime, Local News, News, Police Blotter
on sunday 1/22/2017 at around 7:20 PM A Pedestrian was struck by two vehicles on  Bruckner Exwpy. & Evergreen Ave., East bound Lane, the pedestrian was rush to Jacobi Hospital Possible fatal is likely to expire, Highway CIS was Notified and on scene

Miracle in Soundview; Man Critical After Crossing Busy Highway

Miracle in Soundview; Man Critical After Crossing Busy Highway by David Greene Detectives are currently trying to confirm the identity of a man fighting for his life at Jacobi Hospital, after being struck by two vehicles as he crossed a […]

by · January 26, 2017 · News, Police Blotter
POLICE SEEK CELLPHONE THIEVES IN NORWOOD

POLICE SEEK CELLPHONE THIEVES IN NORWOOD

POLICE SEEK CELLPHONE THIEVES IN NORWOOD… The NYPD has released surveillance photos of two individuals wanted in connection with the robbery of a cellphone store. Police say the two suspects entered the AT & T Wireless store at 3430 Jerome […]

by · January 25, 2017 · Crime, Police Blotter
More Halloween Safety Tips

More Halloween Safety Tips

Halloween Safety Halloween is one of the most enjoyable days of the year for children, but parents should be aware of potential safety risks when not properly supervised. Trick-or-treaters should always have adult supervision, even if they are traveling with groups of […]

Bronx teacher goes wild on student over botched ‘ganja’ deal

Bronx teacher goes wild on student over botched ‘ganja’ deal

Bronx teacher was busted on Friday for attacking a 16-year-old student who stiffed him during a drug buy.

by · September 24, 2016 · Crime, Education News, Police Blotter
FBI/NYPD Needs Your Help To Identify Chelsea Bombing Witnesses

FBI/NYPD Needs Your Help To Identify Chelsea Bombing Witnesses

  The FBI/NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force is looking to identify and interview the two men in the photo regarding the Chelsea bombing case on September 17, 2016. These individuals are not wanted at this time. The NY Post reported […]

by · September 22, 2016 · Bulletin Board, Crime, Police Blotter
ALERT: NYPD, FBI Seek Chelsea Bombing Suspect, Ahmad Khan Rahami

ALERT: NYPD, FBI Seek Chelsea Bombing Suspect, Ahmad Khan Rahami

Man wanted for questioning by the FBI in connection with the Chelsea explosion that occurred on September 17.

NYPD person of interest in Jessica White shooting. NYPD photo.

Help Find Jessica White’s Killer — Call CRIMESTOPPERS

Writing in his recent Matters of Faith column, Overcoming Evil, Rev. J. Loren Russell recalled the recent random shooting in the Bronx that took the life of “Jessica White— a mother of three young children shot and killed protecting her […]